{"id":20634,"date":"2014-09-24T14:30:49","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/?p=20634"},"modified":"2014-09-24T14:37:02","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T09:07:02","slug":"meet-the-guardian-angels-of-street-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/meet-the-guardian-angels-of-street-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Guardian angels of street children"},"content":{"rendered":"

A non-profit association of professionals have come together to protect and take care of the street children of India. Named SOI (Street Heroes of India), the organisation aims to help children who are victims of abuse and exploitation, by giving psychological aid to overcome trauma.<\/strong> SOI has been coordinating and performing different trainings and workshop in Karnataka since 2010. Recently it has started operations in Kochi also. SOI has 9 centres in Karnataka and six centres in Kochi.<\/p>\n

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SOI is the bran-child of Olga Martin<\/strong> a clinical psychologist from Spain. Her life\u2019s aim is to help children to cope with their trauma and to raise their self-esteem. Through various group exercises the children learn to increase their self-motivation and release negative emotions. Olga has brought many professionals from Europe to work for these children. She has developed a project that incorporates many expressive therapies such as art, dance and music therapies that help children to cope with their lives.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Street Heroes of India has 9 centres in Karnataka and six centres in Kochi.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

SOI imparts training to local caregivers to help rehabilitate these children and provides psychosocial intervention initiatives. It also promotes activities to raise public awareness about the need for rehabilitations of street children.<\/p>\n

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Photos: SOI Facebook Page<\/p><\/div>\n

SOI is doing a great job taking care of these neglected children and they need all the support we can give for continuing these humane activities.<\/p>\n

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