PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR CHILD LABOUR REHABILTATION CENTRE (Bridge
School)
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Name of
the Organisation and Address |
VIKASANA P.B.No.23 Tarikere – 577 228. Chikmagalore district Karnataka State.
India. |
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Contact Person & Designation |
Mr.A.M.Varghees Cleatas Chairman/Project Director. |
Telephone No. Tele fax |
: 0826 - 422570, 422500 : 0826 – 423739. |
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Legal
Status Of The Organisation |
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Registered under KSSR Act 1960, -
I.T Exemption Under section 12A& 80G -
Registered under FCR Act 1976 |
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Banking Information: |
Account No. SB
2770 Bank: Canara Bank, Neralekere Branch – 577228.
Tarikere taluk |
VIKASANA is a non-governamental organisation (NGO) working in 165 villages of Tarikere and Bhadravathi taluks
of Chikmagalore, Shimoga districts
respectively. It was incepted in the
year 1988-89 and since its inception the organisation working with the people
towards the economic, social, environment and education promotion of the
people. Over the past 14 years VIKASANA worked to identify the needs and meet
the aspiration of the rural poor and weaker sections through participatory
approaches. Awareness raising,
community health care, child labour elimination and rehabilitation, environment
protection, HIV/AIDS awareness, income generation activities, joint forest
planning and management, natural resource management, poverty alleviation,
small family concept, sustainable agriculture development, watershed
development, women and child development programmes, promotion of local groups
and involvement of the groups in
development activities are the major thirst areas of the organisation activities.
The
organisation was also the Convener of Campaign
Against Child Labour (CACL-K) in Karnataka for years 1999 April to 2001
April. During the last few years
VIKASANA has initiated a lot of
activities on Child labour issues. It has
mobilized public opinion against child labour by organising various Jatha,
Rallies, signature campaigns at local, taluk, district and state levels.
It was involved in building local groups and strengthening it for the
development of villages by involving them in participation methodology. The organisation has undertaken various project and implemented
by involving them in the project
activities for their village development.
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To organize the people to participate in social
action process for village self-reliance.
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To involve with poor and under privileged through
social action and educator.
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To improve the habitat and environment condition of
the villages with appropriate strategies.
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To promote participatory exercises for the
conservation, development and sustainable of natural resources.
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To promote general health of villagers particularly
children and women & lactating
mothers.
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Family oriented approaches.
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To discriminate information to the villagers about
government development programmes
and encourages people to exercise
their rights to access to the programme.
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To develop healthy relations with government, NGOs
and village groups for better
implementation of projects and involvement.
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To promote assistance to the aged and disabled
people.
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To lend if support for the development of human
rights and work for the welfare of the child labourers.
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Organising the people.
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Promotion of health
& education, women &
child development activities
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Formation of
Self-Help groups, promotion of income generating activities
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Non-formal Education schools, activities.
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Agriculture, Horticulture promotion, Watershed
development activities.
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Forest and environment up-gradation activities.
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Elimination
and Rehabilitation of child
labourers.
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Mobilization of government resources.
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Networking of local groups & NGOs.
Project period:
3 Years.
Child
Labour Status: Series of problems in India hindering the country progress
among which child labouring and school drop outs are one of the major problems.
Millions of children losing their childhood every day and working either in the
hazardous or non-hazardous sector. The dreams of playing, singing, writing,
reading for this moss not become true. Their physical and psychological
development affected by this social evil. About 11.5 crors in India have been
away from mainstream of education. In our state more than 3.5 millions of
children working in various sectors. Presently the proposed project area
belongs to Bhadravathi taluk of Shimoga district where the child labours
prevailing more. Here about 12,000 innocent children working in the fields,
estate, garages, racks picking, industries. These children are neglected by parent’s
community and struggling for getting daily bread. Some of the children earnings
also becomes an additional income to the family without any ambition of
education. Organization intervention here is must needed to get rid of social
evils of child labouring and get free from the clutches of land lords, owners.
The project is planned to undertake
in the Bhadravathi cluster of
10 village of Shimoga districts Bhadravathi taluk, the project is estimate at
this villages after realizing the need and identifying the problems of child
labourers. The project location is rain
fed and also some small scale
industrial area and big industries people used to work in farms, rack pickers,
working in hotels, garages, fisheries, joggery processing units, coolie work,
coffee estate work and working in small scale industries for low wages without
any incentives and other facilities.
They are forced to go for migration in searching of employment to earn
daily bread. This affects them in the dropouts of school of
their children. Poverty is the root
cause for migrations. After dropping
education children are also used to work with their parents and some of the
children are put in coffee plantation and bricks making, agriculture and
domestic works to earn bread for the
family. More details in
background of the project area.
VIKASANA has initiated the
activities on elimination of child labour and rehabilitation of the affected
children. The organisation has developed
a bridge school. We planned to continue to run the bridge school exclusively for the benefit and welfare of
the child labourers at Bhadravthi
cluster of 10 village of need
neglected children who are child labourers, working in different sector of
hazardous and non-hazardous fields.
