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PRERANA An Initiative for Education and Shelter to Kids in the Red Light Community District s of Mumbai. History.
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PRERANA An Initiative for Education and Shelter to Kids in the Red Light CommunityDistricts of Mumbai
History • Started in: 1986Registration No: 372/1990 under the Societies Registration Act Registration No: 83780710 under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act : (eligible to receive foreign funds under the FCR Act) • Prerana started working in the redlight of area of Mumbai in 1986 with a view to end second generation trafficking of children of redlight area-based women Victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation & Trafficking (VOCSET), to protect and reestablish the rights and dignity of the women victims of CSE&T based on a very clear rights perspective. • Today, Prerana is active on most dimensions of the anti CSE&T work including protection, prevention, vigilance, rescue, post rescue operation, victim care services, prosecution, empowerment of victim women, advocacy & lobbying, legal, policy level and administrative reforms, rehabilitation & social reintegration, generating social awareness, research, documentation, sensitization & training of special functionaries, networking, and capacity building of fellow organizations.
Statistics • Prerana in Oct 2008 had: • During the reporting period the center wise averageattendance of children at NCCs was • NCC I (Kamathipura): 135 • NCC II (Falkland Rd.): 89 • NCC III (Vashi Turbhe, Navi Mumbai): 30 • Prerana today (????) has: • During the reporting period the center wise averageattendance of children at NCCs was • NCC I (Kamathipura): around 150 • NCC II (Falkland Rd.): 120 • NCC III (Vashi Turbhe Navi Mumbai): around 50 • NCC – Night Care Center; ESP – Educational Support Program; IPP – Institutional Placement Program • Night Care Centre (NCC): The NCC protects the children of the red-light areas against sexual assaults and the, from traumatizingc exposure to the and undesirable nightlife in the brothels. Prerana invented the Night Care Centre. • Institutional Placement Programme: In order to de-link the child from the red light area Prerana strives to help the mothers consider the option of shifting the child away from the red light area into a place that can provide long term residential care and development. • Educational Support Programme: Prerana restores the right to education of these children and facilitates their sustained formal education.
Shelter Homes • As per the admission procedure, all the children who were newly enrolled in NCC I, II, & III go through preliminary medical check-up at the public hospitals (Nair hospital Mumbai and NMMC hospital Navi Mumbai. • A paediatrician regularly visits and examines the children at the KP & FR NCCs on every Thursday. • A medical doctor visits the Turbhe Vashi center every Wednesday. • Tetanus and Polio camps are regularly held. • A session is held for the mothers with a focus on HIV/AIDS and related ARV treatment. • Mothers’ meeting is held at times where doctors and others address questions and provide their thoughts on various matters • Puppet shows, Summer activities for kids • Staff was take on out on a picnic. This was a part of Prerana’s “Anti Burn-Out Programme for its Programme Staff”. The picnic was open for those who have completed one year of service. This is the 5th consecutive year of such an outing. • Organized the “Meet the Alumni” event • Started Naunihal a shelter for girls , which also provides vocational education
Expenses for Falkland Road Center • Grand Total (INR) Rs.27,00,000 (10,66,000 + 5,66,000 + 10,68,000) • ESP only has 1 coordinator so only 2,16,000 • Suggest reducing admin expense from 1,02,000 to 42,000 • Camps from 1,40,000 to 70,000 • Final Total - Rs. 23,54,000