With a view of helping more children at risk, Stepping Stones our second Day Care and Night Shelter in Margao was opened in 2005. It has the same aims as Asha Deep: to provide a safe haven, medical attention, food, education, vocational training and the chance to change a child’s future.
 
Margao is the commercial city of Goa situated in the south where the main railway passes through, bringing with it countless migrants. Their children wander around the city begging and working for measly sums of money, usually only to satisfy their parents’  alcohol addictions. Others pass their time sniffing solvents or getting into trouble with shop owners and police. They have no access to education or proper healthcare because they do not have birth certificates as their parents do not know this has to be done.
 
Stepping Stones is in a strategic location, opposite the Mosque, close to the main market as well as the railway station. We help any child, irrespective of background or religion, who is in distress and at risk.Our fieldworkers distribute clothes and food in the slums situated in and around the city. At present, we are running ten slum schools for the children who are not able to attend the Shelter facilities, due to long distance. We also provide First Aid for children and, if needed, we take them to the hospital for further treatment.
 
Please help and support us to educate more children especially those who have a desire to learn.