Water is an important substance for LIFE Israel
July 11, 2024
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India is the biggest democratic country in the world with more than 1.2 billion people. Although India gained Independence over 72 years ago and many things have changed since, not the lives of the Dalits. Despite the fact that discrimination based on caste was outlawed by India’s constitution in 1950 (prior to this, the discrimination lasted 3000 years), the practice of ‘Untouchability ’still dictates the order of modern life of approximately 1.3 million people in India; they are known as the Dalits. The ways in which the Dalits are being discriminated; they are forced to live in separate settlements, prohibited from drawing water from the wells and worshipping in temples, and often their children are denied education, or made to sit in the back of the classroom. Dalits are subjected to rape, harassment, violence and murder.
We at ICI strive to change attitudes around this practice and to give the Dalit people what every human being deserves: to live free of discrimination, economically, socially and spiritually. We work closely with Light Homes as they work among various communities and do not discriminate based on caste, ethnicity, nationality, or religious identity.
You can be part of the great work that ICI doing by patnering with LIGHT HOMES in India by making tax deductible donations.
LIGHT HOMES
India
Light Home is dedicated to provide a safe and secure environment for orphan, poor, abandoned, neglected and underprivileged children of India. Also, focused on imparting good standards of education and health to children to become better citizens.
Dalits are the poorest of the poor and have no hope. Dalits have been living without human dignity and respect, and are poorest of the poor in Indian society. For the last 3,000 years since the inception of the Caste system, Dalits lives are largely unchanged.
India is the biggest democratic country in the world with more than 1.2 billion people. Many things have changed in India since its Independence 72 years ago but not Dalit’s lives who comprise nearly one-quarter of India, with population estimation of 300 million. Dalits also called the “Untouchables,” “Outcastes,” and most recently “Slumdogs,” are still in a hopeless situation with no hope for the future.
24 Pinehurst Ave, Glenmore Park, NSW, Australia, 2745
+612 47226970
wecare@ici.org.au
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