Director's Message

“Kind and sensitive care giving within children’s residential facilities is important for emotional and mental health” a newly released Pitt study

 

All children need a nurturing and supportive family and caring community to enable them to achieve their full potential. For vulnerable children such as street children, children affected by HIV/AIDS, victims of child sexual abuse etc who are exposed to abuse, violence and neglect, we need to ensure they are protected and supported so they can have the best chance in life. Certain children are at a higher risk of physical and emotional harm than others due to their living circumstances or home environment.


The typical neglectful institutional systems, practices and methods minimize sensitive and responsive caregiver-child relationships and produces chronic stress & dysfunctionality which lead to higher rates of deficient development and behavioral patterns. Conversely, improved caregiver-child interactions and relationships might be expected to minimize such adverse outcomes, leading to happier and better adjusted children. Further, the impact affects the developmental stages of such children damaging irreparable consequences.


Therefore, Care giver or any person who is in contact with the child at risk or vulnerable is significant adult, plays significant role in bringing about positive outcomes in the children at risk. This is applicable to all children more so the children in difficult circumstances. Therefore, meaningful presence and compassion for the children’s development is the need of the hour in the present contact of children. Moreover, nurturing care giving from the persons responsible or care givers helps to minimize the potential emotional and mental-health development issues that can arise from spending the early years of a child’s life. Thus, it’s a shared responsibility of all the stakeholders involved in the child development work to put child at the centre of our thoughts and actions with passion and compassion for a better society for all of us.


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Navajeevan at a glance

 

NAVAJEEVAN AT A GLANCE

 

 

Currently, under Navajeevan, there are 7 registered Child Care Institutions (CCIs) – one Open Shelter & 6 Group Care Homes.

I) RESCUED CHILDREN DATA Boys Girls Total
Total number of Street Children rescued by NJBB since 1993 46920 3419 50339
Total number of Street Children Home Integrated since 1995 28445 3171 31616
II) CHILD LABOUR RESCUED DATA:
  
Total number of Child Labour rescued since 2002 5255 3258 8513
Total number of Domestic Child Workers rescued since 2007 48
833
881
III) CHILDREN IN ORIENTATION CAMPS:
Orientation Camps (Prerana & Velugu) – with weekly GCPC (Group Counseling thru Picnic Camp) at Shelter 18 0
18
Orientation Camp at De-addiction Centre, Vimukthi, Nuzvid 17
0 17
IV) CHILDREN IN BRIDGE COURSES:
Children in Residential Bridge Centers (RBCs) at Chiguru (Theeram Unit for boys and Baalika Unit for girls) 44 41 85
V) SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN:
Children (Orphan & Semi-orphans & from Broken Families) attending schools – mostly staying in Navajeevan’s Group Care Homes (at Moggas & Deepa Nivas) and some in Govt./Pvt. Hostels 154 58 212
VI) COLLEGE GOING CHILDREN:
Students attending different colleges staying at Navajeevan Yuva Bhavan and in various Govt. / Pvt. hostels 35 91
126
VII) YOUTH IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING COURSES (VTC)
Residential Vocational Training Course (RVTC) for boys in 2 trades –Two wheeler: 3 & Electrical: 15 & Vruthy Bhavan for boys doing outside work after training: 9 27 0 27
NAVEENA – A residential Vocational Training in Beautician and Tailoring courses for girls at Chiguru 0 12 12
VIII) COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMMES Boys Girls Total
Child Safety Net (CSN) – covering 95 rural villages in 18 Mandals & 40 slums communities in Vijayawada urban    
Children attending 155 Evening Tuition Centers  2110 2269 4379
Children under 155 Children Parliaments  1440 1475 2915
Adult Activists Groups(AAGs)/Volunteers working in Child Safety Net (CSN)  349 815 1164
Child Protection Committee (CPC) Members working in CSN areas as on 31st Jan 2019 355 670 1025
Neethodu – Care & Support for Children Affected/Infected By AIDS (CABA) and their families
 
Volunteers working with Neethodu desk for Care & Support of affected/infected as on date 1 3 4
Adults affected/infected cases registered at Neethodu Desk 195 386 581
Children affected/infected cases registered at Neethodu Desk since 2009 371
379 750
Education support to the school/college children affected/infected by HIV/AIDS – till 2017 301 324 625
Bi-monthly Nutrition Support to the affected/infected families by HIV/AIDS 63
172
235
Total no. of families identified since 2009 under Neethodu

473
Hitaishi Desk for Victims of Domestic Violence      
Women victims registered at Hitaishi Desk 1 457 458
LAST (Livelihood Advancement Skills Training) - Non-Residential Vocational Training Courses since 2004      
Beautician: 928 & Tailoring: 1139 & Maggam: 559  (currently not in function) & Computer Applications: 649 49 3226 3275


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