What Are Untouchables?
The “Dalit” or Untouchables are still regarded as subhuman in some parts of India. They are segregated in southern India. Many children are forced into child labor, and they cannot get educated. Adults are forced to work in slave-like conditions in order to survive. Women face a particularly grim future. The Problem is Focused in Villages of Southeast India Where: • People are divided by caste, religion and class • “Untouchables,” or “Dalits,” seen as impure and sub-human, are degraded, segregated and exploited outcasts • They and caste poor depend on dominant caste people for their livelihoods, struggling daily in slave-like conditions, poverty and hunger • Women endure even more hardships • The poorest children face many obstacles to education and often leave school for child labor Who Helps The Untouchables? I read about an organization that helps Indian Untouchables. It is called Lead Forward, and it is based upon the “teach a man to fish” principal. The program concentrates on edu
