Salaam Baalak Trust(SBT): Salaam Baalak Trust was set up in 1988, with aims to provide shelter and support services to homeless children stranded on the platforms of New Delhi railway station. The center works in New Delhi and Gurgaon, providing support services to over 4500 children annually.Last year we were able to take back over 300 children who had been lost or had run away from home. Over 1000 children are provided shelter in one of our 5 homes in the NCR region. Our children are provided ever possible opportunity to allow them to discover their best potential. We have two students studying engineering, 3 who have completed their Masters in Arts program, 2 who have won scholarships for advanced programs to American Universities and many more who are pursuing their academic career in school and colleges in the city.
The Sound School: The Sound School is an initiative which seeks to give the children an opportunity to learn, explore, and enhance their musical talent and capabilities. Started in the summer of 2011, the School currently teaches the drums, guitar, and vocals. Classes are optional and open to all who wish to join, as we seek to tap in to the musical potential of these highly talented individuals!
Our Vision: Children from Salaam Baalak Trust have succeeded in the fields of photography, dancing, acting, straddling platforms through which they have become successful professionals. Our vision is to make music a potential avenue through which they can enhance their talent and perhaps even make a profession. As children from the trust have utilized the resources given to them to succeed in the other arts, we are positive they can do the same through music!
Salaam Baalak Trust Jam Sessions: We would love for different bands and talented musicians to come through and jam with these aspiring musicians at the Trust! Playing with a range of musicians will help these children learn, grow, and enhance their talents, and eventually create a Salaam Balaak Trust BAND! That You would have helped create!!!
We are working towards a concert this summer, and any help in supporting that would be greatly appreciated! Please see the first jam session attended by Fire Exit below:
Fire Exit at the Sound School