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...No
one is born as street kids in the real sense of
the word.
It is the society and the evils of the systems that shapes
the children into street children… |
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The term street-children refers to those children
for whom the street has become a home more than
their family. There are many reasons behind this
phenomenon of street children. Poverty,
broken families, neglect of parents, lack of opportunities
for quality education, natural
calamities, increase in the incidence of life threatening
diseases like HIV etc. are some of the
ostensible causes of this issue. All these are the
by-product of neo-liberal globalization, privatization,
rapid industrialization and mechanization that produce
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poverty. This has resulted into social unrest causing
family crisis and breakdown resulting into the increase
of street children.
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It is estimated
that India has about 350
million children out of its population
of one billion. The research reveals that
there are about 20
million street children in
India. In Mumbai alone there
are about one lakh of these street children
fight for their survival on her railway platforms,
streets and pavements. |
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Vikas Society makes its humble efforts towards
the amelioration of these less fortunate children
especially street children and rag pickers of Mumbai
and Navi Mumbai, towards growing them in health, in
peace and dignity. |
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Important Projects for these purposes
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With the object of ensuring a rightful
place for these exploited children, Jan
Vikas Society go all-out with its process
of reaching out and providing for the
fulfilment of basic needs of such children.
The Society effectively manages two rehabilitation
centres and six day care centres in Mumbai
and Navi Mumbai. |
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Children are the future of any society.
Each child is a blend of different potentialities.
To explore the intrinsic talents and develop
them to its fullest is the responsibility
of each adult who associates with the
child. This will help in actualizing the
individuality of the child and making
him a mature and self sufficient man or
woman in his or her future. Jan Vikas
Society, as it has taken upon itself the
care for the less fortunate children of
the society, has contributed greatly in
growth of such children through its different
projects. |
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Mermier
Bal Ashram: The first of Jan Vikas
Society’s rehabilitation centre
has a strength of fifty-three children
today who are attending various schools
in Navi Mumbai or are trained in different
professions. The centre provides for the
holistic development of the children completely
free of charge.
Florin Bal
Ashram: Commencing in March 2003
has completed one year of service to the
disadvantaged children. The number of
inmates are twenty-seven today who are
attending school in Taloja. |
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| Mankhurd
Centre: Situated near the Mankhurd
Railway Station, it has accessibility
to many street children, rag pickers and
platform children. Balwadi Classes, supportive
education programmes, and tuition classes
are regularly conducted for the poor children.
The strength of the centre is fifty-eight.
Turbhe Naka
Centre: The Day Care centre is
a new development. The centre works
for the development of children of the
migrant workers. It helps the children
by running Balwadi and support education
programmes. The centre is attended by
thirty children.
Indira Nagar
Centre: The centre is located
at the residential location of zari
warkers. It could facilitate the attendance
of the children of zari workers who
are malnutrited. Balwadi and tuition
classes are regularly run the daily
attendance of the centre is fifty-one.
Turbha-Store
Centre: The centre reaches out
to many children and people who are
in need of various legal assistance,
through its legal aid cell. It also
regularly conducts Kinder Garten School
(Hindi), tuition classes and Supportive
Education Classes. Hundred and two children
attend the centre for various educational
programmes.
Panvel Centre:
The street children can easily approach
the centre as it is situated near the
railway station. The different educational
programmes like tuition programmes and
Balwadi help the children in their development.
Koparkhairane
Village Centre: It has an attendance-strength
of forty-two children who regularly
improve through the supplementary education
programmes and Kinder Gartens run by
the Society.
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It
takes steps to provide free legal aid
to weaker sections of the society –street
children, rag pickers and women in crisis.
The main objectives is the legally educate
the weaker sections of the community on
their rights. A total of 450 cases were
solved till January 2004, and about 50
are being settled. |
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Mermier Bal Ashram, its first rehabilitation
centre for street children, rag
pickers and orphans from Navi Mumbai
and Mumbai has completed its eight
years of service. The third anniversary
of the new building was celebrated
on 25th September 2003. It is situated
in Koperkhairne, Navi Mumbai. The
centre houses children in the age
group of 4 to 18 and presently 53
children reside here. The centre
provides holistic care for the children.
It takes care of the housing, nutritional,
educational and psychological needs
of the children admitted at the
centre. The children attend different
schools at Koperkhairna and Vashi.
At the centre children receive all
the cares which is required for
their holistic development. The
life at the Ashram is not study
alone but includes recreations,
vocational training, and festivities.
The different religious, social
and national feasts are celebrated
with great enthusiasm and social
participation. Cultural Programmes
add joy to the celebrations. A health
camp and blood check up camp was
organized on 15th August 2003, in
collaboration with Lions Club, as
a part of Independence Day celebration.
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Florin Bal Ashram is situated at
Taloja. It is a rehabilitation centre
for the children and is a branch
of Mermier Bal Ashram. The centre
houses children in the age group
of 4 to 18. The centre extends its
service from 2002 and presently
23 children reside here. The centre
provides holistic care for the children.
