Save the Children India

1.Who we are

2.Vision & Purpose

3.Our Focus Areas1. Quality Inclusive Education

2. Child Survival

3. Child Protection

4. Emergency Response and Child Centred Disaster Risk Reduction

4.Where we work in India

CONTENT

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SAVE THE CHILDREN INDIA

In April, 2008, Save the Children India became an independent member of International Save the Children. It is responsible for all fundraising and programmatic interventions in India.

Our work here covers:

Child Protection Education

Child Survival

Community-based Disaster Risk Reduction

Responding in Emergencies

Facsimile of declaration of Geneva signed by M.K. Gandhi

in 1931.

WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE OPERATE

Quality programming in health, education and child protection to reach the most socially excluded groups

First to respond to emergency situations and the last to leave

Influence policy change with government bodies and ensure the effective implementation of government schemes through NGO partners

Professional team comprising of technical experts from development and corporate sectors Efficiency in operation, utilisation of funds and spending

Reliable accountability and reporting

Dependable grant management and financial systems

Long term scalable and sustainable solutions.

We work actively with the communities and the government in 10 states to bring lasting changes for the most marginalised children.

Save the Children has already benefited over 3 million children across India.

Quality Inclusive Education

Child Protection

Child Survival

Responding to Emergencies & Child Centred Disaster Risk Reduction

WHERE WE WORK

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WHERE WE WORK

Andhra Pradesh

Orissa

Bihar

New Delhi

Gujarat

Jammu & Kashmir

Maharashtra

Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu

West BengalJharkhand

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DONOR DISTRIBUTION - 2010

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ALLIANCE CONTRIBUTION - 2010

2% 5%2%

18%

4%62%

5%

2%

SC FinlandSC IndiaSC ItalySC NetherlandsSC New ZealandSC UKSC USOther

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THEMATIC DISTRIBUTION OF GRANTS - 2010

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TOP 10 GRANTS IN 2010

No. Donor State Value (Rs.)

1 EU Multi 195,966,000

2 Dutch Lottery Delhi 85,050,189

3 ECHO West Bengal 27,720,000

4 ECHO J&K (valley) 19,500,000

5 Reckitt Benckiser West Bengal 14,641,440

6 ECHO J&K (Leh) 12,000,000

7 SC Finland Rajasthan 9,003,660

8 SC Italy Maharashtra 8,782,475

9 MCHIP Jharkhand / UP 7,794,765

10 RB Pharma West Bengal 6,020,910

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OUR APPROACH

1. Child centric

2. Integrated and community-based

3. Working closely with district and state governments

4. Multi-level media presence and advocacy

5. Influence policy changes and implementation at the state and national level

QUALITY INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

•7 million children in India under 14 years do not have access to quality education

• Approximately 50% of all children drop out before they complete their elementary education

•Save the Children is working to create quality, inclusive, learner-friendly environments for all children

•To ensure that the Right to Education Act, 2009 is implemented.

Promote learner friendly inclusive environments by effective community participation and active learning methodologies

Create sustainable programmes by building capacity within the education system and using our projects as pilots to demonstrate ‘best practices’

We work on collaborative models between Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Human Resource Development, so that children are provided stimulating learning environments and receive quality basic education

Implement the Right to Education Act, 2009 so that children of the most marginalised sections of society receive an education

EDUCATION - WHAT WE DO

• To promote access and retention to quality inclusive education in government schools.

• To strengthen the capacities of existing government schools and their governance.

• To improve participation of children, their parents and the community in education planning.

• To improve learning levels of children.

• To reduce drop out rates of children.

THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION - OUR OBJECTIVES

To ensure that the Right to Education Act, 2009 is implemented...

...by developing models of practice and advocacy with the government and civil society.

India is the largest contributor to the annual global tally of deaths of children under five years old - approximately 1.8 million.

Save the Children is working to help India reach MDG 4 on reducing child mortality by 2/3rd by 2015.

Our objectives are to:

•Increase the chances of survival of children between the ages of 0-5 years

•Reduce levels of malnutrition in children

•Improve new born and maternal health

•Steer the behaviour of communities towards better child health and nutrition practices.

NEWBORN AND CHILD SURVIVAL (HEALTH + NUTRITION)

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HEALTH AND NUTRITION

In 2008, Save the Children initiated health and nutrition projects to evaluate interventions within existing large-scale delivery systems (NRHM, ICDS). The project will play a catalytic role within the national health sector, providing helpful insight and guidance into the government health system and the community-based actors who deliver health and nutrition services in India.

Where we work:

•Delhi and Maharashtra - Urban Health

•Bihar, Rajasthan and West Bengal - Health and Nutrition

•Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand - Technical assistance on newborn care through MCHIP (Maternal and Child Health Integrated Programme)

EVERY ONE CAMPAIGN

EVERY ONE objectives:

•Increase coverage and quality of maternal, newborn and child health nutrition services, particularly for the marginalised

•Change public opinion and inspire visible expressions of support by mobilising 5mn people to take action and create political /social environment to achieve MDG 4

•Make government systems more accountable to sustain increased coverage.

