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Urban homeless, transgender people say they are in need of financial assistance during lockdown Updated: Updated: May 08, 2021 15:57 IST Many homeless residents of Chennai say they do not have ration cards or access to the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Medical Insurance Scheme Share Article AAA Activists in the city have requested Chief Minister M K Stalin to reach out to vulnerable sections of the society including the urban homeless and some transgender persons. Photograph used for representational purposes only   | Photo Credit: JOTHI RAMALINGAM B Many homeless residents of Chennai sa...

Giving Back to Community: Homeless Youth in Chennai Teaches Street Children Who Cannot Afford Online Classes FOLLOW US ON: Living on the streets himself, 22-year-old Solomon has always understood the difficulties children from his community face. The lack of facilities, especially resources for education made him give something back to children from his community and thus, surrounded by at least 15-20 children aged between 6 to 14 years of age every evening, Solomon teaches them. Some sit with arithmetic, some study languages while some sit and chat verses in the Thirukkural as well. Sitting...

Lockdown forces Chennai homeless children out of school, families struggle to earn a living The coronavirus-induced lockdown in March this year cut the sources of livelihood of these families. In the absence of a regular income, they are struggling to make ends meet, and in some cases, children dropped out of school to support their parents. Updated: December 24, 2020 10:04:01 am In the absence of a regular income, several families are struggling to make ends meet, and in some cases, children dropped out of school to support their parents. (Express photo: Janardhan Ko...

Most homeless children have no access to any form of education, Chennai study reveals Updated: Updated: December 19, 2020 15:45 IST Parents say that as they do not have televisions or smart phones, their children cannot access online classes Share Article Photograph used for representational purposes only   | Photo Credit: VEDHAN. M Parents say that as they do not have televisions or smart phones, their children cannot access online classes As many as 71 out of 100 homeless children in the city have no access to any form of education during the COVID-19 pandemic, says a study by the Infor...