OUR PROGRAMME


PRE-SCHOOLS


To prevent children from becoming child laborers and to facilitate the working women living below poverty line, Asha Nivas has been running pre Schools. Early childhood care and education is being provided to slum dwelling children every year.



NON-FORMAL EDUCATION


Asha Nivas imparts Non-formal Education to school drop-outs street and working children functioning in the evenings for the age group of 7 to 14 years. These centres provides basic need of education that is literacy including mathematics, life skill training, personality and skill development training. children are trained for examination in 8th, 10th and 12th standards.


COACHING & CONTINUING EDUCATION


Asha Nivas runs coaching centres benefitting slum children studying in Corporation Schools . Monthly motivational programmes serves a vital role in ensuring children from under privileged society armed with tools that enable them to realize their full potentials.



STREET CHILDREN


Street children are those who live on streets and pavements and those who live slums engaged n various activities. They are mostly run away children from schools, rural and urban areas due to family disintegration, migration, poverty, harassment, drunken fathers and peer group influence.


OPEN SHELTER


Asha Nivas operates a short stay home for runaway children in the form of Open Shelter in collaboration with Directorate of Social Defence under the Integrated Child Protection Schemes (ICPS) Open Shelter provides residential facility, food, medical care, recreation and non-formal education.


SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMME


Poverty and poor economic condition of the family precludes many a children from realizing the dream of having unhindered access to education. To help them to realize it, Asha Nivas has been supporting the education for children


VOCATIONAL TRAINING


After established rapport with children above 15 years who are not interested in studies are gradually weaned to accept some skill training according to their capacity and interest. Asha Nivas trains children and provides coaching in the field like lathe work, two wheeler and three wheeler mechanism, computer. Those who successfully complete the training programme are placed in suitable jobs.


CHILD PARLIAMENT


Asha Nivas has formed Child Parliament where children are encouraged to form child parliament and to take up extra social activities in their respective areas. They volunteer themselves to keep their surroundings clean and pollution free environment by growing trees. They meet every month to discuss on the problems like education, environment hygiene, that they face as their basic child’s right.


OPEN SHELTER - GIRLS



OPEN SHELTER - BOYS



SHELTER HOME - GIRLS



SHELTER HOME - BOYS







Objectives:
  • To prevent destitution of children and facilitate their withdrawal from a life on the streets
  • To rehabilitate and re-integrate street children in the main stream of society
  • To mobilize public opinion on the incidence of street children and ensure public co-operation

Activities:
  • Contacting and Counselling
  • Non-Formal Education
  • Logistical support for Formal Education
  • Health Care
  • Repatriation
  • Child clubs
  • Child Parliaments
  • Shelter Homes for street children
  • 24 hours Drop-in-centre
  • Vocational Training
  • Auto Mechanic