06/25/2010

UNMESH CHILD PROTECTION CENTRE

GEOGRAPHICAL FOCUS

SOME QUICK STATS• Total geographical areas – 10,491,69 km.• No of District – 4• Total population – 31,91,168• Total female population – 16,36,138• Total female population – 15,55,030• Education• No of J.B. School – 2076• No of S.B. School – 452• No of High School– 409• No of H.S (+2) School – 242• Primary Middle High• Drop out rate % 50.60% 65.12% 76.95%• SC drop-out rate (%) % 44.93% 62.00% 76.29%• ST drop-out rate (%) 63.59% 77.92% 86.72% • No of University – 1• No of General college – 14• No. of Engineering college – 1 ; No of Medical College --2• Literacy Rate• Total literacy rate– 73.66%• Male literacy rate – 81.47% ; Female literacy rate – 65.41%• Status of Women• Total Female population – 15,55,030• Infant mortality rate per ‘000’ population – 39• Maternal mortality rate – 4.0• Health• No of Hospital – 19• No of PHC/rural hospital – 73• No of sub-centre – 653• No of blood bank – 5• % of household having safe drinking water – 52.69%• Birth rate per ‘000’ population – 16.1• Death rate per ‘000’ population – 5.6

SITUATION IN TRIPURA

• Physical situation: • West Tripura District is the mostly populated district of Tripura. • partly hilly. • Operational area is mixed urban and rural areas of the west district with a long international

boundary with Bangladesh.

• Social situation: • 2,66,960 tribals and 9,50,672 non-tribals (source: Census report 2001). • communal disturbances from 1980 -2000 concern.

• Economic situation: • main livelihood option is agriculture• Other sources include service (both Govt. and non- Govt.), small business and daily labor. • Average per capita monthly income is Rs.385/-(source: Situational Analysis of Child Violence in

Tripura- by VHAT in 2005). • Due to poverty the number of child labor is alarming.

VHAT

• VHAT - Voluntary Health Association of Tripura• Formed in 1988 by some social and science activists• VHAI, New Delhi was the main inspiration• Has 75 member organizations/members throughout Tripura

Vision and MissionTo Improve both preventive and curative health service for the people, to promote the environment and elementary education, rehabilitation of the socially ignored population, gender empowerment, implementation of child rights and thus to promote the health status of Tripura state.

THEIR WORK SO FAR…

• 1988: School Health Program in different schools to train teachers in preventive health issues

• 1989 – 1998:• Initiated activities among 60,000 Chakma refugees residing in 6

camps in South Tripura, with support from OXFAM (India)• Trainings on health and environmental issues with support from

EZE (Germany)• Started direct integrated rural development projects with

support from MISEREOR, IGSSS, EZE, Asha for Education(USA)

• Worked with Central Govt to implement• Reproductive and Child Health Program• IEC scheme to popularize Indian System of Medicines and

Non Formal Education for the dropout children• CHILDLINE Agartala

CURRENT ACTIVITIES

Funding source Project Amount of Grant approved

(2010-2011)

a) Christoffel Blinden Mission  

VHAT Eye Hospital and CBR for PWDs

Rs. 20,63,815/-

a) State Tribal Welfare 

Ratanmani Vidyalaya Rs. 5,90,000/-

c) Ministry of Women and Child Development Childline Agartala Rs. 8,00,000/-

d) Caritas India CBR for PWDs(Rupaichari block) Rs. 4,00,000/-

e) Sir Dorabji Tata Trust Ratanmani Vidyalay 11,00,000/-

f) Association for India’s Development Environment Promotion and Sustainable Development in Mohanpur Block

4,01,704/-

i) Self generated fund Income Generation Activities Rs. 3,60,000/-

FUNDING RECEIVED

• Ministry of Women and Child Development (Govt. of India)• Tripura State Tribal Welfare Department• CBM (Germany)• Association for India’s Development(Boise Chapter)• Sir Dorabji Tata Trust• Caritas India- New Delhi.