Analyse local situation to assess health needs and existing gaps in newborn and care for children under five years

Facilitate coordination between the Department of Health and Family Welfare and DWCD to ensure effective delivery of Government’s health and nutrition delivery systems

Strengthen community involvement and role of civil society partnerships with India’s health systems through advocacy and capacity building

Capacity building of community health workers on maternal and child health nutrition

NEWBORN AND CHILD SURVIVAL (HEALTH + NUTRITION) - WHAT WE DO

CHILD PROTECTION

• India is home to close to 13 million children child labourers under 14 (Census 2001)

• We work with state authorities & civil society organisations to free children engaged in labour

• Save the Children is working to withdraw 50,000 child domestic workers from domestic help

• We have been instrumental in the

creation of a national child protection system.

COMMUNITY-BASED CHILD CENTRED DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

• To increase preparedness of children and their families for emergency situations in the aftermath of natural disasters through child-centred and community-based approaches

• To manage disasters better

• To minimise the impact of natural disasters to communities in disaster prone areas

• To build child-centred resilient communities.

Since 2008, we have reached approximately 98,000 children in 275 villages. We focused on building the leadership among children and enabling their participation in Panchayat-level decision making.Our Aim:

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EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Since 2008, we responded to all the major emergencies in the country. Our assessments show that nearly 50% of all affected people in any emergency are children - the most vulnerable and easy targets for trafficking.

• Kosi Floods, 2008 - Mounted an Alliance-wide response. SCUK was our counterpart. We reached 117,000 people, about 60,000 of them children

• Mautam in Mizoram - We reached 3,000 households over a period of one year with comprehensive relief and recovery

• Cyclone Aila, 2009 in the Sunderbans - Save the Children has been the major responder and it is still continuing through ECHO support. Intervention pre-selected for DipECHO funding

• South India Floods Response, 2009-10 in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka - We reached 16,000+ children through education kits child friendly spaces, etc.

• Leh Cloudburst and Floods Emergency (ongoing) - We reached 400 families with comprehensive relief and recovery support.

EMERGENCY RESPONSE & CHILD CENTRED DISASTER RISK REDUCTION - WHAT WE DO

Education Child Protection

We ensure that children are able to continue with their schooling by providing them with a safe space to learn in the aftermath of disasters.

Distribute relief supplies during emergencies and assist with long term rehabilitation efforts

Operate child friendly spaces supporting children’s psychological needs as well as carrying out nutritional and healthcare assessments.

Protect children from being trafficked for commercial sex work and child labour.

JAMMU AND KASHMIR

For the past 30 years, we have had programmes mainly in the Ladakh region. Over the past 6 years however, we have extended our work to the regions of Jammu and Kashmir, focusing on education and child protection in orphanages.

JAMMU AND KASHMIR – Current Initiatives

1. Protection of with children in government run institutions

3900 children in the eight districts of Anantnag, Baramulla, Kupwara, Doda, Poonch, Rajouri, Leh and Kargil in 192 villages are beneficiaries of the training given to caregivers at government run residential institutions on how to improve standards of care of children.

2. Quality Inclusive Education for children involved in labour

24,000 children in the age group 6-14 years, including approximately 100 children with disabilities, 500 orphans, 500 child laborers and 2000 children of scheduled tribes in 400 villages/urban wards in the 11 districts of Leh, Kargil, Doda, Rajouri, Poonch, Baramulla, Anantnag, Pulwama, Kupwara, Budgam and Srinagar are a part of our education programmes to increase retention and drop out rates.

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RAJASTHAN

In Rajasthan, we have programmes in 15 districts focusing mainly on reducing child mortality below the age of five years as well as creating quality inclusive learner friendly environments for children in government schools.

1. Quality Inclusive Education of children in the most marginalised areas

We work in 210 Villages with 93,000 children and 40 government schools. We are focusing on creating inclusive quality learning environments in schools. Through this, we indirectly hope to reduce child labour, child marriage, discrimination, physical, sexual and emotional abuse

2. Protection of children working in brick kilns

We are working on improving the status of the most socially excluded children - approximately 18,000 - by increasing access to schools and creating child protection committees in their communities. In 6 districts of southern Rajasthan, we are increasing public demand for systemic changes (in policy, program and their implementation) in the education sector for poor and marginalised children.

3. Child Survival

We are reaching out to 57,000 pregnant and lactating mothers, newborns, infants and children under age 5 years directly and 1,000,000 beneficiaries indirectly through district level interventions in 110 villages.

RAJASTHAN – Current Initiatives

In West Bengal, we work to protect children involved in child labour, promoting access to education and preventing deaths in children below five years. We have also responded to the emergency caused by Cyclone Aila in 2009.

WEST BENGAL

1. Protection of working children

We are working with 3,000 migrant children vulnerable to trafficking, in 60 brick kilns to ensure access and retention of children into formal schools. Girls involved in hazardous beedi rolling in 24 villages in Murshidabad are being mainstreamed into government schools.

2. Quality Inclusive Education for street and working children

We work with street and slum children across the Kolkata Municipality area, mainstreaming them into formal schools. We have set up 8 learning centres and have collaborated with 11 private schools to facilitate peer education.

