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Educational and Recreational Programmes for School Dropouts |
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Objective:
- Facilitate programmes aimed at procuring rights of children with a special focus on health, education, recreation and protection
Achievements:
- More than 500 children out of school have been helped to attened fomal Schools.
- 5 working children have been rescued from child labour and are being provided with long term support for education
- More than 500 child labourers & Street Children are being helped to go school through our Residential and Non-Residential bridge camps.(Read Case Study)
- More than 500 children going to school have been helped to get through exams with remedical education support offered by Spandana. (Read Case Study)
Future Direction:
- Reach out to more than 10,000 children over a period of 5 years with support in the areas of Education, Recreation, Health, Shelter, Food & Clothing through community based intervention and institutional services as situation demands.
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Awareness Generation Activities |
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Objective:
- Educate masses on issues related to health, legal, environmental and social aspects of human life in order to create an enabling atmosphere for individuals.
Achievements:
- 1500 people from 20 communities were reached out with the message on HIV / AIDS, Cancer and Tuberculosis. The extension outreach wing has identified 50 positive cases under HIV and carrying out referral services in collaboration with various organisations.
Future Directions:
- To organize workshops and camps on health and legal issues for focused groups.
- To start vermin compost and paper recycling units.
- To intensify Legal Awareness progammes. in the community.
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Self Help Programmes for Women |
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Objective:
- Create opportunities to marginalized women to identify suitable vocations, impart trainings and establish micro enterprise units through thrift and credit programme.
Achievements:
- 100 Women from 12 Self Help Groups were helped to receive revolving fund to the tune of Rs.1,25,00/- from various government run schemes to start income generation units.
- 500 women are part of the self help programme promoted by Spandana.
Future Directions:
- Aiming to form a Mutually aided co-operative thrift society which would be mutually beneficial to women in establishing micro enterprise units and income generation programmes for more needy families living in poverty.
- Identify and establish more IGP units for needy women.
- Enroll more number of women in the thrift credit programme for larger benefit.
Income Generation Programme:
- Spandana supports young widows and deserted women through its community extension care and support programmes to start up small business units by raising support from various resources. One such unit is established at Hafeez Baba Nagar for one woman with five children deserted by her husband. Today Ayesha has established her own incense-stick making unit and is supporting the family out of her own hard earned income. (Read Case Study)
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PROGRAMMES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE |
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Objective:
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Started in the year 2005, the Career Counseling and Job Placement desk for youth has given opportunities for 40 young men and women to take up suitable vocation and successfully placed in jobs in corporate offices with a salary between Rs.2,000/- to Rs.6,000/- per month.
Future Directions:
- To impart skill development programmes for young girls who are economically weak.
- Start micro enterprise units in their neighborhood so as to realise their financial needs and help them market their products.
- Imparting life skills.
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Entrepreneurship Training and Development |
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Entrepreneurship Training and Development:
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250 young girls and women have undergone capacity building programmes for skill enhancement in Embroidery, beautician course, food processing and hand embroidery work apart from gaining knowledge on business and marketing skills.
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Peace Initiative Programmes |
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Institutional Care and Support Services |
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Objective:
- Provide institutional care and support services to orphans and destitutes of all age groups, irrespective of caste, sex, creed or religion.
Short Stay Home:
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Young girls afflicted with physical and emotional abuse are being given shelter and support for short stay purpose. About 128 girls out of 150 registered have been successfully repatriated to their home. 5 of them who were not accepted by the parents have been supported with vocational training and income generation activities.
(Read Case Study)
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Shelter for Orphan Children:
Family Counseling Programme:
- More than 250 cases with problems related to marital disharmony, personal disputes between relatives and disputes between in-laws have been registered with us for counseling. 90% of the cases have been settled amicably.
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Services to the Senior Citizens:
Future Directions:
- To expand activities for care and support to women, young girls and children in distress in terms of rescue operations in collaboration with organisations working for women and children’s rights.
- To reach out to the senior citizens in need through emotional care and counseling, health, food and shelter in a larger way.
- Start a job placement help line for women in need of jobs with a motive to provide them with safe and secure work place.
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