I spent today with the team from Project Concern India, an NGO which works with street and working children in Delhi. There are thought to be more than 100,000 kids sleeping rough on this city’s streets and there is no government funding – or political will – to help them move on.

One of the PCI centres that I visited focuses on the many runaways and orphans who turn up at the city’s railway stations from all over India. There they receive non-formal eduction through games and activities, can get food, a bed and healthcare, and can be reunited with their families if they want to.

Today about 30 boys were at the centre, ranging in age from about seven to about 17. Most have been sleeping at the train stations and working as rag pickers. Bullying by older boys, sexual exploitation and drug abuse – particularly glue-sniffing – are all big problems for the railway children.

Priet, pictured above, is their newest edition. He was found by an outreach worker on Monday this week and is probably about eight, but they know very little about him. He is deaf and dumb but is a delightful little boy who is full of fun. His name and details are tattooed onto his forearm, but despite this PCI has so far been unable to trace his family.

I am trying to be brave and take as many potraits as I can while I’m here, to develop my photography portfolio.