3. Child Survival

We promote exclusive breast feeding amongst lactating mothers through counselling. We also help with immunisation of children. The objective is to prevent child mortality under the age of 5 years.

WEST BENGAL – Current Initiatives

BIHAR

In Bihar, the work centres around emergency relief and child-centred disaster risk reduction with a focus on child protection and prevention of trafficking of children in 190 villages in 7 districts. We have also begun working on child health and nutrition since 2008.

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1. Emergency Response and Protection of children affected by natural disasters

We are reaching out to 90,000 children affected by floods and natural disasters, children involved in child labour, children facing violence in schools and children denied access to public health services due to child trafficking.

2. Child Protection

We worked to disseminate the Astitva state Plan of Action to prevent trafficking and are now working to implement it. We are training and strengthening Anti Human Trafficking Unit members and have trained over 2,000 police officers.

3. Child Centred Disaster Risk Reduction

We are launching a schools safety program in partnership with the Department of Disaster Management.

BIHAR – Current Initiatives

DELHI

In Delhi, we are working in 6 urban districts, focusing on increasing access to education for street and working children, access to child survival and basic health care services to communities most neglected. We are also working to support government schools.

1. Quality Inclusive Education

Implementing the early childhood education component in 130 ICDS centers of East Delhi. The project will reach out to 7800 children over 3 years. We work with educators and students at the primary level to create model inclusive schools. Our projects on inclusive education cover 43,000 children and 605 teachers in 64 MCD schools.

2. Protection and Education of street and working children

We work with 600 children living in the largest rag picking community in East Delhi, focusing on child protection and education. We work with children working and living in and around Nehru Place in South Delhi where our office is located. The Education and Activity Centre in Nehru Place aims to cover 400 children in two years.

3. Child Survival

We provide much needed health services in 6 districts of Delhi covering 60 slum clusters reaching out to a population of 600,000 through mobile health units.

DELHI – Current Initiatives

ANDHRA PRADESH

In Andhra Pradesh, we are working in 6 districts focusing on child protection issues of vulnerable children, early childhood care and education and emergency relief and child-centred disaster risk reduction.

1. Protection of socially excluded children

We are working with children from Muslim minority communities, children from scheduled castes and tribes, children living with and affected by HIV and children vulnerable to trafficking.

2. Quality Inclusive Education in Tirupati

We are working in the urban slums of Tirupati to create child focused, gender sensitive and inclusive learning environments for 5,000 children between 3-6 years.

3. Emergency Response

We provided relief to 8608 children and 4274 adults after the floods. 3000 families received hygiene kits and over 10,000 children received emergency education kits. 35 schools were provided with teaching and learning aids.

ANDHRA PRADESH – Current Initiatives

MAHARASHTRA

In Maharastra, our work centres around the four cotton growing districts where issues of child protection and education of children involved in agricultural labour are addressed. Recently, we have also started working in Gadchiroli to demonstrate and test the scale-up of a model for home – based infant care.

1. Child Rights for Change

Movement initiated in 986 villages in Vidarbha to address gross violation of children’s rights in the area. Reaching out to 100,000 children, we use a combination of community-based interventions for child protection, quality of education, health and community (especially women) empowerment, to ensure that working children are weaned away from work and other children are prevented from entering in to the workforce. We work in collaboration with government to ensure sustainable results.

2. Quality Inclusive Education with government schools in Mumbai

Interventions in 14 schools of Greater Mumbai to reach out to nearly 3000 students, with the aim of making them responsive to the needs of children. The aim is to reduce the drop-out rate and improve learning levels.

3. Child Survival

Children in Mumbai are beneficiaries of our efforts to generate awareness about safe motherhood, family planning and general health problems, to reduce child mortality.

MAHARASHTRA – Current Initiatives

GUJARAT

In Gujarat, work centres around the 4 cotton growing districts where issues of child protection and education of children involved in agricultural labour are addressed.

Quality Inclusive Education for children involved in agricultural labour

We are reaching out over 100,000 children by training 1177 anganwadi workers - with a special focus on language development for children. We are structurally enhancing the centres with art and other learning aids. We are also working with over 17,000 parents to involve them better in the learning processes of their children.

GUJARAT– Current Initiatives

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OUR BUDGET - 2011

Save the Children’s budget for 2011 is INR 119 crores

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No.

Donor State Value (Rs.)

1 EU (via SC UK) Multi 2,799,514

2Dutch Lottery

(via SC NL)Delhi 1,215,003

3 ECHO (via SC UK) West Bengal 396,000

4 ECHO (via SC UK) J&K (valley) 278,571

5Reckitt Benckiser (via SC

UK)West Bengal 209,163

6 ECHO (via SC UK) J&K (Leh) 171,429

7 SC Finland Rajasthan 128,624

8 SC Italy Maharashtra 125,464

9 MCHIP Jharkhand / UP 111,354

10 RB Pharma West Bengal 86,013

50 grants won in 2010, total value of ₤6.7m

TOP 10 GRANTS - 2010

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Thank You!

Children at a Child-Friendly Space following the flash flooding in Leh./ August, 2010.