14Feb
AGRICULTURE
The economy by one large relies on agriculture. India has the highest percentage of area under cultivation but the yield of crops through better seeds, irrigation and use of advanced technologies and research is experienced in the last few decades.
Bal Kalyan Sangh was formed with a vision to enrich the agriculture sector with all kind of new technologies and research. Working on the agricultural development, particularly in different districts of Jharkhand, it was experienced that farmers in Jharkhand were not in a position to experiment. Suffering with basic requirement, specifically of irrigation water and electricity, agricultural sector in Jharkhand still looking for a leap and ensure food grains at last for a year for each farm family. (more…)
14Feb
HEALTH AND SANITATION
BKS has successfully concluded a 10 year programme with Care India aimed at improving the health and nutrition of pregnant women, mothers and young children from poor communities.
Health and hygiene has also been one of the focus areas of the organisation. Major interventions on this front have been in collaboration with the government initiatives
- Health camps
- Supportive supervision
- Promote total sanitation campaign
- Support Anganwari centres in immunisation programmes
- Maternal and child nutrition
- Awareness generation with capacity building with respect to HIV / Aids
14Feb
LIVELIHOOD
To combat human trafficking in Jharkhand Bal Kalyan Sangh, Ranchi came up with an idea of providing livelihood options to these rescued and vulnerable communities. The livelihood options include raising a force of women security guard from Jharkhand, housekeeping and Tailoring Training and it has also ventured into Motor driving, Nursing, Computer Applications, and Beautician training- with support of Central Reserve Police Force, GOI. The idea behind is to rehabilitate the girls who were the victim of trafficking or vulnerable to trafficking, or are poor so that employment opportunities for the girls can be created. (more…)
14Feb
EMPOWERING MARGINALIZED GIRLS THROUGH QUALITY EDUCATION
Overall Objective
To increase access and quality of education for disadvantaged and excluded children in project areas, with a special focus on girls
Activities
- Strengthening of SMC’s
- Community mobilization and Orientation of PRI members on RtE.
- Conducting parents teachers meetings
- Capacity building of Teachers on using TLM.
- Monthly weekend camps for vocational training for KGBV students
- Strengthening of libraries and reading corners
- Strengthening of Girls Group formations and Bal sansads
- Support to KGBV students in science and maths in Jharkhand School and specific newsletter by students
- Creating child friendly environment in both KGBV Primary and Upper-Primary Schools.
- Increase in Retention of Children at School.
- Ensuring quality education inconformity with RtE through community monitoring.
14Feb
SHELTER HOME
Bal Kalyan Sangh, also the state coordinator of ATSEC Jharkhand chapter has taken initiative and has established a shelter home, “Kishori Niketan” at Bijupara for the trafficked survivors in the year 2003. The home was built upon the commitment to reduce the vulnerability of women and children and provide care and support to the survivors of trafficking and further restore their life with dignity and future prospects.
Kishori Niketan provides an environment of comfort and delivers parental care to the survivors, who during their exploitation have lost their childhood and self confidence. (more…)
14Feb
STOP CHILD DOMESTIC WORK AND TRAFFICKING PROGRAMME
Aim
Strengthening Child Protection Mechanism in villages, blocks and districts for protection of children.
Objective
Strengthen child protection institutions at district and block level, build their accountability and efficiency to provide comprehensive child protection services across 6 districts of WB and Jharkhand
Upscale market based vocational training model for CDWs, create evidence of its success
Generate demand of protection services at community, schools and strengthen the delivery of govt. services at scale, leading to improved protective care for children in rural & urban areas.
14Feb
PROTECTING AND EMPOWERING CHILD DOMESTIC WORKERS (CDW)
PROTECTING AND EMPOWERING CHILD DOMESTIC WORKERS (CDW)
Aim
The overall aim is to reduce CDW through an integrated approach of prevention, response, system strengthening, awareness raising and evidence sharing. Its is to reduce CDW across three states through an integrated approach of prevention, response, system strengthening, awareness raising and evidence sharing:
To undertake CDW programming and advocacy work; rehabilitate, protect and educate CDWs and children at risk; establish rural child protection systems to counteract uninformed migration/ trafficking and NGs to monitor and tackle CDW levels; engage multiple stakeholders to promote children’s rights and advocate against CDW; build evidence of the prevalence and impact of CDW; and strengthen government approaches to tackle the situation. (more…)
14Feb
CHILDLINE (1098)
BKS is running CHILDLINE 1098 Programme as a Nodal Organization at Pakur and as Collaborative organization in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand since last 3 years with the support of Ministry of Women and Child Development Govt of India.
CHILDLINE is India’s first 24-hour, toll free, emergency phone outreach service for children in need of care and protection linking them to long-term services for their care and rehabilitation. Any child and concerned adult can call 1098 and access the CHILDLINE service any time of the day or night.
Objectives of CHILDLINE 1098
- To reach out to every child in need of care and protection by responding to emergencies on 1098 and by physically reaching out to children.
- To adapt and integrate telecommunication technology, linking all districts to the service of 1098, and making it available to all children in need of care and protection.
