NGOs reaching out to Corporate Sector

CHILDLINE- a toll free day and night 4-digit number( 1098) telephone servicefor children in distress functioned very effectively. The project is supported b the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Govt of India. This is a country wide network of telephone service for children, and presently CHILDLINE is working in 82 city/ town areas throughout the country. The Home page can be found here.

ONE ?? ORG is working with six otherpartner organizations. The other four organizations are Loreto Day School, IPER, SEED and Bustee Local Committee who are working as the support organizations.

During the period under report, Kolkata CHILDLINE received around 60000 calls of which 10% needed intervention in the form of medical support, repatriation etc. The Kolkata childline also organized programmes for the National Initiative for Child Protection, Bal Mela and Children’s Meet with support from Childline India Foundation. City Coordinator of the Kolkata Childline pays visits to all the six organizations partnering to CHILDLINE activities. Regular liasion activities with other stake holders like Police, Kolkata Telephone, Child Welfare committee, are carried out by the City Coordinator.

This project aimed at mainstreaming support to children came to its completion in December 2007. 2900 children were admitted to formal schools by 5 sub-grantee organizations. REACH India’s .
The project staff members ngaged in REACH India’s project also have undergone training programmes organized for the teachers engaged in this project. Preparation of syllabus, evaluation sheets and conduct of evaluation also have been their responsibility. Formal curriculum has been followed so that the learners are acquainted with the system. A good number of innovative teaching-learning materials were also developed during the process.

Sub-grantee NGOs have been engaged in implementing this project.