Programme
Title: Day
care centre for the children of widows, deserted, divided single parents
and working mothers in quarries, crushing units, garment factories and
construction sites.
Target area:
The target area
belongs to the Municipal council of Bommanahalli, Bangalore South Taluk,
Karnataka State.
Target group:
The target group is
children below 6 years of age. They are children of the families
migrated from Tamil Nadu, 
who are very poor and live below the poverty line.
The women are employed in quarries, stone crushing units, construction,
vegetable vending, rag picking and some are involved in garment making.
They live in unhygienic surroundings close to their work place in
makeshift tents. Women suffer exploitation at work, sexual exploitation,
desertion, divorce, death of their husbands and social evil like
alcoholism.
Problem definition:
Children of daily wage
labourers have a very little chance of entering government schooling.
Parents normally
take them to their place of work and the children are exposed to harsh
physical risks. They suffer from malnutrition, are illiterate and prone
to diseases. Some children are victims of sexual and alcohol abuse. .
Objectives:
The
main objective of this programme is to create a homely atmosphere for
the children and promote their psychological and personal
development.
Activities:
- establish a day
care that will provide for 25 children
- fulfill their
need of pre-school education achieved through day care activities and
the Orient Longman pre-school kit.
- Provide a healthy
environment, room to play, playing equipment and a supply of
nutritional meals
- To enable regular
health check ups and immunisation
Expected
Result:
The 25 pre school children will be provided with the
necessary means of physical, mental, social, and emotional development
at the most formative stage of their lives.
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