Skip to main content

Home/ Groups/ ASB Justice Project 2010
Rss Feed
Sort By: Most Recent | Popular Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
BonJae Ku

India's first tribal university faces government apathy - 2 views

southasia.oneworld.net/...ersity-faces-government-apathy

Education for Tribal kids in India

shared by BonJae Ku on 18 May 10 - Cached
  • One year after India’s first central tribal university began, it continues to be mired in bureaucratic delays and local politics.
  • tribal communities, it is facing financial crunch and lack of infrastructure.
  • In its first year, the university admitted 282 students, 171 of them tribals like Banjara, for courses in arts, commerce and business administration
  • ...1 more annotation...
  • Half of the university’s 282 students are tribals from the neighbouring remote village
Sidhant Raote

Child Marriage | The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) - 1 views

www.icrw.org/...child-marriage

Potential solutions

shared by Sidhant Raote on 18 May 10 - Cached
  • devastates the lives of girls
  • 60 million worldwide
  • In some countries, half of the girls are married before they turn 18
  • ...3 more annotations...
  • ICRW’s
  • we've designed effective programs that work with girls and boys, their families and communities to delay marriage. And we've used our research evidence to educate national and international policymakers on the need for leadership and action.
  • View Site Map
sang hyeong chai

The Hindu: Children 's cricket team leaves for Pakistan - 0 views

infoweb.newsbank.com/...InfoWeb

children cricket for pace

shared by sang hyeong chai on 16 May 10 - No Cached
  • India and Pakistan using cricket as a platform and to raise issues of child rights sensitive to both countries, a group of underprivileged children left for Pakistan here this evening.
  • Accompanying the children is Rakesh Kumar of Bachpan Bachao Andolan, who displayed a banner comprising the flags of both nations with the plea for peace across the border.
  • the street children of Amritsar at a special function organised by the Gandhi Smriti.
  • ...2 more annotations...
  • children will play six cricket matches between April 20 and May 1.
  • preparing media releases will be done by the children themselves.
sang hyeong chai

The Hindu: Reviving the forgotten art of flying kites - 0 views

infoweb.newsbank.com/...InfoWeb

kite flying child

shared by sang hyeong chai on 16 May 10 - No Cached
  • "Everyone is welcome," say representatives of Kite Clinic Club, who have organised a national-level kite flying competition. The competition is scheduled for Sunday.
  • "Everyone is welcome," say representatives of Kite Clinic Club, who have organised a national-level kite flying competition.
  • irst one being for children below 12 years where two persons can form a group.
sang hyeong chai

The Hindu (English): Of cricket , cricketers and cool kids - 0 views

infoweb.newsbank.com/...InfoWeb

kids in station NGO cricket cricker

shared by sang hyeong chai on 16 May 10 - No Cached
  • It is only last week that he found a home at an NGO centre.
  • Neeraj, aged 17,
  • from railway stations, got a chance to play cricket with former international and now ICL players Nathan Astle the batsman from New Zealand and Australian fast bowlers Michael Kasprowicz and Jason Gillespie. Organised by Dabur Glucose, the event allowed children from Plan India , supported by NGO Chetna's 'Dream on Wheels', to interact with their favourite sportsmen.
  • ...5 more annotations...
  • doesn't have his parents around him. He has been living in the Nizamuddin station since childhood.
  • children don't have a space to play in.
  • opportunity for the young boys to swallow their apprehensions and ask the big questions. The cricketers were also willingly grilled by Muppets Chamki and Grover!
  • cricketers was more about a social interaction than a cricketing camp.
  • 'What happens in their home country when they lose a match?' evoked much laughter. Nathan replied, 'We are a rugby county. If we lose a match, people don't care. It's not a religion like it is here.' Another youngster asked if they ever feel nervous when getting on the field. Michael was quick to assert that practise makes them fearless.
sang hyeong chai

