Ragpickers Education and Development Scheme

Aim To improve the well-being of street and working children.

Ragpickers Education and Development Scheme...
	is listed under the category Child Development/Organisations
	was established in 1978
	focuses on street and working children, girls, documentation, advocacy, courier service, non-formal education, literacy, girl child
	functions at the Local level
	works with waste-picking children
	has the resource of newsletter, material on street children
	welcomes help in the form of volunteers, books, clothes, toys, medicines, donations, resource persons for skill training

REDS has seven centres for waste-picking children which provide non-formal education and health care. It offers vocational training and job placement; and formal education with the help of other organisations. For girls, it offers life education, literacy, and craft training. It has a street outreach programme to protect children against exploitation. The programme also encourages and promotes savings. It conducts re-orientation classes for the police so they adopt a humane approach towards children. It holds awareness programmes in schools and colleges; and it documents material on street children. Its income generation unit runs a courier service and a solid waste management scheme.

Fr Pragasam, Ms. Prema Manthesh, Executive Director, Programme Director
Available - Mon-Fri 9.00-5.00, Sat 9.00- 1.00
Infant Nilay, 16/2, SR Garden, Austin Town,, Viveknagar Post, Bangalore - 560047.
Ph 22213715, 9980836308 , Fax 22218243 , Email redsbangalore@gmail.com , Website www.reds.in