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| SOCIETY OF UNDERPRIVILEGED PEOPLE'S Allahabad, India |
| This building houses Snehlayam, a shelter and safe house for rescued children in Allahabad, India |
| SOCIETY OF UNDERPRIVILEGED PEOPLE'S Allahabad, India SOUP, the Society of Underprivileged People, is committed to the prevention of child trafficking. SOUP provides comprehensive care to hurting children who find themselves in critical situations. SOUP is located in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. With a population of over 166 million, Uttar Pradesh is India's most populous state. It is also one of its poorest states. Crushing poverty has resulted in an extensive problem of human trafficking and child and bonded labor. Thousands of children find themselves abandoned on the streets or at train stations, or sold to begging rackets, drug and crime rings, or traffickers. Many young girls are sold into sex slavery. Uttar Pradesh's shared border with Nepal makes it a highway on the international trafficking route for girls trafficked into the brothels of Mumbai and Delhi. SOUP, established in 1983 by Grace Lily Zaidi and Reverend Qamar Zaidi, is a light of hope among the darkness for those in need. SOUP reaches out in love to women and children who are victims of abuse or trafficking, to street children, to people living with HIV, and to women seeking to find a way out of prostitution. SOUP Programs: Offering a New Hope SOUP provides comprehensive aid and care to children on a residential and nonresidential basis. SOUP runs a shelter home named Snehlayam (A Home of Love and Care.) Snehlayam provides nutritious food, clothing, shelter, education, vocational training, medical care, counseling, nurture and love to children who have been rescued from trafficking, child labor, or the streets. Currently there are 25 children in the home. You can hear their stories and even sponsor one of these children or teenagers here. You can access the latest SOUP newsletter here. You can designate any donations directly to SOUP on our "Donate" webpage. For more information you can go the the SOUP India web site at www.soupindia.com |
| Rev. Joy Zaidi, safe house founder, comforting a child at the safe house |