Friendship Centre India
Friendship Centre India is an incorporated Charitable Public Trust engaged in humanitarian and spiritual services amongest the poor and destitute masses, for rebuilding their shattered lives, as per the Great Commission of Our Lord in Matthew 28:19,20. We are based in Mumbai(Bombay) India.
India is the land of ancient history and the cradle of many bygone civilizations. This is also the birth place of Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism and hosts of tribal religions. India - an amazing Kalidoscope of cultures , costumes, colures and flavours….with rich anthropological and geographical heritage.. At present most Indian cities are on the fast track of industrialization and modernization. From salt to satellites are manufactured here ranking India 10th amongst the industrialized nations of the world, owns a national space research agency, nuclear power plants, a booming computer industry, about 190 universities, and has the largest pools of educated labors force on earth. India is one of the fastest emerging global market, for almost all kinds of businesses, manufacturing services and trade houses, from all over the world.the corporate giants and the multinationals are all here making India prominent amongst the developing countries in west Asia. To support all these, India is the largest democratic nation of the millennium with an exploding population of over one billion people .. but all this does not complete the picture.
India is a land of extreme contrasts and rapid changes. over 400,000 children die each year from starvation and malnourishment alone .another 300,000 children are said to be in bonded labours. there are over 4.5 million lepers, 400,000 prostitutes, 15 million HIV infected people , 2 million new TB cases are detected every year. About 74% of its populations still live in rural poverty, scattered in to 600,000 villages and tribal hamlets. They are dependent on traditional farming and the lean live-stocks for their mere survival. This crippled economy is often shattered by excess rain, extreme drought and sudden disasters.
As a result of this large influx of unskilled and illustrate rural populations of lower income standards , mass migrate into the urban centers, where the civic authorities are unprepared and the public funds are unavailable for creating new houses and more jobs. Out of desperation and struggle to survive , these poor people resort to erecting make shift shanties in the public lands and side walks , giving birth to numerous slums with out any reference to running water, electricity, sanitation and other minimum standards of decent living. Wave after wave arrive. The new comers determined to be put up with all kinds of inconveniences and dangers in anticipation of achieving success and prosperity in the new urban environments . as often as the civic authorities demolish their shanties , almost immediately they spring up again. These numerous slums and shanties are the by product of our rural poverty and urban prosperity and we made it !!!!.
The general pattern of the development of these slums are almost the same every time. soon 50% of the Indian population will be found existing in her major metros , filling these concrete jungles with incredible shanties and slums.
For more information write to us:
Friendship Centre
F-301, Dara Enclave,
Sector-9, Nerul,
Navi Mumbai,
Maharastra 400 706
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