Tanya Pinto Helps Needy Children in India's Slums

Many people around the world were touched by the Academy Award-winning movie "Slumdog Millionaire" that depicts the harsh life of orphans and street children in India. And those who work in poverty projects there say the real conditions are, if anything, worse than what was shown. Many of the estimated 18 million poor children in India rely on international charity projects like Baal Dan, a small effort started in 2005 by one young woman from Dallas, Texas who was born in India but who grew up elsewhere. In this week's installment of VOA's Making a Difference, Correspondent Greg Flakus has the story of Tanya Pinto of Dallas, Texas, and her work with India's children.

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[yadhuwansi]

plse do some thing to the needi childs with me

[rasujay]

nice help India

[kairairacing]

OK cool...still think its fabulous..reminds me of a chap i spoke to, Despite being just 16 years old, Babar Ali is a headmaster of his own local school in West Bengal, he provides free teaching in the slums. I personally hate the word slum!! its only due to corrupt political world of greed that places like this are created in the first instance. Instead of spending $35Bil on defense they should spend a fraction of that to sort out poverty...I could go on, but its not my OBLIGATION to do so..TaTa

[TheMightyHarihar]

@kairairacing I find that doing this for karma is not the right way to think about it. You should be doing this as an OBLIGATION of one human being to help another human being. You this because it is necessary, I don't help people to earn good karma, I help because as a human it is my obligation by god to do so. I couldn't care less if I developed good or bad karma, I have a great tolerance to sufferings in life and I will not stop in my goal to sort this Earth out as much as I can.

[kairairacing]

Absolutely fantastic...This will bring you good khama in life. keep it up

[ARIF786ful]

@OwaisSwati bahanchod u scumbag...mothersuckr go to hell.....dont tlk rubbsh bout indiansss.............k

[OwaisSwati]

fuck poor indian nation.............. hahahahahahahahahaha

[blinkinbee]

i will also start 1 lyk this soon....inshallah!!

[dano415]

Honestly she sounds great, but I hope she not collecting a wage? It's very American to help; it's also very American to take a piece of the donations.

[laurorosas27]

excelent!

i wanna make something like that in india and mexico (my country) too..