Background info sports in Unicef programs - 1 views

www.toolkitsportdevelopment.org/...4-4052-98A8-E7F6011C1959_6.htm

social mobilization health sports spirit human values quick decision making

shared by sang hyeong chai on 12 May 10 - Cached
  • GHANA
  • While HIV/AIDS prevention is the goal, the initiative also helps adolescents develop important skills, such as problem-solving, decision-
  • making
  • ...16 more annotations...
  • communication and critical thinking. It helps them handle peer pressure and cope with emotions and stress, while building their confidence in themselves and their future.
  • a social mobilization tool to gather communities for particular campaigns and as a powerful means to raise awareness
  • UNICEF participates in a variety of global sports for development forums.
  • ROMANIA
  • value of sports was recognized as a tool to support the achievement of the MDGs throughout the UN system.
  • in collaboration with governments, sports federations and NGOs, as well as in mobilizing new partners on the use of sports in relation to the education, health and protection of children and adolescents
  • The Football for Peace project is a partnership between the High Commissioner for Peace, the Young Colombia Programme, government
  • ministries and the private sector
  • regional and national sports councils and leagues,
  • UNICEF has developed partnership agreements with major International Sports Federations, for example: IOC - International Olympic Committee FIFA - International Football Federation FIVB - International Volleyball Federation IBF - International Badminton Federation
  • It is estimated that the peace messages are reaching more than 50,000 people in Colombia.
  • TURKEY: The FACT (Family and Child Training)
  • programme encourages families with children under six years to participate together in games and play activities for younger children. The extended family learns about the importance of early childhood education, nutrition, breastfeeding and play
  • ZIMBABWE: The Youth Education through Sport (YES) programme
  • aim of this nationwide programme, supported by the Zimbabwe Sports and Recreation Commission, national and international partners, is to bring together young people through sport to provide education on HIV/AIDS and related issues such as teaching young people life skills, and equipping them to become peer educators and contribute to their communities as positive role models
  • it was decided that OPP would focus on 12 country programmes as a first step in defining how sports might be used in the country programming process and to further elucidate the value of sports
Sidhant Raote

Access World News - Document Display - 2 views

infoweb.newsbank.com/...InfoWeb

Child marriage stories

shared by Sidhant Raote on 09 Apr 10 - No Cached
  • Mumbai , Jan. 28 -- Are the laws restricting marriage of minors not applicable to Muslims in India?
  • 15-year-old daughter's marriage was stalled by the Mumbai police.
  • The police also booked several members of both the families for violating the provisions of the Restraint of Child Marriage Act, 1929.
  • Chaeli Brown on 09 Apr 10
     
    This is a case of a 15 year old girl who was saved from a child marriage when the police intervened.
  • Solomon Senrick on 13 Apr 10
     
    Good comment. Make sure to highlight important notes when you are bookmarking a site. Also, two word tags like child marriage need to be grouped by quotation marks, otherwise they show up as two separate tag words.
sang hyeong chai

Access World News - Document Display - 0 views

infoweb.newsbank.com/...InfoWeb

kite flying below 18 contest

shared by sang hyeong chai on 09 May 10 - No Cached
  • As part of the summer vacation initiative, the Greenworld Village and Research Centre here will conduct an all-Kerala kite flying contest for children below 18 years on the Kozhikode beach at 4 p.m. on April 8.
  • Kites will be provided free to the first 100 children who register their names.
sang hyeong chai

Access World News - Document Display - 0 views

infoweb.newsbank.com/...InfoWeb

secure future

shared by sang hyeong chai on 09 May 10 - No Cached
  • To help the streetchildren of India beat poverty and embrace football as a way to a better and secure future.
  • Organised by UK-based Consortium for Street Children (CSC)
sang hyeong chai

Access World News - Document Display - 0 views

infoweb.newsbank.com/...InfoWeb

cricket

shared by sang hyeong chai on 08 May 10 - No Cached
  • NEW DELHI, India , Dec 5 -- Kh
  • NEW DELHI, India , Dec 5 -- Khushi, an NGO that works actively for the betterment of underprivileged children, organised a charity cricket match
Farah Hadi

Category: Orphans | The Better India - 1 views

www.thebetterindia.com/...orphans

stakeholders issue

shared by Farah Hadi on 07 May 10 - Cached
  • Shivam Udayan is an intelligent kid, quick to grasp new things. Now he has started learning horse riding at school.
  • Ajay Udayan has been the head boy of his class since the last two months, he is very interested in sports and extracurricular activites.He also took part in Ramayana sessions in school. These are just two stories out of the 180 kids in Udayan care, 11 of whom are in boy’s NOIDA home There kids are mostly orphan or from abusive, destitute and dysfunctional backgrounds.
  • children over here live in well furnished, modern homes, with all the facilities that one would see in an upper middle class family.
  • ...7 more annotations...
  • Children in the Noida home go to schools such as Rockwood and Assisi Convent.
  • Udayan care is an NGO started in 1994 by Dr. (Mrs.) Kiran Modi. Headquartered in Delhi, the organisation is working towards regenerating the lives of the disadvantaged children and women.
  • committed to their aim of sustainable social development through various programs that include :
  • Udayan Ghars Shelter homes based on the Group Foster Care model developed by the organisation with the sole aim of providing a family like environment for oprhaned,abused kids so as to promote social integration, brotherhood and providing the best possible education .
  • Udayan Shalini Fellowship A distinctive higher education and vocational training scholarship, that works towards the transformation of disadvantaged girls into educated, independent and confident citizens like 22 year old Smita Verma who moved her family out of a one tenement flat in the congested bylanes of Old Delhi’s Chandi Chowk to an independent house in a decent location.
  • Outreach programme Started in 2004 to provide financial assistance to the children of HIV infected parents so that they are able to receive better nutrition, schooling and prospects of a better future.
  • Sugam Vedashram Project Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu was the worst affected by the Tsunami that rocked the shores of the country. Of the total district population of 1.4 million, approx. 197,000 were directly affected and 6051 were killed.
Farah Hadi

