Campaign Story
About the project
Chandel district in Manipur is a backward district and it has become a very sensitive area since the last two decades. The conflict created deep negative impacts to the life of the people particularly life security, socio-economy, education, health and other developmental aspects. Thousands of children in the conflict affected areas could not get proper education as their villages were either burnt or uprooted. In some cases, school buildings were being occupied by army personnel during the conflict. Thus, the hope for better education for many children became a distant dream.
Making a difference
CRY America’s Project NEEDS team has been working to enhance implementation of policies and laws pertaining to child labor, child marriage, child trafficking and child sexual abuse. The team is tirelessly focussing towards identification of vulnerable families and linkages with the scheme. Stakeholders are engaged in the process to provide counseling to parents and children and rehabilitation at the institution level. The key project activities are identification of vulnerable families and linkages with the scheme, support to the victim families to get justice and the compensation from the department.
The way forward
● Enroll 30 to 50 children in each children’s collective.
● Open 3 to 4 coaching centers with 50 to 100 children enrolled in each center for remedial classes.
● Track attendance for all 1000 children enrolled in child clubs.
● Organize 10 training sessions on child protection issues.
● Mainstream rescued children in formal education.
● Organize 2 capacity-building sessions on legal frameworks and policies.
● Conduct quarterly meetings with village child protection committees and children collectives.
The way forward
● Strengthening of VCPC in operational villages.
● Identification of vulnerable children and linking with the scheme related to the child rights
● Support to the victim families to get justice and the compensation from the department.
● Interface with the multi stakeholders at community level for prevention of child trafficking.
Project Impact
42
meetings organized with village level stakeholders (including Panchayat, Schools, AWWs) on Child Protection issues
15
villages with functional Child Protection Committees
58
families with vulnerable children linked with child protection programs
Last Year’s Grant Disbursed: $21,663
Current Year’s Approved Grant
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