
SARTHI leads pilot study of street children in Buxar District
Patna-based social worker and SARTHI director Tarkeshwar Singh led a team of researchers in a pilot study of the lives and attitudes of 40 randomly selected "vulnerable children" living on the streets, many with their parents, in India's Buxar District. Among the primary purposes of the study was to gain insight to provide targeted, long-term intervention. Researchers interviewed the subjects, males and females ranging in age from 5 to 18 years old, using a questionairre (att