National Institute of Women Child and Youth Development

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Girls' Education Program

The project Girls child education program was initiated since July 2011 in the Ghodadongri girl’s middle school. The cultural and socio economic strata of the girls make the strategic interventions more difficult in the area but still their levels of participation in the process led 64 girls completing their education of 6th standard during the last year of the project and at present we are working with 133 girls of class 6th and 7th.

» Goal

  • Girls have to complete Middle school and Increase girls' self-awareness, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
  • Increase family, peer, and community awareness and support of girls' education
  • Increase collaboration with government to support policies and programs to promote girls' education

» Target Group

Girl children from rural & tribal communities

» Target School

The project Operational in Government Girls middle School Ghodadaongari

» Villages Covered

  • Ghodadonagri
  • Bajardhana
  • Bedhidhana
  • Ojhadhana
  • Basni
  • Ratamati

» Program Activities With Girls

  • Life Skills sessions ( in and outside schools)
  • Academic support to needy girls
  • Material support to needy girls
  • Mentoring

» With School Level

  • Orientation meetings / workshops
  • Setting up Resource Center
  • School level Event(s)
  • Workshop with teachers around Gender Sensitizations
  • Regular meetings and follow ups
  • Activating setting up girls’ / children Groups

» With community level

  • Parents meeting & workshops
  • Campaigns / Awareness events
  • Orientation for / follow up meetings with the local level bodies

» With Partner organizations

  • Capacity building workshops / perspective building meet
  • Review and planning meetings

1. Slums - In Slums Working As a child labor Initiatives -

Through this program we are working with those children Who are valuranable we covered all issues which effect the life of children like child labor, either paid or unpaid, and is working within or outside the family, Malnourishment, gender discrimination abuses etc basically, we work for those a child who is deprived of the right to education , Protection and childhood. We also believe that the all those issue of community needs to be addressed through community itself hence the major emphasis was given on strengthening of groups and built their capacity.

Through this initiative we have working with their level

With Community CBOs

  • Women groups- 15 Groups (15 slums)
  • Child Development Groups- 18 groups (in 17 slums)
  • Adolescent Girls-(50 Child labor girls )
  • Forms-Mahila Munch, Bal Panchayat

With Institution, like schools, ICDS center

Concern Department like Education, Gram Panchayat, Health & WCD

2. Initiative with children on railway Platforms.

Bachpan is working for home placement of platform children as an ongoing process, as we believe that for the right of protection and development of children home plays an important role. The major emphasis was given on advocating the issues related with implementing of JJ act. 2000.

For ensuring Child Rights.

  • Family Tracing.
  • Home Placement.
  • Strengthen of Bal adikar mitra.
  • Disha.
  • Drug de-addiction and Home Placement.
  • Networking with Organization.
  • Efforts done by Girl child at platform.
  • Capacity building of Team.

Networking with Government Institutions/Department

  • Railway Department.
  • Special Juvenile Police Unit.
  • Child Welfare Committee.
  • Dist Advisory Board.
  • Shelter home (Girl).
  • Police department(RPF/GRPF).