Date: 13-July-2012
A group of over 100 children suffering from cancer along with their family members today visited the Metro Museum at Patel Chowk Metro station and also travelled in the Delhi Metro for a joy ride for the first time. These kids who hail from different parts of the country and are under treatment for cancer under the aegis of an NGO CanKids�KidsCan spent over one hour on the Delhi Metro.
A train ride was also arranged for these children, aged between 5 and 14 years, from AIIMS Metro station to Patel Chowk Metro station and back to Race Course Metro station. At Patel Chowk Metro station, they were shown around the Metro Museum where they got to know about one of the most modern Metro systems in the world.
In the past also, DMRC has been active in arranging visits for such sections of the society who need special attention and care. NGOs like Saksham Daksh from Noida involved with blind children, Masoom Duniya from Dwarka who look after mentally challenged children, Samarthyam - an NGO of international repute working for people with different abilities, Family India Foundation- an NGO dealing with underprivileged children etc. have all travelled in the Metro in the past.
DMRC, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility has also built a shelter home near Tis Hazari for homeless street children which is run by the Salaam Balak Trust and is also involved in the running of an 'Old Age Winter Home' for male senior citizens at Govindpuri in south Delhi.
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