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PRAYAS NGO

Prayas is a humanitarian organization focused on children's rights and development. It operates 242 centers across 9 states serving around 50,000 marginalized children and youth through programs related to child protection, juvenile justice, trafficking, and vocational training. For 27 years, Prayas has worked to protect children's rights and help them meet basic needs through initiatives that improve quality of life. The intern gained experience in areas like teaching children, organizing activities, and learning about NGO functioning, vision, objectives and challenges.

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PRAYAS NGO  ABOUT PRAYAS: Prayas is a humanitarian, gender-sensitiveand child-focused development organization with a vision to restorethe lost childhood of children in need of care, protection and development. Prayas works to ensurethat children havea brightfuture. Itis dedicated to changing the lives of needy children. Prayas JuvenileAid Centre Society is a national level humanitarian, gender sensitiveand child focused development organization. Among over 50 Projects, Prayas operates 242 centers with more than 700 professionals including 47 Homes/Shelters for children, 53 Vocational Training Centers, across the country in 09 States/UTs directly serving about 50,000 marginalized children, youth and women addressing multiple issues and initiating programs relating to child protection and juvenile justice, trafficking of children and women, vocational and life skills training, empowerment of women through Self-Help Groups and Income Generation Programmes, promotion of entrepreneurship, facilitating credit through bank linkages and also direct micro finance operations. For nearly 27 years, Prayas has been and continues to be involved in meaningful, development-driven initiatives that distinctly impact the quality of life of the weaker-sections of the society, in hundreds of slums/villages surrounding theNational Capital Territory of Delhi, Bihar, Gujarat, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Jharkhand and the Tsunamidevastated Andaman & Nicobar Islands.  Origin & Founder: Prayas was formed in 1988, through the collaborative efforts of the Delhi Police, the Delhi Schoolof Social Work and Shramik Vidyapeeth, when a devastating fire in Jahangirpuri, a major slumarea in Delhi, left a lot of children hopeless, helpless and homeless. Itaimed at reorganizing and rebuilding the lives of such children. Starting its activities in a tiny one-roomstructure, Prayas began to function by providing non- formaleducation to 25 children. Prayas believes that the basic needs of the child are synonymous with his/her basic rights. These include the rightto (i) survival(ii) protection (iii) development and (iv) participation. We envisage a scenario where every child goes to school or receives a decent ‘alternative education’ and has the opportunity to satisfy his / her basic needs for development.
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 Approach of Prayas:  Aim and Objective:  The objective of this projectis to transformthe lives of street/  neglected/underprivileged children into youth who realize their rights  through provision of basic services of education, meals, clothing, health  care, shelter, sports, extracurricular activities, and training. Riots, terrorism,  earthquakes, poverty, maritaldiscords and various unfortunateincidents  forcechildren to take shelter on road, beg, for food and to engage in various kinds of negative activities.  Mission of Prayas: Prayas’ mission is to protect children’s rights, to help them meet their basic needs and to expand opportunities to achieve their full potential. Guided by dreams and aspirations of thousands of neglected street and working children, Prayas pursueits mission with both commitment and Compassion becausethe children it serves deservethe best Vision.
