Key Objectives
To provide living essentials in the areas of health, nutrition, hygiene & sanitation, and safe living spaces for children..
To provide opportunities for all round development through education, life skills, recreation, and preparation for independent living..
To build the capacity of CCI management & staff for sustained outcomes.
The Implementation Model
We aim to act as ‘catalysts‘ - partnering with child care institutions and supporting them to improve the quality of care for children
How Do We Bridge the Gap?
We start with a comprehensive gap analysis that determines the needs of the CCI and informs our interventions
We devise a detailed engagement plan to address the identified gaps
We roll out need based interventions under three categories - Health and Necessities, Learning and Development, and Emotional Wellness
We measure progress on a quarterly and annual basis to evaluate outcomes of our interventions
Our interventions at Child Care Institutions
Construction of toilets, kitchens, potable drinking water, etc Supplementary nutrition support where required Sanitation/hygiene kits + Daily essentials
Out-of-school academic support through the appointment of tuition teachers Provision of education material (uniforms, books, stationary, etc) Coaching for 10th &12th grade children
Sessions on 21st-century Life Skills Adolescent Health education program, skill and attitude development on sexual and related topics
Health, Hygiene & Sanitation
Objective:
To improve basic health, hygiene & sanitation conditions of children & CCIs, thus eventually ensuring better health & living condition of institutionalized children
On-ground Approach/Interventions:
- 1. Bi-yearly basic health checkups in Aug & Feb months under 4 areas – Dental, Eye, ENT & Physical & Others
- 2. Prescribed treatment support to the respective children based on health check-up results
- 3. Organization of awareness training on basic health care & hygiene for children and staff
- 4. Availability of basic & additional hygiene kit and sanitation material to the children &CCI respectively
Improve Health – BMI status of children
Objective:
To ensure and help in maintaining balanced BMI status & good health of the children
On-ground Approach/Interventions:
- 1. Consultation with nutritionist based on BMI status, post health check-ups
- 2. Provision of prescribed support to the children based on health status/requirement
- 3. Regular follow-up & monitoring of the provided support to the children
Education
Objective:
To Improve basic learning level of the children
On-ground Approach/Interventions:
- 1. Out of the school academic support through Tuition training for language & Mathematics
- 2. Recruitment of Tuition Teachers (TTs) and bi-yearly training on innovative teaching & learning practices
- 3. Baseline & Endline assessments to review the intervention and impact
- 4. Focused Bi-monthly classroom engagements by CSA Program Officers
- 5. Monthly Staff Review staff with all the TTs and trustees/CCI manager
- 6. Provision of education material – school uniforms, shoes, stationery etc, availability and support for school fees
Life-Skills (from year 2 onwards)
Objective:
To help in development of key life skills competencies
On-ground Approach/Interventions:
- 1. Imparting 25 Life skills sessions on 21stcentury life skills (Communication, Self-Awareness, Critical Thinking, Collaboration& Self Esteem) to 14+ age children in a year time frame with the help of CSA POs
- 2. Baseline & Endline assessments
- 3. Imparting Adolescent Health Education Program (AHP) on knowledge, skill and attitude development on sexual health and related aspects
Vocational Education
Objective:
To provide skills to children based on their interest through various vocational education training
On-ground Approach/Interventions:
- 1. Organization/execution of various vocational education training for 14+ yrs children (e.g. – computer training, self-defense etc.)
Learn with fun
Objective:
Creating an ecosystem for fun and learning
On-ground Approach/Interventions:
- 1. Arranging educational visits to historic places
- 2. Festival celebration
- 3. Learning through extracurricular forums & hobby classes
Day To Day Essential
Objective:
To ensure basic day to day requirements are available
On-ground Approach/Interventions:
- 1. Providing innerwear, footwear and other essentials
Infrastructure to improve health & hygiene
Objective:
To support in improving hygienic living conditions
On-ground Approach/Interventions:
- 1. Support basic repairs and toilet constructions
- 2. Support for beds and clean bedding kits, water filters and other essentials
Digital Engagement Program
Objective:
To engage the child/young adult in educational content and other meaningful activity ensuring a connect with teachers / mentors who are unable to visit them within CCI premises during lockdown.
On-ground Approach/Interventions:
- 1. Equip each CCI with digital infrastructure such as Computer Labs / laptops and a Wi-fi plan that will enable the children have access to digital content.
- 2. Curate and collect educational and recreational content.
- 3. Introduce on-line discussion sessions with CSA Program Officers and experts.
- 4. Identify a “family circle” for every child.
Our Presence edit
CSA has a Presence in 42 districts across
4 states i.e. Maharashtra, Goa, Madhya
Pradesh, and Odisha
CSA has operations spread over 35 districts
across the 4 states
CSA is currently working 5000+ children
across 111 Chid care institutions