The main objective in setting up this type of child labor Rehabilitation
center
(Bridge School)
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Motivate the school dropout, child labour and neglected girl children to
get back to the formal school by giving psychologically and physically
training.
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Giving importance on nutritive status of children
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Provide cultural and sports development.
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More focus on rack pickers, street children for bring them to main
stream of the education
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Provide good education, orientation and skill developments of
beneficiaries.
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Motivate the parents and community for change their attitude about
ignorance of importance of children education.
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Provide more opportunity for children to learn about arts, science,
social etc
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To develop changes in policymaking level by lobby and advocacy.
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Active involvement in school betterment committees.
Experienced and trained
teachers are to be entrusted for taking
classes for the children.
Non-formal education classes in the form of bridge course to be
conducted to motivate the children to
get back to the formal schooling. The
curriculum includes formal and
non-formal education. Moral education
and cultural values are being given
special emphasis in this school. Other
activities of sports and cultural, exposure visits to different places of
historical importance will also be the programmes planed. Periodic
health check-up camps to be organized for the children. The children will be admitted to the Bridge
school with accommodation and nutritive food. Along with these curriculum
activities, cultural events, exposure visits, frequent health check up camps,
sports events will be conducted.
The organization proposes to give
the above facilities and promotion to the
Bridge school by securing assistance from the donor agencies. We propose to strengthen the functioning of
these school activities. Bridge school with on integrated approach and
initiation of programmes on the need
of the children for education and cultural activities for the integrated development of children in the next
three years. Providing Basic computer
training, drawings, paintings, crafts training etc
The project is planned for 3 years to implement special child labour rehabilitation (Bridge school
for child labor) centre for 25 children at Bhadravathi Cluster of 10 villages
we have identified the needy child laborers and releasing them from the
clutches of employers to enable them join in the main stream of the
society. We adopt them for the initial
years; propose them for the continuation of education by non-formal education
at our centre. We attend their needs of
25 children each year and after
giving proper education, they
will be made to join formal schooling for up to 14 years old school drop out
children. In period of 3 years about 75 children would become get free from
clutches of child labouring.
After 14 years children will be given skill-oriented trainings like
tailoring, painting, Book Binding, Screen-printing. Greetings Card making.
Bakery. Once there children made to join the main stream
the community and SHGs, taluk and district level federation will take the
responsibility for look after these children needs and make the project
will be of success full and sustainable in the future. We also attempt
to join some the selected children to government hostel in near by. The organisation is monitoring the project
in all the stages to sustain the
project activities.
The Project Coordinator and supervisors coordinating the
programmes and monitor the activities
through visits, meetings and reports.
He also supervises the teaching
staffs this project work. The regular reports of the project are the tool for evaluation of the
project. The Project coordinator keeps abreast of implementation schedule of
different activities, reviews progress of the Child Labor Care Centre project
at periodic intervals and closely interacts with different project
functionaries for the smooth and effective implementation of the project.
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No. |
Activities |
I year (Rs.) |
I I year (Rs.) |
III year (Rs.) |
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1.
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Honorarium for
Teachers Rs.2000 x 12 Months |
24,000 |
24,000 |
24,000 |
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2.
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Honorarium for Cook Rs.1000 x 12 months |
12,000 |
12,000 |
12,000 |
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3.
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Text Books, Note Books and other reading and writing materials for child (Rs.400 x
25 Children) |
10,000 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
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4.
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Cost of
uniform and other dress materials Rs.500 x 25 Students |
12,500 |
12,500 |
12,500 |
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5.
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Food Expenses (Fuel, groceries, vegetables, soaps, detergents,
etc.) Rs.400 x 25 children x 12 months. |
1,20,000 |
1,20,000 |
120,000 |
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6.
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Cost of beds, beddings, etc. (Rs.400 x 25 Students) |
5,000 |
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- |
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7.
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Health Care to students inclusive of Medicines and
Doctors fee. (Rs.300 x 25 Students) |
7,500 |
7,500 |
7,500 |
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8.
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Exposure visit for child |
5,000 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
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9. |
Skill development trainings for Inmates. |
5,000 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
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10. |
Motivation and orientation workshop for inmate’s
parents (25 parents x Rs.100 x 2 days) |
5000 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
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11. |
Campaign against child labour in all project
villages. (Rs.5000/year) |
5000 |
5000 |
5,000 |
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12. |
Administration expenses (Printing, Stationary, Postage, Telephone, Auditing, reporting
& Documentation lump sum Rs.5, 000/year.) |
5,000 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
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13. |
Miscellaneous |
3,000 |
3,000 |
3,000 |
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Grand
Total Rs. |
2,14,000 |
2,09,000 |
2,09,000 |
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10 %
local contribution raised from the community Rs. |
21,400 |
20,900 |
20,900 |
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Grant
requested from PPI-USA Rs. |
1,92,600 |
1,88,100 |
1,88,100 |