Generation Yuvaa Child Home (HOME FOR NEEDY)
Generation Yuvaa has started a Child Home to provide a shelter for street children, orphans and street beggars. The strength right now is 173 children who came from lower socio economic strata. These children are provided with basic facilities like shelter, clothing and food along with education. Some of these children who are old enough to go to school are funded for their education. Along with this, the childs overall development is also focused by indulging them in various physical activities and play. Certain standards are followed while preparing food keeping the nutrition norms in mind. Along with this, weekly health checkups are done by medical professionals.
Interventions by GENERATION YUVAA:
Spreading awareness: Gen Yuvaa focuses on spreading a lot of awareness about child begging to bring the focus on the issue that it is a major social issue that needs to be worked on. This is done using various ways like spreading pamphlets, rallies and other resources.
Child and parental counseling: Appropriate counseling sessions are given to the child who is recused either from child begging or otherwise. At times when families are involved, parents are counseled as well. The organization follows ethical counseling which means that the child or the parent is never pressured to be a part of the session and the confidentiality of the cases are not disclosed without permission.
Child rehabilitation: Once the family and the child are counseled, the child enters the process of rehabilitation. By assessing the age and the interest expressed by the child, he/she is either sent to school or is trained vocationally to provide employment. In certain cases, where the child is interested in education but is not financially capable of going to school, Gen Yuvaa sponsors the child's education. At times fund raising is also done to keep up with the financial needs of the child.
Employment: In certain cases after counseling and assessing all areas, the organization has even provided or referred employment to the parents of the child who is rehabilitated.
Child referral: Appropriate child referrals are made by the organization in cases where the child needs a place to stay for a long time.
Public Awareness:
Generation Yuvaa has adapted different ways to reach to public. Some of them are
- Pamphlets
- Rallies
- Posters
- Media (print/ online/ news)
- Public talks (schools/ colleges/ talks)
- Skits
Pamphlets which are bilingual are distributed at every public gathering and important public places in the city. Rallies are conducted frequently where slogans against child begging and hoardings having information about child begging are displayed. Posters about the organization and child begging are displayed at various educational institutes and youth centric places. Skits are conducted by the members of Gen Yuvaa at various public forums to explaining the concept of child begging through art.
Gen Yuvaa has been mentioned in both print media and news where the organization members have talked about child begging as a serious social issues and how it needs to be worked upon to provide a better opportunity to children. Public talks about child begging are given by the Organization at various public forums including schools, colleges and offices.