Projects
The Vatsalya Foundation's Projects
Administration
Administration Project covers the following areas:
- Salary
- Travelling
- Printing & Stationary
- Postage
- Rent
- Electricity
- Miscellaneous
- Repairs & Maintenance
- Administration of the Shelter, Outreach and Centres of The Vatsalya Foundation
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Holistic Programmes
Vatsalya Foundation organizes numerous programmes throughout the year. These programmes are aimed at providing the children not only with an avenue to learn but also to have a joyful time while doing so.
- Sports Day - Sports Day gives street children a chance to freely express themselves. It also brings out their competitive sides in a spirit of sportsmanship.
- Workshop on Natural Calamities- The workshop provided the children with vital points on how to protect themselves in case of a natural calamity.
- Reel In and Real Out - Dance Programme- The children at Vatsalya love to dance. Many of them are very talented at dancing and such programmes enable them to bring out these talents on a platform.
- Poster Competition -The Vatsalya Foundation enrolls its children in various competitions organized by other foundations. Suresh a boy from the shelter home won the first [prize in this event.
- Developmental Programmes (Physical, Mental and spiritual) Yoga, counseling, dance classes etc... Are held for the children so that they develop holistically.
- Anti Child Labour Day- The children are sensitized about child labourers and how it is a violation of their human rights. The children organized a silent rally to pass this message onto the rest of society.
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Health and Hygiene
In the health & hygiene session are undertaken, children are guided about their personal health and hygiene. They are provided with soap, Coconut oil, Powder. The children are taught the importance of maintaining themselves. Children are also given a staple and nutritious diet to strengthen them. Children who are seriously sick and are in need of medical attention are taken to the hospital.
Programmes cover the following areas:
- Nutrition
- Medicine
- Special Case Treatments
- Toiletries
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Rehabilitation and Repatriation
Programmes covers the following areas:
A few success stories that Vatsalya has been instrumental in and continues to do so.
Repatriation back to the family:
It happens in any phase of the intervention. The children are provided with counseling, education and vocational training for healthy rehabilitati repatriation. The organization also facilitates union with families or joining group homes.
Case study – Ms Ansari was brought from Gujarat to Mumbai by her grandmother to work. They used to sell vessels in exchange for new clothes. They stayed on the footpath and she was constantly harassed by the boys. The social worker managed to counsel the Grandmother who after a lot of coaxing finally allowed her to return home. She returned to Gujarat, her native place where she has started going to school.
Group Homes:
Case study - Group home is an important strategy for rehabilitation older children and youth to the mainstream society. A group of older children, who are somewhat financially independent, rent a room in the locality. TVF plays the role of facilitator where it motivates the children and youth to move from the street to a room, helps them in searching accommodation and in handling day to day issues. This programme helps them to learn to be independent and to live harmoniously in a community.
Self Employment:
Case study - Akram Pathan was abandoned by his father and this forced him along with his brothers and mother to stay on the footpath. After a few days his mother abandoned them too ad went back to her native home. When contacted by The Vatsalya Foundation he had no job and was homeless. The organization helped him to get into the catering business and now he handles a team of workers. He not only has been able to sustain himself but also generate employment for others.
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Vocational and Skill Training
Vocational skills are tapped into by The Vatsalya Foundation by organizing various programmes. These enable the child to develop skills such glass painting, clay modelling etc… They are also sensitized about the harmful effects that are plaguing our environment and what they can do on their part to help the environment.
Programmes covers the following areas – Balkruti (Child creation):
- Block Printing
- Glass Painting
- Clay Modelling
- Greeting Cards
- Flowers & Necklaces
- Gardening (Manmohi)
- Fabric Art Cloth Bag
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Shelter Child Maintenance
Programmes covers the following areas:
- Kitchen – Food expenses
- Child Maintenance – Clothes, Washing, Stitching, Footwear etc.
The Shelter home provides food as well as other needs of the children that reside in it. Weekly and monthly reports are maintained and documented.
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Documentation and Research
Programmes covers the following areas:
- Documentation of Monthly, Annual Reports and Other Child related Issues
- Publications on Vulnerable Children and their Rights
- Publications on Work Intervention regarding Vulnerable Children
- Need Assessment Surveys and Research Studies on the Client
The Vatsalya Foundation keeps all its activities documented. This creates a systematic and organized system which can be referred to at anytime. Reports of events are prepared thus enabling the organization to keep striving for improvements
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Interaction and Support Programmes with Corporates:
- TATA Communications
- Novartis India Private Ltd
- Garware Charitable Trust
- Cadbury's India Limited
- Four Seasons Hotel
- Voltas Ltd
- United Way Mumbai
- United Way International
- Money Gram International
- HSBC
