27 new children land up each day at the railway station alone, adding to the hundreds of children already on the streets of Vijayawada. Caught up in the negative externalities of globalisation, hundreds of children sever their bonds with their families and move on to the cities and finally end up on the streets. The largest numbers come to Vijayawada, on transit into the cities of Hyderabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Bombay and Delhi. Some stay on in Vijayawada, most move on. Invariably, they all come back to Vijayawada, at least once in a way.

These boys and girls are at risk from ruthless middlemen, brokers, child abusers and traffickers, drug peddlers, substance abusers, porters, police, rickshaw pullers, auto drivers and street addicted adults. The city has very little resources and time for them. They eke out their living rag picking, shoe polishing, working as underpaid labourers and as domestic help. Young girls are drawn into prostitution. They suffer from diseases, wounds that pester, and even from STD/HIV. They are malnourished and ill clothed. They have no friends to turn to.