Mumbai Connexions - 0 views

www.mumbaiconnexions.com/charities.html

stakeholders

shared by Farah Hadi on 07 May 10 - No Cached
  • Mumbai Connexions is actively involved with many local charities
  • help charities raise money, sponsor, buy or contribute towards the things that they need.
  • also help by volunteering our time doing things as simple as playing with play dough with the girls at an orphanage to organizing a day out complete with transport, picnic, games and gift bags.
  • ...2 more annotations...
  • Through our various fund-raising activities, over the past year we have: Contributed towards the treatment of breast cancer  Funded cataract surgeries for the under-privileged  Bought shoes and sports equipment for children in a village near Pune 
  • Teach English and maths or help with homework  Regularly supplement groceries and provisions  Buy and make up gift bags for summer and Christmas parties  Collect toys, books, stationery, clothing, etc. 
  • Farah Hadi on 07 May 10
     
    Helps the orphans/street kids/kids with disabilities etc.
Farah Hadi

Pathak trust - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

en.wikipedia.org/...Pathak_trust

stakeholders solutions

shared by Farah Hadi on 07 May 10 - Cached
  • Pathak Trustis an Indian charitable trust based in Miraj with varied social activities including an orphanage, an old-age home and a shelter for women. It was founded by the late Dr N. R. Pathak a social leader and doctor from Miraj.
  • 2 October 1947, Shri. Baburao Amte and Smt. Koparde had found a deserted baby by roadside and brought it to Dr Pathak. He was excited and enthusiastic to take up the challenge of bringing up this child. Had his mother and brother as rest of his family not supportive enough, it was impossible to do this in an orthodox Brahmin family in those days. The baby was named Surendra and two people were employed to take care of the baby. Thus the Pathak Anathashram Started.
  • This small orphanage soon started growing fast
  • ...9 more annotations...
  • Dr Pathak strived hard to impart best possible education to these children also personally cared for their nutrition, and health
  • He was keen on the fact that apart from scholastic education children could get knowledge about sports, religion and vocational trades so that one day they could stand on their own feet.
  • the orphanage was run solely by the Pathak family.
  • But growing number of children and need of more space needed further support.
  • As the expenses were pretty heavy for him to bear alone, he took effort to meet Mr. Tatake, Secretary of Shradhanand Ashram, Mumbai, and ensured that some of the orphans (mostly girls) were sent to Mumbai for their education.
  • Dr. Pathak contacted Mr. Limaye of Eklaywa Shala, Pali and with his help; he could educate some more orphans (mostly boys)
  • Bhausaheb, Doctor and Smt Sitabai along with Mr Tatake were the founding members of the trust.
  • For registration of the Trust, the land worth Rs. 40,000/- was donated by Shri. B.R. Pathak, elder brother and Smt. Seetabai, his mother.
  • Today under its aegis this trust carries on following activities: 1. Orphanage 2. Old age home 3. Shelter for women 4. Senior Dai training course.
  • Farah Hadi on 07 May 10
     
    Indian charitable trust
Farah Hadi

Volunteer Abroad Program - Help the Orphans in India - 500 Happy Volunteers starts only... - 0 views

www.volunteerabroad.com/...37245

solutions current approaches

shared by Farah Hadi on 06 May 10 - Cached
  • Volunteer work at an Orphanage in India A large number of poor and disadvantaged orphan children without homes are given refuge in orphanages and shelter homes being run by various non government organizations throughout India.
  • distressed children who come from difficult circumstances that detach them from the joys of childhood.
  • Help The Orphans program in India will provide support to the underprivileged and uncared for children to alleviate their suffering by helping them live a dignified life.
  • ...3 more annotations...
  • A typical volunteer helping in an orphanage would help the children with their day to day activities such as: doing homework, making notes, playing with children, helping staff organize the orphanage, exchanging cultural views and teaching them about health and hygiene. You can also take the kids out for picnics and for excursions.
  • The project placements are located in Delhi and its surrounding suburbs of Noida and Gurgaon. Volunteers are provided completed details of their project after the placement is confirmed.
  • Your little help at an orphanage can be of great significance for these children, helping to make their present secure and future promising. Spend time with them. Receive their warmth and affection. Tell them stories. Share their dreams. Working in an orphanage is a truly fulfilling and enriching experience.
Farah Hadi

