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新德里的街头儿童出版报纸--第1页 新德里的街头儿童出版报纸 Newspapers occasionally write about the of children living in the streets, but a group of homeless kids in Indias capital New Delhi is pu ing together their own monthly publication with stories about their struggles and their concerns. Balaknama, or childrens voice is wri en, edited and compiled by children up to 19 years old and reaches about 10,000 readers. From poverty to child , underage marriages, sexual abuse and drugs - there is no shortage o topics for Balaknama. “When reports arrive and the team sits down to select the stories, lots of fights break out. They argue ‘this story will have more impact than that story.’ So there’s a lot of debates before the final selection goes to print,” said Shanno, a consulting editor of Balaknama. The newspaper has 70 reporters in several states, 14 of them reporting regularly from the capital. All of the writers, editors and managers are homeless children. “I used to beg, do drugs and sometimes go rag picking. Then I learnt about Balaknama and began to work for it. First I was a junior reporter, then a reporter and now I’m all set to become the editor,” said Jyoti Kumari, a Balaknama reporter. Many of the children have jobless and parents. As budding reporters they now earn money and many are in distance learning programs that may help advance their careers. “What I couldn’t do, at least my daughter is doing. She’s others and she’s also helping us,” said Sunita Devi, Kumari’s mother. The monthly eightnewspaper began in 2002 as a quarterly. It has changed the lives of the children who publish it and aims at improving the of thousands of others. It is supported by NGOs and charity groups. “The