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The World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child 2007:
Inderjit Khurana
Inderjit tells the children a story
When Giri was seven he ran away from his job as a domestic slave. His own father had sold him to get money for drugs and alcohol. That night, Giri slept at the train station, alone and hungry. Today, thanks to Inderjit Khurana, he has a totally different life.

> Meet Inderjit Khurana
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Why has Inderjit Khurana been awarded?
Inderjit Khurana i received The World's Children's Honorary Award 2007 for her long struggle for the poorest and most vulnerable children’s right to education. She opened her first railway platform school 21 years ago. Today her organisation, Ruchika, runs 12 platform schools, 6 nurseries, 75 slum schools, 20 nursery schools, preventative HIV and AIDS projects, 2 “schools on wheels', vocational training and clean water and sanitation projects in the slums. Inderjit and Ruchika also offer healthcare and run an ambulance service for emergencies. In addition, Ruchika has two helplines for children and women and gives scholarships to gifted poor children. Inderjit believes that if the child cannot come to the school, the school has to come to the child. She and Ruchika seek to give a basic education, building up children’s self-esteem and opening the door for them to have a life free from poverty, child labour and violence.
Portrait Shayama
We are train workers
All over India, hundreds of thousands of children work on trains and at railway stations. There are lots of people moving around and opportunities to make money. For these children, the platform schools are their only hope of an education.

> Meet the train workers
Portrait Sanjukta
When Sanjukta was elected “president' of the school’s child parliament, she didn’t tell anyone at home. After all, her mum wants her to quit school and start working.

> Meet Sanjukta
Portrait Bijay
The shrill sound of the train whistle makes Bijay cover his ears. When the train rolls out of the station, he runs towards the platform school and the first lesson of the day.
> Meet Bijay
Portrait Rama
Rama’s wardrobe
Rama, 12, doesn’t wear her best clothes to run to the station in the morning. The children on the platform get dirty and dusty easily, so there’s no point in dressing up.
> Meet Rama
Kids brushing there teeth
05.30 Toothbrush sticks
The children at the station brush their teeth with sticks from the neem tree.
> A day at the railway station
Portrait Balram
Although Balaram is only 10, he has travelled all over India by train, alone. He ran away from home because his mother beat him. By the age of six he was a seasoned traveller.
> Meet Balaram
Swopna in the swing
In June, as the monsoon rains get closer, the girls in Orissa celebrate the swing festival. This is the first time Swopna has been able to play on the swings.
> Visit the swing festival
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