• Ashalayam, is presently managed by Father Mathew George as its Director, after stepping into the shoes of Father   Mathew Director from 1980 to May 2005.
• Ashalayam consist of 21 homes ( 5 being for girls) housing more than 600 children and 4 night shelters (1 being for

  girls).
• More than 3'000 children are taken care of in the streets and railway stations.
• 3'000 children are reached out monthly through the Child Line (free and permanent telephone line operating 24 hours a   day for children in distress) and are provided with counselling and repatriation facilities.
• Every month an average of 25 children are placed back in their natural family and followed up
• More than 700 children are given literacy and life education. 350 of them attend official school in 22 public or private   schools.
• More than 50 child labourers are helped every month and are given long term education in different schools and   institutions through the Asha Shramik Project.
• More than 700 children per month on average are provided with free medical check-up and with regular assistance on   nutrition and hygiene through the Mobile Health Clinic of Ashalayam.
• Around 150 are under a professional training in the vocational training centre of Ashalayam as well as in outside centres.
• Girls and boys who are vulnerable to trafficking and sexual exploitation are taken under the wings of Ashalayam through   the Sanjog (Linkage) Project.
• 115 children receive computer education.
• 90 are employed in different sectors.
• 50 of them have purchased their plot of land, 32 have built their own houses and 38 have formed families of their own.
• STAFF: 4 Salesians work in collaboration with 150 persons, all from various religions and horizons, but committed to the   vision of Don Bosco and cause of children in need.

• Extending the work of Ashalayam to various towns and cities of West Bengal
• Initiating the process of final settlement of some of our children.
• Individual or group Counselling and Special Therapeutic Program for the children on street and in all our homes.
• Centre for child alcoholics and addicts : the number of children affected by drugs or alcohol is increasing and   Ashalayam   will create a centre to offer them professional help.
• Centre for HIV / AIDS : we plan to set a team to organize awareness programs and educate people on HIV / AIDS. This   will   be done in collaboration with other NGO's already involved in this field.
• For handicapped children : we often meet handicapped children on the streets and their situation is worst than the others   are. It is difficult to find places for them in other organizations. A centre for those children could make our work more   effective.
• For girls who require long term support : girls who are not able to stand on their own (semi-handicapped, etc.) need a   place to spend their life usefully. There is a proposal to set up a training cum-production centre for them.
• Centre / booth preferably at the station or bus stands : many children are coming to the streets every day. As soon as   they   arrive, there are anti-socials waiting for them and no one knows what exactly my happen. Therefore, more booths in   certain key areas could help these children to get back to their parents or to one of the existing homes before they remain   into the streets.
• Street Club : organize a group of boys and staff to work on the street on a regular basis. The modality could be to arrange   for a vehicle and go around to different street corners to meet the children and spread the message of Ashalayam.
• Awareness programs in the rural areas : there are many cases of children running away from the rural areas. It would   be   good to set up a team, which can create awareness regarding the dangers of the street life.
• Better linkage between other NGO's and Government Officials, which shall help in the final settlement of our children.
• Planned strategies and policy level intervention culminating in a complete rehabilitation package for the street children   who come to us.
• Prisoner's children program : we project to develop an education and training program for children of prisoners who

  are in jail.
• Documentary film for awareness : we propose to make a documentary film on the various Curative and Preventive   activities being conducted by Ashalayam.