Children in Difficult Circumstances: An Action Oriented Intervention Project in Mayurbhanj, a district in North Orissa, during 2010-2011 Financial Year:

After remaining dormant for so many years we decided to work for the Children in difficult circumstances. India has the largest number of Children in difficult circumstances in the world. Children in difficult circumstances in our programme included Child labourers, destitute children, and orphans, neglected and ill treated children.

A special Intervention programme was launched in Orissa in July, 2010. The aim of this programme was to help these children overcome their difficulties and bring them in to the mainstream by improving their educational, health facilities.

Child Labour (Domestic Help) in the Unorganised Sector
We have rescued the girl child labour/ child worker and brought her to our children’s home. Among the children 5 (five) were irregular school goers and 5 (five) were non starters, and 1 (one) was a drop out. All these were in the primary level.
All the inmates in the children’s home are destitute (lost either father or mother), orphans, (some have lost both the parents) majority of them were either neglected or ill treated.

Intervention Benefits
Various intervention programmes were drawn up according to the needs of the children but most important is education programme.
We have admitted 14 (fourteen) children (11 (eleven) girls & 3 (three) boys) in our children’s home during 2010-2011 financial year.