It takes care of the housing, nutritional,
educational and psychological needs
of the children admitted at the
centre. The children attend school
at Taloja |
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It is a Day Care Centre for street
children and slum children. It runs
balwadi and support education classes
for these children freely and concentrates
mainly on the educational improvement
of the children. It also arranges
for a nutritious one-time-meal for
the children so that the children
may get better nutritional care
and improve in their health. The
total number of children attending
the centre is 60. Feast days like
Raksha Bandhan, Deewali, Navaratri
and Christmas was celebrated with
various cultural programmes at the
centre. Eight children from the
centre participated in the Deewali
Mela at Don Bosco, Vadala. Six street
children from the centre participated
a one month camp on Drug Intoxication
and repatriation, organized by Bal
Prafulta, Andheri. |
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Panvel Centre is a Day Care Centre
for street children and slum children
and is named Balashray. It is situated
in Panchasheel Nagar, Navi Panvel.
It runs balwadi and support education
classes for the children and concentrates
mainly on the educational improvement
of the children. It also runs programmes
for the improvement of the people
of the area in many ways. The centre
celebrated Deewali, Chacha Ka Mela,
Gandhi Jayanti, Christmas etc. with
great interest. An eye check up
camp was organized on 21st December,
2003. Ophthalmologists Dr. Amjad
and Dr. Hussain from Masjit Bandar
extend their services for the camp.
Deputy Superintendent of Railway
Police, Panvel Mr. Maschindra Jagadale
inaugurated the camp. The poor people
of the near by slums and communities
benefited from these free eye check
up and supply of spectacles at a
subsidized rate. |
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The Thurbhe-store centre runs two
projects namely Legal Aid Centre
and Day Care Centre. The Day Care
Centre for slum children runs balwadi
and support education classes for
the children freely and concentrates
mainly on the educational improvement
of the children. It also arranges
for a nutritious one time meal for
the children so that the children
may get better nutritional care
and improve in their health. A vocational
training camp was organized for
the women of the area in association
with Main Stream Society, Mumbai.
Mrs. Ranchana Jadhav explained to
the ladies about the preparation
and marketing of phenyl and incense
sticks. The health camp and eye
check up camp organized on 30th
November, in collaboration with
Lion’s Club -Thurbha, Republican
Party of India - Turbhastore and
Bombay Catholic Sabha – Vashi
benefited about 400 people. The
health camp was inaugurated by Navi
Mumbai RPI president Mr. Namdev
Gaikwad. The doctors from NMMC hospital
extended their services freely.
The camp included eye check up T.B
check up and pediatric camp.
The Legal Aid Centre has helped
many people in solving cases of
varying nature. A total of 450
cases were referred to the centre
and found solution. It helps the
people in the matters related
to laws and collaborates with
the governmental systems to ensure
justice.
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Eighty children spend their day
in this Day Care Centre and learn
many good things from the dedicated
teachers. It runs balwadi and support
education classes for these children
freely and concentrates mainly on
the educational improvement of the
children. It also arranges for a
nutritious one time meal for the
children so that the children may
get better nutritional care and
improve in their health. The centre
celebrated Deewali and conducted
Rangoli Competition. For Chacha
Ka Mela celebration, Mrs. Suman
Bai (President of Mahila Mandal)
and Mr. Mahender (President, Rashtrawadi
Congress Party) were present. Fifteen
children were taken for the medical
camp conducted at Turbhe-store Centre
30th November, 2003. The children
were taken to Sagar Vihar, Vashi
for a one day picnic on 7th November.
The Christmas celebration on 29th
December 2003 was a beautiful presentation
of talents by the children. It also
runs programmes for the improvement
of the people of the area in many
ways.
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A new Day Care Centre for street
children and slum children was inaugurated
on 11th October 2003. It runs balwadi
and support education classes for
the children freely and concentrates
mainly on the educational improvement
of the children. Forty-four children
attend the centre. It also arranges
for a nutritious one time meal for
the children so that the children
may get better nutritional care
and improve in their health. A parents
meeting was organized on 5th November
2003 to give guidance on parenting.
Christmas and Chacha Ka Day was
celebrated colourfully. On 30th
November fifteen children were taken
for a Health Check Up camp organized
at Turbhe-store.
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Koperkhairna Village Centre, a new
Day Care Centre for street children
and slum children was opened on.
It runs balwadi and support education
classes for the children freely
and concentrates mainly on the educational
improvement of the children. The
centre celebrated Deewali, Nehru
Jayanthi, and Christmas with great
enthusiasm. On 29th November and
13th December the children were
taken to outing to the Koperkhairna
Park. The children are given opportunity
for many indoor and outdoor games.
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Housing: |
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Nutritional
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Education:
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Balwadi |
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Clothing: |
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Medical
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Redressal: |
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Entertainment: |
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Counseling: |
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Through
camps, |
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Campaigns, |
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News
Bulletins, |
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Bal
Mela. |
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Awareness
programmes and guidance on
HIV/AIDS |
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Printing
Institute |
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File
Making |
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Computer
Training: |
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Hardware |
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Software |
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Fabrication |
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Carpentry |
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Welding |
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Tailoring |
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Karate
Training |
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Office
Assistance |
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Finding
Placement Opportunities |
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Making
Group Homes |
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Group
Counseling or Guidance |
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Personal
Counseling and Motivation |
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Monthly
Meeting |
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Motivating
for Life’s Call |
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Guidance
for Family Life |
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Awareness
on Family Responsibilities |
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Awareness
on Civic Responsibilities |
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Working and Co-ordinating : |
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With
other organizations |
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Governmental
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National
and International Agencies and Forums |
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