PRAYAS

This is about a juvenile aid centre ''PRAYAS".

1. - TULIKA SINGH

2. ABOUT PRAYAS Prayas is a humanitarian, gender sensitive and child-focused organization . Prayas operates 242 centres with 700 professionals including 47 Homes for children, 53 Vocational Training Centers, across the country in 09 States/ Uts . I nitiating programs relating to- Income Generation Programmes Vocational and life skills training T rafficking of children and women Child protection and juvenile justice Women empowerment through Self-Help Groups Prayas is a humanitarian, gender-sensitive and child-focused development organization. It is dedicated to changing the lives of needy children. Prayas works to ensure that children have a bright future. Prayas have 53 Vocational Training Centers in 9 States/ Uts . Prayas operates 242 centers with more than 700 professionals. Initiating programs relating to- Income Generation Programmes Vocational and life skills training Trafficking of children and women child protection and juvenile justice Women empowerment through Self-Help Groups

3. ORIGIN AND FOUNDER Prayas was formed in 1988, through the efforts of the Delhi Police. Started its activities in a tiny one-room structure. Prayas began to function by providing non-formal education to 25 children. A devastating fire in Jahangirpuri left a lot of children homeless. I t aimed at reorganizing and rebuilding the lives of such children . Prayas believes that the basic needs of the child are synonymous with his/her basic rights. These include the right to- Survival Protection Development Participation

4. Mission of Prayas Prayas ’ mission is to protect children’s rights. T o help them meet their basic needs and to achieve their full potential. Guided by dreams and aspirations of thousands of neglected street and working children Prayas pursue its mission with both commitment and Compassion. Vision of Prayas Praya’s vision is to restore the lost childhood of neglected, street and the marginalized. It visualizes a world that protects children’s rights. A world that treats every child equally Let boys and girls play and learn, and grow to adult hood in health, peace and dignity. A world that involves children and young people finding ways to make the world a better place for all.

5. Purpose of Prayas Holistic Development of deprived children, youth and women and marginalized populations. T ransformation of the socio-economic inequality and injustice programs through a network of institutional and non-institutional projects. Aim and Objective: The objective of this project is to transform the lives of street/ neglected/underprivileged children. Provide them basic services of education, meals, clothing, health care , shelter, sports, extracurricular activities, and training. And also Riots , terrorism, earthquakes , poverty, marital discords and various unfortunate incidents To help those children’s who are forced to take shelter on road , beg, and are engage in various kinds of negative activities .

6. APPROACHES OF PRAYAS

7. GOVERNING BODY MR. SHATRUGHAN SINHA – PRESIDENT MR. D.N. MATHUR – VICE PRESIDENT MR. AMOD K. KANTH – GENERAL SECRETARY MR. R. N. GUPTA – TREASURER MR. SUBHASH NARANG – MEMBER PROF. C. J. DASWANI – MEMBER MR. M. B. KAUSHAI – MEMBER DR. K. S. SACHDEVA – MEMBER PROF. R. R. SINGH - SINGH

8. PROJECTS OF PRAYAS COMMUNITY BASED PROJECTS: We restoring the childhood of neglected and exploited children. To avoid any feeling of giver and receiver a body PSS, Consisting of parents, children, community leaders were promoted at the grassroots level . PSS provided support to AE programme in the slums through the management of the educational programmes . DELHI PROJECTS: • Prayas Juvenile Aid Centre (JAC) Society – Jahangirpuri • Institute of Juvenile Justice (Shelter Home for Girls) ‐ Tughlakabad • Prayas Children's Home (PCH) ‐ Jahangirpuri • Shelter Home for Girls, 59, Tughalakabad • Prayas Observation Home for Boys (POHB) • Prayas GRC • Children’s Hope Prayas

9. BIHAR , PROJECTS: Patna Coordinating Office Adoptionscentrum Project NABARD Project Bihar Voluntary Coordinating Agency – Patna Prayas Samastipur Mira Memorial Trust ‐ Motihari Sambhav Prayas – Nalanda - Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre (NRC)‐ Nalanda Supaul Projects - Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre (NRC)‐ Supaul Project - Prayas Punarwas II_Supaul - Report_APHC_Karjain_Supaul PRAYAS , JHARKHAND Prayas Institute of Skill Development Prayas Institute of Economic Empowerment Prayas Jamshedpur

10. Prayas Partners

11. Prayas Achievements 66 Community and project based libraries & study centres . Supports youth and women through 46 Vocational Training Centers. Approx. 5,000 out-of-school children annually covered under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in Delhi alone. 242 community based Alternative Education and child protection centres for 50,000 marginalized & at-risk children/youth. 47 Institutional Care facilities including Shelter Homes, Children Homes, Observation Homes, Night Shelters and Drop-In- Centres . Locally employable skills under Prayas Institute of Economic Empowerment, NIOS , IGNOU and Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS), Prayas .

12. MY CONTRIBUTION AS AN INTERN Prepared time table for children’s -

13. Made Poster – Taught Mathematics, science, social science to the children’s. Sorted out books and stationary for children’s. Designed question papers for them to enhance their learning. Involved them in different creating activities according to their interest. Made nutritious diet plan for them.

14. Learning: It was a great opportunity to learn facets and aspects of NGO functioning which can be summarized as follows :- Learnt a lot about NGO functioning, their vision, objectives T he problems its facing in various departments like Finance, Marketing and others. Also understood the initiative takes by private institutions as a part of corporate governance social responsibility and its impact on the society. Studied about how to help the society and what PRAYAS is doing in this particular field. It broadened my horizon about thinking about life and spurred me to think about helping the poor and needy in our society.

15. THANK YOU