The Home provides a shelter to traumatized children especially those without families. Know More
To improve traumatized children's emotional, mental and physical health by providing health care and counseling support. Know More
The unit was set to give employment opportunities to poor adolescent girls. Know More
24 HOURS child protection program for the deprived children on the streets of Kolkata Know More
Day care for children of working mothers and Additional learning skills for children in school.
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To identify 15 vocal members of the community who were willing to be involved in building an environment for children’s appropriate development.
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PROTECTION - SHELTER HOMES
ACTIVITIES:
Each of the Homes provide:
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24 hour care and protection
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Access to school education and support after school
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Nutritious meals
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Medical insurance and health care
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Counseling support for both the children & Staff
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Recreational and cultural activities including dance, kickboxing and music
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Occasional excursions
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Celebration of the birthdays, and other events that create a family environment
for each of the children under Hope's protection
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Life skills training (if required)
The Punorjibon home which rehabilitates solvent addicted children works to mainstream
children through life-skills training and placement in hostels. This gives these
children the opportunity to integrate back into normal society.
HKF works to raise awareness amongst targeted children in thinking about their own
problems. Through advocacy meetings partnerships with stakeholders awareness generation
workshops.
Children can learn to speak about their own rights and demand better care,
protection and securing from their own community in particular and from larger society
in general.
ACHIEVEMENTS
This year like in other years the children have been busy studying hard, participating
in cultural programmes and leading the stimulating lives so important for the development
of young children. There have been a number of education, cultural and other achievements
in the homes that should be noted and celebrated.
EDUCATIONAL
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All the children living in a Hope home passed his/her annual exams and was promoted
to the next class, some of the children scored marks of over 90%.
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Three of the girls
at the Hope home passed their Board exam in Class X.
Two of the children have been newly admitted into formal education.
Staff Training
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A 'Time to Time' sex awareness programmes were organized for the staff at each
of the homes; this helped them to teach sex education to the adolescent children.
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Four child-handing workshops have been run for the caregivers and counselors including
one training programme delivered by a visiting psychologist and psychiatric social
worker.
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Two members of staff in one of the homes, a counselor and a child protection officer
attended a two-day workshop on strategy planning.
Detoxification in Punorjibon
In total five boys in the Punorjibon Home were detoxified this year. Thirty Five
Children Received Life-Skills Training, this included woodwork and laundry services.
Other
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Three of the adult girls have moved out of the Hope Home. One is staying in a rented
flat and working in Hope Hospital, another is working in a BPO firm and a third
is receiving training in Hope's restaurant.
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A training programme was run on anger management and the importance of discipline
for the girls and boys of Hope's homes. Each group, on five separate occasions received
two hours training. In total 25 girls were trained.
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One of the girls and one of the boys got married and successfully left Hope's programmes.
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All of the children went away to Digha- a beach resort 300km from Kolkata- for a
5 day holiday.
SUCCESS STORY
Rita is 15 years old and lives in the Hope. She is currently studying in class IX
at St. Ninians School. Her father left her family when she was three and she was
forced with her mother to live on the pavements of Dakhineshwar temple selling matchsticks
for survival.
She was rescued from this position by a famous actress, and was placed in Hope's
Home in 1994. Since moving to Hope's home she has thrived, she was third in the
year in her recent examinations. She is interested in dancing, drawing, drama and
yoga and is extremely helpful to her friends. She is still attached to her mother
who she sees regularly but the opportunities that Hope's homes have given her means
that she is now able to look forward to a bright future.
