At Risk Children Support Programme

At Risk Children Support Programme

Activities and Achievements

Specific Objective 1: Rescue & Care

Output 1: Provide educational, developmental, recreational and other basic needs to resident children in childcare homes, and conduct rescue operation.

The major planned activities to achieve this objective include five activities i.e.

Output 1.1: Run care homes: 55 children (32 care home, 23 Tamilnadu Returnee Humli girls)

Achievement: During the project period altogether 183 children were cared in care homes, safe house and transit homes

Output 1.2: Provide educational supports: 72 children (55+ 17 had been reintegrated children)
Output 1.3: Provide psychosocial counselling (group and individual): 70 children
Output 1.4: Provide medical services: 70 children
Achievement: total 103 (72+31) rescued at- risk children were reintegrated with educational, psychosocial, medical and other supports at their families.

*Note: The reintegrated children were in the care home before 2015.

Output 1.5: Rescue at risk children: 30 children
Achievement: 80 children were rescued from different hazards of labour and risk situations

Specific Objective 2: Reunification & Reintegration

Output 2: Reunify children with their parents and/or kinsmen if it is possible to do so.

The major planned activities to achieve this objective include two activities i.e.

Output 2.1: Reunification with supports: 20 children

Output 2.2: Support to family for income maximization: 10 families

Achievements: During the project period 41 children were reunified out of 80 rescued children and 14 children were reunified out of 31 from child care homes with different supports, as mentioned below. As well as, 40 families of at risk children were involved in Seed Support program. Hence 55 children reunified with various support and 40 families were involved the Seed support program to income maximization of the families.

Number of reunified children out of 80 rescued children

Number of reunified children from 31 care homes

Seed Support Program

Specific Objective 3: Youth Transition Programme

Output 3: Promote independency of youths through education, vocational trainings and other possible supports.
The major planned activities to achieve this objective include two activities i.e.

Output 3.1: Support for education: 20 youths;

Output 3.2: Support for vocational training: 16 youths.

Achievement: In the project period, altogether 108 youths were benefited from education and vocational trainings. Among them, 84 youths are covered in educational support activities and 24 are covered in vocational trainings.

Specific Objective 4: Safe in School

Output 4: Keep vulnerable children safe in schools through improvement of basic facilities in schools and other educational supports to needy children.

The major planned activities to achieve this objective include three activities i.e.

Output 4.1: School support (furniture, construction work etc.): 100 schools

Net benefited children

Achievements: In the project period altogether 73 school received the various support among the 100 planned school, 12,740 children (6,306 girls and 6,434 boys) were studying in the supported school.Total 10,481 children (5,139 girls and 5,342 boys) were the net benefited children from the mentioned school supports (i.e. construction and reconstructing of School Building, Toilet, and Drinking Water Tap; establishment and management of Libraries and ECED or model classes; Maintenance and Fencing / Furniture Supports).

Output 4.2: Scholastic bursary: 2,500 pupils;

Hygiene Kit Supported School and Number of Supported Kits

Achievements: During the period altogether 3,418 children (2,120 girls and 1,298 boys) received the bursary support, whereas it was planned only for 2,500 children. Along the bursary support in various schools, 106 children were benefited through mid-day meal support in Saraswati Primary School, Bharta, Dokotar of and Kailash RM. Similarly, 5,212 children of 20 schools received the hygiene kits, including the Soap, Toothbrush/Paste, Hair Oil, Comb, Small Towel, Nail Cutter all beneficiaries, and Sanitary Pad for Girls in each kit.

Output 4.3: Teacher training (Child Friendly, WASH, Sexual Health, Trafficking etc.): 250 teachers.

WASH in School Teachers Training

BCBL Teachers Training (Better Class Room Better Learning) including Sexual health and Trafficking.

Specific Objective 5: Awareness

Output 5: Prevent child trafficking through education, awareness raising activities and other interventions mobilizing the existing local institutions.

The major planned activities to achieve this objective include three activities i.e.

Output 5.1: Awareness in schools and communities: 3,000 students

Output 5.2: Awareness among SMC members: 500 SMC members

Output 5.3: Awareness through media: 50, 000 people