UNMESH CHILD PROTECTION CENTRE

- Unmesh is a part /extension of Anwesha Child Protection Centre which was started in April 2005.

- Function is to rescue, rehabilitation, reintegration and medical help for the victim children under Childline activities (nationwide 24 hr free phone emergency service for children in difficult circumstances) Childline Agartala receives an average 800 calls in a month

The Predominant issues

As per recent(2005) survey for Situational Analysis of Child Violence in Tripura(conducted by VHAT) it is revealed that-

Child Labor• In 9% of the rural and urban poor families the children are engaged outside their family as child labor. Among the child labors the

age of 37% of them is in between 7 to 12yrs. The child labors are usually not attending any school.

Child Marriage• The age at marriage of 40% of girls was below 18yrs. 34% girls were married to men who were 10 or more yrs older than these girls.

Children negligence• 10% of the married girls / women were either abandoned by their husband or left the husband’s house due to torture. Most of the

children of such women are becoming street children, rag pickers, victims of dendrite addiction and not covered even by Sarba Shiksha Abhijan.

Child violence • Among all child violence cases 57% physical, 16% sexual, 7% other and 20% not disclosed were there. In 60% of the cases the

perpetrators were known to the child.

GOALS

(i) To provide the shelter for the children at crisis.(ii) To promote the education of underprivileged children. (iii) To upgrade the life skill and self reliance of underprivileged children through training

=> Providing the childhood and facility to achieve self reliance.

Beneficiaries - Marginalised, underprivileged children who need care and protection.Number of direct beneficiaries : 50 children of 7-18 year age group

Expected changes:   Activities Qualitative Results1) Health

i) Regular Health check up.

ii) Immunization.iii) Medi-care

The children in the centre will grow up with good health. 

2) Nutrition i) Providing three meals a day.ii) Developing kitchen garden to supplement the nutrition cost.

Nutrition status of the children will be upgraded.

3) Shelter Providing shelter for at least 20 the children.

The children will be provided an abuse and exploitation free environment.

4) Education Formal or Non-formal education from class I to X.

The education status of under privileged children will be improved.

5) Recreation Provision of recreation, indoor and outdoor game.

Improvement of physical and mental status of the children. They will enjoy their childhood.

6) Information i) Organising training on health education, child rights.life skill developmentii) Sending the children to exposure training /visit/to other similar projects.

The attitude and behavior of the children will be changed towards positivity of the life and to grow up to be responsible citizens.

AT PRESENT IN ANVESHA…

100 children of the following category can stay at a time:• Missing child who will be sent to her/his family through a proper process• Orphan child who will be linked with government or non-government orphanage.• Child with one parent, when the parent is ill/ under treatment and nobody is there to look after

the child.• Child with the one parent, who is very poor and going out for wage earning to far away place

for a short period.• Child from BPL family from remote areas comes to Agartala for treatment and has no place to

stay at Agartala.• Working street children / children of CSW.• Children rejected by parents (mostly by father).• Abandoned child. • The age limit is 6 to 18 years. At present all the children staying in the centre are going to

nearby government school and also are getting education in the project centre. Other facilities for the children are-

a) Free food and nutritionb) Recreation facility c) Cultural activity d) Awareness training on health, environment and life skill development.

TIMELINE FOR THE PROJECT

Activities Years in quarters1st year 2nd year 3rd year

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11

12

1) Recruitment and training of project staff on project activity and Child Protection Policy of VHAT>

X                      

1) Admission of the children (it will continue as some children may leave or send to appropriate govt. or non-gov facilities)

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1) Education (Regular study) X   X X X X X X X X X X1) Regular Health Education,cultural

and coputer exposure classes  X X X X X X X X X X X

1) Training/discussion with children on Child Rights, Juvenile Justice (care & protection of children) Act, the Child Labor (Prohibition and Regulation) Act.

