Advancing & Sustaining Care Reform in India (Vinnaithodu)
2020
Year of Starting
6
Blocks
531
Beneficiaries
Goal
“Strengthen Community and Church's commitment and actions towards family strengthening and prevent separation of children from their families.”
Our Vision
To create a supportive ecosystem where children remain with their families or in family-based alternative care, strengthened by community and church commitment to care reform.
Our Mission
To identify and implement alternative interventions that strengthen family-based care, provide psychosocial support, ensure child protection, and build local capacity to act as guardians of child welfare.
Structure of Functioning
Village-level gatekeepers, community structures, church partnerships, and diocesan coordination across all operational areas. Supported by Catholic Relief Services.
Aims & Objectives
The project aims to strengthen family-based care for children in child care institutions through alternative interventions; provide psychosocial support to children and caregivers; ensure child protection and create conducive family environments; and build local village-level structures as effective gatekeepers for child welfare and family strengthening.
Programmes
Trainings
- Psychosocial support and counseling training for caregivers
- Family strengthening program trainings
- Child protection and safeguarding awareness
- Capacity building for village-level gatekeepers
- Social worker and volunteer training
Village Level Activities
- Students visit programs to CCIs and families
- Family assessment and case studies
- Counseling and psychosocial support services
- Follow-up support for families
- Community awareness programs on child rights and family care
- Identification and support of vulnerable families
Block and Diocesan Level Activities
- Reintegration of children from institutions to families
- Social stakeholder engagement and coordination
- Family strengthening interventions
- Welfare assistance provision to vulnerable families
- Referral and linkage services
- Child protection and abuse prevention initiatives
- Diocesan-level coordination and monitoring
- Church and community engagement for care reform
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