UPDATE - DEC 2009

BACKGROUND
HEARTS is an organisation based in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, which is working to help street children and poor tribal communities in the rural areas.
During the past year the organisation has been building a home for children in desperate situations through abuse, family deaths, poverty and other circumstances. Many of the children are orphans as a result of their parents deaths from AIDS, TB and cancer.
The aim of HEARTS is to reunite runaway children back with their families but when this is not possible the home will offer an education, accommodation and basic amenities. Presently 40 boys and girls are resident but there is room for up to 100.

HEARTS has also been working with poor tribal people in the rural areas and has plans to construct a rural health clinic. Regular medical camps have been organised during the year and several creche centres have been started to encourage children to be read and write. Education and health care have been completely neglected by the parents. The people are desperately poor and often they can only afford one meal a day.