A bank by and for street children

  • 01/04/2008

  • Tribune (New Delhi)

The cashier counts the currency notes carefully, makes an entry in the passbook and hands it over to the waiting customer through a tiny window. But this is no ordinary bank - as both the cashier and consumer are actually street children. The Bal Vikas Bank, or Children's Development Bank (CDB), is a unique initiative by a Delhi-based NGO