Integrated Child Development
GOAL : To facilitate holistic development (spiritual, physical, intellectual, emotional and social) of orphaned children.
OBJECTIVES :
- To provide shelter care for 100 orphaned children under 6 years.
- To introduce pre-school, pre-primary and primary school education programs.
- To cater to the nutritional and health care needs of the children.
ACTIVE proposes an innovative and goal oriented project entitled ‘Integrated Child Development’ for all round (spiritual, physical, intellectual, emotional and social) development of Children below 6 years. The project, in general, includes shelter, education, nutrition, health-care, games & sports, yoga and meditation to kids under the age of 6 who are otherwise dis-regarded and neglected.
For several socio-economic, cultural and political reasons, the incidence of destitute and orphaned children in Khammam district has been ever increasing. To whichever category do they belong, such children not only have to toil hard for a day's meal, but also to save themselves from unscrupulous persons ever on the prowl to exploit them. Many give in, while some do not. Those who succumb get food and receive protection, which of course, comes for a price. They have to oblige by allowing themselves to be sexually exploited, doing illegal activities like pick-pocketing or drug-peddling or even begging.
So long as they are physically fit, they can withstand the pressures but this cannot continue for long. Since they do not have a place to keep clothes, take bath and recourse to medical facilities, they often suffer from some form of chronic diseases like tuberculosis, worms’ infestation, dysentery and skin infections. Owing to lack of family care and emotional support, they become aggressive and non-trusting towards adults, suffer from many psychological disorders, as violence and exploitation all around make them angry towards the system. Once they fall ill they have nobody to turn to. They simply languish. Many die uncared and unclaimed, and some suffer nervous breakdown.
The project stakeholders shall be children under 6 years, who can be moulded into holistic individuals through several interventions. The criteria for their selection are :
- Being orphaned.
- Being abandoned.
- Being destitute - have no family support or parental care.
- Being Street based.
- Children of below poverty line families.
In coherence with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - 1989, the project implementation approach would ensure children their basic rights viz., The right to survival, the right to development and growth, the right to protection and the right to participation. In this context, the project would adopt the following approaches.
- The guiding principles for project implementation shall be :
- All children deserve food, shelter, safety, basic health care, entertainment, love, affection and freedom from exploitation.
- All children themselves know what their concerns are and how they see their own future.
- All children need the tools, such as education and vocational training, those enable and empower them to break the vicious cycle of poverty and to choose how to live their lives.
- No child-in-need should be left behind.
- Residential education for children. The education does aim at not only intellectual development but spiritual, emotional and social development as well.
- Co-curricular activities like spiritual teaching, prayer, help children develop spiritually.
- Extra-curricular activities like yoga and meditation, music, dance help them grow emotionally.
- Value orientation and attitudinal development help them nurture social values of solidarity, communal harmony and peaceful co-existence.
- Games and sports help them imbibe the spirit of competition and in their physical growth as well.
- Primary education starts with Class I in the first year and every year new class will be added.
- Medium of instruction shall be English to keep the children in the mainstream of competitive world.
- Nutrition and health care for overall mind and body development.
- Inputs and resources needed for project implementation would be mobilized from:
- Grants from national and international donors.
- Individual sponsorships, both in-country and overseas.
- Collaboration with local institutions, both governmental and non-governmental.
- Corporate support.
- In-kind support from the community.
- Half-an-acre of picturesque area, comprising of about 4000 SFT of built up area, in Kallor, one of the mandal headquarters in Khammam district.
- Database of children in need.
- In-house experience of ACTIVE in implementing supplementary education program under the aegis of Action Aid India sponsored Poverty Eradication Program. The program components included: pre-school education wherever schools and balawadi centres do not exist; improving the quality of teaching in governmental schools in the development area and involvement of parents and community in education programs. The main achievement of the program was achievement of 100 percent enrolment in the development area.
DO YOU KNOW THE VALUE OF A DOLLAR ? US $360 can take care of an orphan child for one full year. That's right! A Dollar a Day ! Here is what the Child gets :
- Breakfast, Lunch & Supper
- Clothing
- Health Care
- Shelter
- Education
Donate NOW ! You will receive :
- Photo of the Child.
- Letter from the Child every quarter.
- Two Greetings Cards - for Christmas & Good Friday.
- Yearly progress of the Child.
Donate $360 to take care of a child in all aspects for a complete year. Sponsor as many children as you wish. ACTIVE takes care of kids and provided them with rich nutritional and hygiene food, neat cloths, accommodation, good medical aid and quality education in all aspects for brilliant and healthy citizens of the future.
Donate $180 for 6 months' Child Care. Sponsor as many children as you wish. ACTIVE takes care of kids and provided them with rich nutritional and hygiene food, neat cloths, accommodation, good medical aid and quality education in all aspects for brilliant and healthy citizens of the future.
Donate $30 for a month's Child Care. What are you waiting for ? It’s time to think of under privileged and uncared children. All these kids are waiting for you help. Donate generously and provide them confidence in life ! You can donate online using a Credit Card. Sponsor as many children as you wish.