 

 

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

1) Consultation Meeting with personnel of various departments related to child issues e,g, Social Welfare, Education, Health, Police, Labor Dept, BSF etc.

     

X

       

X

       

X

 

1) Exposure trip to other similar project

    X       X       X  

1) Life skill development activity like Tailoring, Bamboo handicraft, Agriculture, (which will be suitable for the individual children and as per their willingness)

   

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

1) Monitoring X X X X X X X X X X X X1) Half yearly Evaluation   X       X       X    1) Yearly Evaluation, Audit & Report

preparation      X       X       X

SUSTAINABILITY

• During the three years of support, the organization will try to get local and external support/patronization for this endeavor

• Currently options to donate Rs.790 per child per month• Currently get donations for around 5 to 10 children per

month• Work towards generating enough interest and trust to

increase this number to all children• Some people donate one time amounts like Rs.1000/2000 • ONGC recently committed to Rs.82000 for one year towards

all expenses• Recently opened a bank account to track these finances

BUDGET REQUESTParticulars Expenditure

Amount requested from

AID (INR)

Self / 0ther’s Contribution

(INR)

Total Cost 

(INR)1. Programme Cost  

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 60,000/-

 72,000/-

 36,000/-

  

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60,000/- 

72,000/- 

36,000/-

A) Honorarium1)Project Director (Honorary)2)Project Manager (One)@ Rs. 5000/- x 121)House Mother (One)@ Rs. 3,000/-X2nos X 1 2 months1)Care Taker (1)@ Rs. 3,000/- x 12

B) Food for the Children@ Rs. 20/- per day x 50 children x 365

days

  

3,65,000/-

  

1,82,500/-

  

5,47,500/-B) AccommodationFour big Rooms @ Rs. 1000/- per month x 4 x 12

  

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48,000/-

  

48,000/-

B) Educational Materials@ Rs. 300/- per child x 50

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 15,000/-

 15,000/-

B) Documentation and Report Preparation

 

5,000/- –– 5,000/-

B) Travel & Transport@ 500/- per month

 6,000/-

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 6,000/-

Total of Programme Cost 5,44,000/- 2,45,500/- 7,89,500/-1. Administrative Cost  

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6,000/-

  

6,000/-A. Rent for the office of Unmesh@ Rs. 500/- x 12

A. Office Expensesi) Stationeries Rs. 1,000/-ii) Electricity & Water @ Rs. 500/- p.m x 12 = Rs. 6,000/-

   

7,000/-

   

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7,000/-

A. Audit & Accounts Assistance 10,000/- –– 10,000/-

Total of Administration Cost 17,000/- 6,000/- 23,000/-Total for one year 5,61,000/- 2,51,500/-/- 8,12,500/-

Total for three years 16,83,000/- 7,54,500/- 24,37,500/-

Budget for one year:

PROJECT EVALUATION AND FOLLOW-UP

 Results

 Indicators

Means of verification

Recruitment and training of project staff

Staff are in place and working full time

 

Admission of the children 50 children admitted Field verification

Education Children are going to nearby govt. school and studying in the centre

Project documents & report.

No malnutrition Provided 3 full meals with balanced diet

 

Good Health Regular Health checkup by Doctor.

 

Good Mental Health Children are happy and they can sing, dance & participate in discussion .

 

Improved Self Reliance Children learnt stitching, Kitchen garden works, prevention of common diseases , taking care of other children.

 

• Evaluated half yearly on the basis of the following indicators and following up the time line of the activities

RECENT AID FUNDING HISTORY

Year Budget Chapter Project

2008 INR 4,08,000 AID Boise Anvesha

2008 INR 10,50,256

AID KolkataAID Boise

Promotion and Utilization of Renewable Resources for Sustainable Development

2007 INR 10,50,256

AID KolkataAID Boise

Promotion and Utilization of Renewable Resources for Sustainable Development