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Milesworth Travel is pleased to endorse The Interface, a wonderful new non-profit initiative in social investment & management. The Interface provides a professional and transparent approach in bridging the gap between individuals and corporates who want to give and those who are in need.

The Interface was launched in 2006 with the mission to rekindle philanthropy, revolutionise social responsibility, and help channel resources effectively from givers to recipients.

The organisation, based in Chennai, comprises a dedicated team of social investment managers who help identify meaningful social causes that need your support, profile them for you, help you build a portfolio and, offer end-to-end tracking of your social investment.

In the coming months, Milesworth Travel and the Interface will forge a innovative partnership in travel philanthropy – giving back to local community and society through travel.

So how can you make a difference? And how much of a difference can you make?

The Salaam Baalak Trust (SBT) is an Indian non-profit and non-governmental organization, established in 1988 with the proceeds from the film "Salaam Bombay!" (1988) made on street children by noted film director, Mira Nair. The Trust provides support for street and working children in inner cities of New Delhi, and Mumbai, this includes providing education, basic literacy and schooling, full care facilities for the young (up to 12 years), drop-in shelters for older children, health care and counselling in HIV/AIDS and TB awareness.

Today SBT runs, five 24-hour full care shelters for children, with one devoted to girl children, (Arushi), in Mumbai, Delhi and Bhubaneshwar; five outreach contact points mostly near railway stations and a 24-hour toll-free helpline service, catering to children in distress all over India, in all looking after 5,000 children every year. It is also a project 'H71 partner NGO' of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which whom its runs its 'Kishalaya Centre', and awareness programme at YMCA, Mumbai.

Today, SBT children, who have been trained in theatre, dance and puppetry, are giving performances all over the world.

Since 2007 SBT Delhi is running the Salaam Baalak City Walk - New Delhi, a guided tour through Paharganj and New Delhi Railway Station area. The guides are former street children from the trust. The walk aims to sensitize about street life, street children and Indian society problems. During the walk the guides share their personal story of survival with the participants and show them the contact points and shelter homes SBT provides. The walk also provides an opportunity for the young people to improve their communication and marketing skills. All proceeds go directly to the trust to enable more opportunities to be made for street children so the walk is 100% non-profit making.

Milesworth believes in being socially responsible by offering our customers travel experiences that are both enriching and also philanthropic. By supporting the SBT City Walk and including it in our itineraries that cover Delhi, we hope that we are creating a meaningful two-way exchange between the travel philanthropist and the beneficiary: a value-proposition where travellers pay the Trust for a guided street walk that gives them a different perspective of Delhi as a destination, and the money they pay for the walk goes towards supporting the financial needs of the Trust.