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After Decades of development, it has been recognized that women and children have remained marginalized in the Development process; even though they are the primary users and managers of natural resources. Sardar vallabhbhai patel Foundation believed that involving those who were directly affected by them best solved problems. Thus women and children should directly participate in solving their own problems.
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| CHILD DEVELOPMENT UNIT |
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Foundation focuses on the 4 basic rights of children. These were defined in 1989, by the United Nations convention on the Rights of the child, an International human rights treaty to which 191 countries, including India, are signatories.
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| The right to survival – To life, health, nutrition, name and nationality. |
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The right to development – To education care, leisure, recreation. |
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The right to protection – from exploitation, abuse, neglects. |
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The right to participation – To expression, information, thought and religion. |
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| Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Foundation works to ensure that these rights are available to all categories of underprivileged children, including street children bonded in labor, children of commercial sex workers Physically and mentally challenged children. |
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| ORPHAN CHILDREN HOME |
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Our Foundation believes the orphan children need special care and happy atmosphere and excellent care, with a high staff – to- children ratio. Our “ Special Needs”programme helps to place physically, handicapped children, older children and sibling groups, in loving homes. Our Foundation has played a stellar role in promoting good adoption practice throughout the country.
One major step towards implementing measures aimed at ensuring better protection as well as providing a better alternate for rehabilitation and care to children, especially those who are neglected and exposed to various kind of harm is the introduction of the Foster care system. The aim of the foster care system is too provide the children with an alternative family environment, which will faster their physical, emotional and social development. |
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| CREATIVITY CENTRE FOR CHILDREN |
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A creativity center for children for creativity, recreation and leisure activities for children so that children learned a lot about creative activities like flower painting & Rangoli etc. Tours visit is organized for them. |
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Along with that, the following, International Events are being celebrate
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World Poetry Day |
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Universal children’s Day |
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Universal Broadcasting Day |
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| CHILD PROTECTION MECHANISM |
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The main purpose of the foundation is to provide a safe and conducive environment to children as well as enable victims to voice out their problems and minimize their trauma. |
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The main objectives are to: |
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Reduce harm and prevent further injury or suffering to children victims of violence and abuse. |
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Provide accessible, reliable and coordinated guidance on cases of violence and abuse and ensure that the victims receive appropriate medical or other treatment. |
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Promote and safeguard the welfare of children. |
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| WOMEN DEVELOPMENT UNIT |
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Most of the women are to live in some of the most oppressive soci-conditions in all of India. Women’s empowerment programs listed below: |
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| Self-Helf Groups |
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Self-Help Groups provide platforms through which women can acquire new information, skills, and an economic self-reliance. |
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Nutrition, health and hygiene; |
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Establishing savings accounts and communal funds, financial record; |
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Management of micro credit lending schemes; |
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Developing and maintaining of small scale cottage industries, such as masala (spices) making, bag making, metal utensil making; |
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Organic pesticides and fertilizers, seed banks; |
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Construction, use and repair of rainwater harvesting structures; |
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In this sector, women engage in income generating programmes. The strategy comprises: |
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Implementation of income generating programmes for women belonging to specially disadvantaged group (s). The organizing agency is required to become a partner with the beneficiary in setting up of self-employment schemes for a suitable period, after which women should be able to sustain the programme on their own. |
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Development of an integrated approach to natural resource management with women as primary actors in the utilization and management of natural resources. |
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Adoption of a holistic approach for the empowerment of women belonging to specially disadvantaged groups through education, awareness creation and skill formation. |
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Evolving replicable models for promoting the participation of women in entrepreneurial and economic activities, production of value-added goods and services, professional careers, activities related to social reform and in the democratic of participatory wasteland and natural resource regeneration schemes involving women and Panchayats. |
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Projects which foster health promotional activities at the community level, with emphases on empowerment through information dissemination and participative decentralized micro- planning. |
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