Name: Children’s Hope Prayas
Location: Katputli Colony, Pandav Nagar, New Delhi
Prayas identified Kathputli colony, a slum cluster of Pandav Nagar in West Delhi as a community in dire need of services. It also includes areas of Daya Basti, Kirti Nagar, & Zakhire (Rakhi Market). The socio-econonic status of the people living in this community is far below the poverty line. The population residing in Kathputli Colony comprises of migrants from Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, who earn their living through performing arts like acrobatics, folkdance, puppetry etc.
Number of Children: 690 (Alternative Education: 250 / Remedial Centre: 350 / Crèche: 90)
Total Immunizations (ages 0-15): 10,249
Total Immunizations (ages 5-15): 1,030
Pulse Polio Drop (ages 0-5): 116,391
Manager: Ms. Akhilesh Sharma
Description: Kathputli Colony area has as an estimated population of nearly 2,500 children and adolescent girls who work mostly as acrobats, art performers, child beggars, rag pickers, domestic servants and about 40,000 adults who work as casual labourers. There are 3,000 children who work at Dhabas, hotels, tea stalls and other petty jobs. Among these, nearly 14% are reported to be girls. In these slum pockets, a large number of these children are victims of social and parental neglect. (Source: – Census 2001).
Services Provided:
EDUCATION
Alternative Education Centres (A.E.Cs)
Remedial Centres
Creches
Computer Training
Parents Meeting
Home Visits
Health check-ups
Library
Bal Sabha
Sports
Music
Educational Trips
Children’s Hope Prayas Kala Srishti Munch
WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT
Self Help Groups (SHGs)
Vocational Training
AWARENESS PROGRAMMES
Sanitation
Pradhans’ Meeting
Samudai Samiti Meeting
Nutrition Programme
Drug Abuse
T.B. Awareness Programme
MCH(mother child health)
Family planning
Counseling Sessions
General Health
Adolescent Issues
Adult Education
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Pension to Widows
Old Age Pensions
Pensions to T.B. Patients
Pensions to Handicapped Patients
Ration Distribution to T.B. patients etc.
Goals: Our goal is to give every child in the area a real chance for a better tomorrow through education, health services, hygiene, and nutrition and vocational training.
Address:
Basti Vikas Kendra, Kathputli colony, Pandav Nagar, New Delhi – 110008
