Non-profit helps street children get on their feet

Some 210 million youngsters around the world, according to UNICEF, are orphaned or live on the streets, forced into a precarious life by war, poverty or illness. Among the organizations working to help them is one prompted by a chance meeting on a New Delhi street. Help for Orphans focuses on teaching street children the skills they need for a better future.

In 2004, Sarah Ehrlich was on a trip to India with her husband, an art dealer. One day, as she waited in their car while he bought artwork at a store, a small boy approached her.

“He was about 8-years-old and he was holding a baby," said Ehrlich. "This baby couldn’t have been more than a week old. He was standing next to the car, by my window. He kept pushing the baby, head forward and saying, ‘feed the baby, feed the baby’. Every time he would come forward, the baby’s head would hit the back window of the car.”

That moment changed her life. She said, "I just wanted to...

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