Our Work.
Intervention Programme for Adolescents
Empowering adolescents through skills and knowledge for leadership and self-reliance.
Protecting And Empowering Adolescent Girls
We have been working as an implementation partner of SAG-Kanyashree convergence program at Bandwan and Manbazar-II block of Purulia district covering around 460 Anganwadi Centers towards creating a protective environment for girls in which they can be safeguarded from being married before the legal age of 18 years or trafficked, by incentivizing education and influencing knowledge, attitudes and practices to bring forth collective action against child marriage. We acted as a Nodal Organization for Communication under AIP Programme supported by UNICEF during 2015-2019.
Building Future Leaders: The Purpose and Impact of Adolescent Interventions
Program Goal
Protecting and empowering all adolescent girls and supporting their healthy development by creating an enabling environment for their participation and meaningful contribution to society. It aims at improving the status and well being of girl child by discouraging early marriage of girls; incentivize through scholarships to girls; improving IMR and MMR by delaying the age of marriage and consequently increasing the median age of first birth; reducing the incidence of drop outs, especially amongst girls from poor families; eradicating under-nutrition and mal-nutrition of girl child and preventing trafficking and exploitation of the girl child.
Need for the Program
WHO has identified the adolescent age group as the period of preparation for adulthood during which several key developmental experiences occur like acquiring social and economic independence, development of identity, the acquisition of skills needed to carry out adult relationships and roles and the capacity for abstract reasoning. While adolescence is a time of tremendous growth and potential, it is also a time of considerable risk during which social contexts exert powerful influences.
Promote access to healthcarenfor children
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Keep kids healthy andnready to learn
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Provide support in disastersnand public health crises
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Helped provide accessnto clean water
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Project Highlights
| Program Inception Date | 2015 |
| Program supported by | Ministry of Women and Child Development, Govt. of India and Department of Women Development and Social Welfare, Government of West Bengal |
| Program Area | Bandwan and Manbazar-II block from Purulia district |
Milestones
| Amara-Tara | A newsletter on the adolescent, youths and children of the district of Purulia which covered various stories related to their achievements and developments |
| Kanyashree Beta Sabha | A platform for adolescent girls of Purulia to share their stories with others |
| Uttaran Mobile Application
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i)Tool to communicate health and development messages to the adolescents by the adolescents as their peers ii)Report violation of child rights like early marriage and abuse |
| Swapnakanya – Purulia kanyashree webportal | Creates informative, interactive elements and promotes exchange of information and sharing of ideas in a secure and accessible environment |
