Comprehensive Child Protection in Slums of India
Children from urban slums in India are highly vulnerable to exploitaiton
The project aims to work with the exploited and at-risk children from poor and marginalised families living in the urban slums of Coimbatore, India with the overall objective of improved access to education, health, child protection and socio-economic development, and social protection for their families.
Anne Priya
Project Officer
Background
Coimbatore city has a total of 319 pockets of slums with 46,650 households. The majority of the population (slums and suburban areas in Coimbatore) live in single-room houses with tiled roofs and poor /absent basic amenities.
In addition to the socioeconomic vulnerabilities of the families, the major protection concerns/violation of child rights could be summarised as under:
- Children being out of school
- Worst forms of child labou
- Sexual exploitation and abuse
- Drug and alcohol use
- Early pregnancy
Goals
Improved access to education, vocational training and health
Promoting children and adolescents as ‘change agents’ to sustain education, health, social protection, livelihood, and child protection outcomes.
Building capacities of of individuals in a process of community change
Approach
Baseline study
Conducting baseline study to assess concerns and risks to child protection
Promotion of Child Protection Committee
To ensure efficient functioning and effective delivery of protection services through improved functional capacities and enabling conditions
Working with Relevant Stakeholders
Working with officials from the government, law enforcement agencies, schools and youth clubs.
Children as Change Agents
Nurtuturing children and youth to be change makers in the community.
Enhanced health care outreach
Linking children and families with health care services
Social Protection
Improved access to social protection and welfare schemes
Results
Our partners
Wipro Cares
Wipro Cares is an employee-led community initiative arm of the Wipro Foundation and engages in education, primary healthcare, community ecology, and disaster response in proximate communities.
Children of India Foundation
Children of India Foundation (CIF), an affiliate of Terre des Hommes Netherlands, is a registered Non-Profit organisation based in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu that engages in activities related to child protection, health, livelihood and education.