This is their first book ‘Chocolate Biscuit Stories’
New Delhi, 9th December, 2015: Oxford Bookstore Connaught Place hosted a book launch of Chocolate Biscuit Stories by the Tara Boys, an NGO offering residential service with an emphasis on education for street children and abandoned children. In their homes, they ensure quality education, security, complete health care and a real opportunity to carve a bright future. The homes are not institutions! They are meant to host no more than 20 children, to ensure a violence-free, family-like environment. Tara Boys home is for 20 boys from 6 to 18 years old.
For the last 8 months, the children have been working on their stories, poems and autobiographical pieces with the help of UK author Mrs. Katie Waldegrave. The writing in this collection ranges from the sublime Vinay’s piece about flying boys – Shyamu’s about how to make a sunset – to the ridiculous Rashid’s “Greedy King” or Sameer who would like to turn all vegetables into chocolate.
Katie and her group First Story believe that writing can transform lives, and that there is dignity and power in every young person’s story. With her mentorship, the Boys have begun to find their voice and know that voice has value.
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