Fr. Agnel Ashram : History - 0 views

www.pccegoa.org/history.html

stakeholders current approaches

shared by Farah Hadi on 05 May 10 - Cached
  • Beginning with an Orphanage and Trade School in Carpentry,
  • Fr. Agnel Ashram was founded on 9th June 1957, in Bandra, Mumbai on a piece of land known as "Land's End" with the aim of fostering, through Educational and Charitable Institutions, love and understanding among the people of various communities of India and contributing towards India's development and self-reliance of its people.
  • went on to progress and expand in to a full fledged Industrial Training Institute, a Polytechnic, and an Engineering College besides providing basic general educational services by way of a High School and a Higher Secondary School. It also offers Production facilities in its workshops.
  • ...4 more annotations...
  • It was named after the Ven. Fr. Agnel De Souza, a Goan Priest who died in the odour of sancitity in 1927.
  • The Agnel Ashram in Goa spreading over 25 acres of verdant, hilly slopes, at Verna, was the fulfillment of a long felt need of providing technical education facilities for the youth of Goa.
  • acquired experience in conducting technical education in Mumbai.
  • Within a span of two decades, the project has made considerable progress, thanks to the generous support from the Government, friends and well wishers.
Farah Hadi

MA-NIKETAN : - 0 views

www.maniketan.org/AboutUs.htm

stakeholders issue

shared by Farah Hadi on 05 May 10 - Cached
  • Ma-Niketan takes care of children, which are from the cesspool and slums from in and around Mumbai where poverty, lack of education and sanitation are more of a rule than of being an exception. This of course exposes the little ones to all kinds of illnesses.
  • Lack of education and poverty also forces many adults to abandon their children, especially the girl child, at a very tender age.
  • there are also children who have for years established homes on the footpaths, railway platforms and all other such places.
  • ...5 more annotations...
  • Such children find a home in the Ma Niketan. We try to cater to their needs - intellectual, emotional, social and economical - and help them grow as mature and responsible citizens.
  • Today the Niketan has been fortunate enough to house 350 girls, from 3 years onwards till 22 years, in 4 houses within the premises of the society.
  • Ma Niketan was possible with the support of Shri Mafatlal Mehata, Diwaliben Mohanlal Mehta charitable Trust who has been an instrument in giving birth to this home, by donating a piece of land in the year 1972.
  • Nowadays we are 9 sisters. Besides the academic studies we also take care of children's overall growth and development. Here they learn Indian music, dance, singing, painting, stitching and embroideries etc. We teach them games, gardening and cooking. Time to time we conduct different games and competitions, like talent contests etc.
  • A nurse, one of our sisters takes care of the children when they are sick, she fives medicine and admits them when it is necessary.
  • Farah Hadi on 05 May 10
     
    Helps abandon children/slums
Farah Hadi

St. Catherine's Home | Kshana - Moments of Happiness | Mumbai based NGO which believes ... - 0 views

kshana.org/...st-catherine%E2%80%99s-home

solutions stakeholders

shared by Farah Hadi on 06 May 10 - Cached
  • Just like children need special attention, we believe an equal amount of attention needs to be given to the senior citizens of our country. We experienced this when we went to St. Catherine’s home.
  • has close to 100 senior citizens staying at a beautiful place full of greenery and peace.
  • we were surprised to know that a lot of them wanted to see a magic show
  • ...3 more annotations...
  • kshana members put up a dance show on an old bollywood song and few volunteers performed a semi-classical dance with emphasis on our culture and values, they were extremely delighted to see this show.
  • We distributed useful items like napkins and towels as a gift token. We also served snacks and had a lot of individual interaction throughout the entire event.
  • All they need is a bit of our time and someone who can understand them, just make an effort to be with them and you will see the emotions of love and care flowing your way.
BonJae Ku

Education of disabled children in India - 0 views

www.merinews.com/...136123.shtml

Education for Disabilities child

shared by BonJae Ku on 04 May 10 - Cached
  • Indiahas some 40 to 80 million persons living with disability,
  • 30 per cent of them are children below the age of 14 years
  • Indiais one of the few countries in the world where 90 per cent of disabled children do not receive any form of education
  • ...5 more annotations...
  • Disabled children make up a third of the 77 million children worldwide who are excluded from education
  • non-government organisations (NGOs)
  • Poverty in Indiameans many families have to make choices about, which of their children they can afford to send to school.
  • Parents of children with disabilities have even more difficult choices, as they struggle to pay for medical treatment, special equipment and transport.
  • In a move to make the educational system more inclusive, the government has promised to include disabled children in all its educational programmes, including the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS).
1 - 20 of 369 Next › Last »
Showing 20▼ items per page