Pehchaan & SPARC are working for the rights of children & helping them find their identity. Perhaps the most disadvantaged group in Pakistan is the millions of street cchildren who live or work on the street. Street children fall through the cracks in the society – there are few opportunities and ladders for them to climb back and return to normal life.
Children live and work on the street because their parents are poor, they are orphans, or they are abused at home. They are invariably mal-nourished, receive minimal education or medical treatment, and are involved in child labor from an early age. Child prostitution and sexual abuse are also major problems, as is addiction to drugs. These children live in a world different than ours. Taken as a separate nation, they are the most suffering people on our planet.

The root causes leading to these children’s plight are beyond a single NGO’s power to change, but PAHCHAAN & SPARC believes in helping where it can. To such children we are striving to provide:

• Repatriation to Their Families
• Temporary Shelters
• Street Schools
• Vocational Training
• Nutrition
• Medical Treatment
• Shower Facilities
• AIDS Awareness; and
• A Help Line for Children

Pahchaan (Protection And Help of Children Against Abuse and Neglect) is a Lahore-based non-government, non-profit, registered organization working on child protection issues. Pahchaan’s focus is on street children, runaway children, and other children in difficult circumstances, especially those vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. It also aims to work with service providers and parents/caregivers through increased awareness, networking, and capacity building in order to create a more protective environment for the children under their care. The NGO'S also said it was planning to open a drop in centre for such children with the help of international sponsors including the European Commission and Group Development and the organization End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT).