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When Society wakes up to the waste of human lives, there will be no deprived children
About Us:
City Level Programme of Action (CLPOA) came into existence in 1993 after Govt of India ratified CRC in November, 1992 and declared National Plan of Action for Children and subsequent declaration of State Plan of Action by the States. UNICEF and the Dept of Social Welfare, Govt of West Bengal were supportive in creation of this unique and first of its kind networking bodyin the country.
CLPOA has since then created space for different stakeholdres, working for the cause of deprived children, to think and act jointly so that overlapping of interventions is avoided, resources are used optimally and above all concerted community action is evolved towards bringing changes in the lives of deprived children.
CITY LEVEL PROGRAMME OF ACTION (CLPOA) for Street and Working Children is a Networking Body working for the cause of deprived children in partnership with NGOs and with support from Govt. of India, Govt. of West Bengal, Kolkata and West Bengal Police, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, UNICEF and prominent Corporate Houses.
CLPOA has so far established partnership with 300 NGOs throughout the state of West Bengal and in other parts of India. CLPOA’s main focus is on children upto the age of 18 years as proclaimed in the CRC document of the United Nations.