Care, Support and Educational Services for Children in Beggary and Ragpicking

NIRMAL JYOTHI

INDIAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT, NAGPUR, INDIA

A registered not for profit organizationEstablished in 2003 to enable the vulnerable

and weaker sections of the societySpecial focus on children in difficult situation

towards empowerment and dignified human life

Headquartered in Nagpur, Maharashtra State

Promotes child rights especially of survival, protection, development and participation

Care and support centre for children on the street which provides basic facilities and mainstreams them through constant care, acceptance and special supportive environment

A centre at Gittikadan for children in beggary and ragpicking aimed at breaking the chain of beggary and mainstreaming children

Non formal education and capacity building of children in Hazaripahad slum locality

Care and support and capacity building centre for children in ragpicking at Tulsi Nagar adjacent to dumping yard

Child focused community development program in Betul district in the state of Madhya Pradesh

Shelter/Food/Clothing/Counselling/Medical at Yuvajyothi

550

Repatriation 16

Education (including drop outs) 96

Vocational Training 188

Job Placement 26

Referral 55

Educational Sponsorship 10

Kindergarten 265

Bridge School 43

Library 100

Summer camp 1328

Bal Manch 120

Life Skill Education 592

Savings and Bank Accounts 80

Children’s Day/Bal Mela 1208

Children reached through Janya Project 3021

Economic compulsions and poverty force the children on to the street to earn a living and support their families

They take up various economic activities, such as vending, shoe shining, begging, and rag picking

Certain communities that are involved traditionally into begging and rag picking pass on the tradition to their children and push them on to the street from infancy itself

They are into a vicious cycle and they have not been provided an opportunity for different way of living and children enabled towards growing up with dignity and self worth

Mangarwadi, a tribe whose traditional occupation is begging reside at Gittikadhan

Their children are into begging and rag picking as an economical activity along with their family members

They are deprived of their childhood and basic rights to education and dignified living

ICID has initiated work among these children and manages a care and support centre

The centre has been providing basic facilities, recreational, hygiene and non formal educational services to these children with the local support

170 children have been accessing these services and 65 of them are involved in small saving through an initiative named ‘Mera Galla’ and bank accounts have been opened for them in Corporation Bank

The project proposes to reach out to these children on the street and break the chain of beggary and rag picking by strengthening the initial work with regular educational and vocational trainings

The total number of families: 57 Number of children in the age category of 3-5

are 21 Number of children in the age category of 6 –

14 are 108 Number of children in the age category of 15 –

18 are 61 Among these male are 111 and female are 79 Among these children161 of them have never

been to a school and 29 of them are enrolled in school but irregular or dropped out

Goal of the Project: Improved sense of self worth and

empowerment towards dignified living Objectives:To enable increased number of children to

opt out from begging and rag picking and mainstream them through education

To build creative ability in children in difficult situation and enable them towards healthy and hygienic living

To increase the sense of community, cohesiveness and saving habits among the children

Sensitization and motivation of the Community members – parents and significant others on the importance of child rights

Recreational and Hygiene facilities – for expression of emotions and ideas creatively and to be clean and healthy

Montessori Pre- school for children from age of 3 to 5 and 6 to 8 years would provide a stimulating, child-centered environment for learning along with supplementary nutrition

Bridge school – for drop out children for rejoining formal education

Vocational training – Tailoring and embroidery for adolescent girls

Library – for all children to build their knowledge bank Children’s Bank and Self Help Group – piggy bank for children

and for group feeling/cohesiveness Life skill education – to make the children assertive and help

them take appropriate decisions in their lives

Sr. No Line Items Unit Cost TOTAL

INon Recurring

   

 Books for the library  Rs. 15,000  15,000.00

 Sub total 15,000.00

IIProgramme Expenses    

 Nutritional support to children at Montessori Rs. 3000 x 12 months  36,000.00

 Toiletry articles for hygiene programme  Rs.1000 x 12 months  36,000.00

 Annual day sports and cultural programmes  Rs.10000 x 3 years  10,000.00

 Salary to Programme Coordinator (25 % of the time) 

Rs. 3000 x 12 months 36,000.00

Montessori teacher Rs.5000 x 12 months  60,000.00

Tailoring and craft tutor Rs.5000 x 12 months  60,000.00

 Sub total   238,000.00

III Administrative Expenses

Stationary, printing and telephone

Rs.1000 x 12 months  12,000.00

water and electricity Rs.1000 x 12 months  12,000.00

Local conveyance  Rs.500 x 12 months  6,000.00

Sub total   30,000.00

Garnd Total   283,000.00

Note: The organization will contribute to the project with the space as well as tailoring machines

Thank you