• Vision of Prayas: Praya’s vision is to restorethe lost childhood of neglected, street and working children and the marginalized. Itvisualizes a world that protects children’s rights. A world that treats every child equally and lets boys and girls play and learn, and grow to adult hood in health, peace and dignity, a world that involves children and young people in making decisions about their lives and finding ways to make the world as better place for all. • Purpose of Prayas: Holistic Development of deprived children, youth and women in need and marginalized populations resulting into the transformation of the socio-economic inequality and injustice programs through a network of institutional and non-institutional projects and real timr services active Developmental Approach.  Thematic Issues: Prayas protects and promotes child rights and provides a means with which men, women and children can become economically self-sufficient. The following arethe issues which impede development in these areas and Prayas'strategies in tackling these issues.  Project of Prayas:
 Community Based Project- We restoring the childhood of neglected and exploited children it is vital to remember that children cannot defend themselves like adults againstvarious adversities inherent in an exploitative socialmilieu, rooted in ‘survivalof the fittest’. Prayas also believes that community participation in all such programmes is an absolute must. To avoid any feeling of giver and receiver instead of ownership of the community programmes, Prayas SamudaiSamiti (PSS), a body, consisting of parents, children, community leaders and our instructors werepromoted at the grassroots level. Localleaders, politicians and business class areinvited and encouraged to attend these meetings. The novel idea behind is to make every member accountable of his or her responsibilities, build a senseof ownership aboutprograms and avoid feeling of dependency. This body essentially provides supportto our AE programmein the slums through the management of the educational programmes and monitoring the children’s progress. PSS provides counseling to dropouts, maladjusted and abused children. Each of the Prayas AEcentre has a PSS to supportits activities. The members hold regular meetings at least once in a month. They interact with the families of children on a regular basis at a personallevel. Community mobilization and participation of the local community people in the child protection and community development programs in the form of Prayas Samudai Samities in all projectcentres for education, health care and vocational training programs besides the developmental work of the local community. Prayas Samudai Samiti is a body, consisting of parents, children, community leaders and our instructors. Sometimes, the local politicians are also invited to attend these meetings. This body essentially provides supportand strengthens our AE programmein the slums through the management of the educational programmes and monitoring the children’s progress. PSS provides counseling to dropouts, maladjusted and abused children. Each of the Prayas AEcentre has a PSS to supportits activities. The members held meeting at least once in a month where they interacted with the families of children on a regular basis at individual level.  DELHI PROJECTS • Prayas JuvenileAid Centre (JAC) Society – Jahangirpuri • Instituteof Juvenile Justice (Shelter Home for Girls) ‐ Tughlakabad • Prayas Children's Home(PCH) ‐ Jahangirpuri • Shelter Home for Girls, 59, Tughalakabad • Prayas Observation Homefor Boys (POHB)
• Prayas GRC • Children’s HopePrayas • Raina Prayas, Bawana • Prayas Instituteof Economic Empowerment (PIEE) • AnupamPrayas (Children's HopeInc.) ‐ Pandav Nagar • Naya Prayas ‐ VasantVihar • Prayas Health Service (PHS) ‐ Kirti Nagar • Prayas Childline (1098) ‐ Jahangirpuri • An Integrated Programfor Street & Working Children ‐ Jahangirpuri • Astha Prayas ‐ Vivek Vihar • Jan Shikshan Santhan Prayas (JSSP) ‐ Jahangirpuri • Bawana Projects ‐ Bawana Resettlement Colony • Prayas Health Service, Kirti Nagar IndustrialArea • Railway Children Project, Railway’s Godowns, LahoriGate, New Delhi • AIMO‐Prayas, AIMO‐House, (OppositeSwamiRam Tirth Mission), 1E/11 Jhandewalan Extension • IOCL‐SangamVihar Prayas  BIHAR, PROJECTS The projects running in Bihar Responding to these need‐based areas, Prayas, with its missionary zeal, is helping getting their lives back to normal. Patna Coordinating Office 1. Patna Coordinating Office - AdoptionscentrumProject - Rehabilitation of Trafficking Victims & Child Labourers‐IDU/Gaya Project - NABARD Project 2. Bihar Voluntary Coordinating Agency – Patna 3. Prayas Samastipur 4. Mira Memorial Trust ‐ Motihari - US Visit_Report_The_American_Dream_Indu Rani Singh - Geneva Global_Report 5. Sambhav Prayas – Nalanda - Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre (NRC)‐Nalanda Project 6. Supaul Projects - Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre (NRC)‐SupaulProject - Prayas Punarwas II_Supaul - Report_APHC_Karjain_Supaul 7. Bikas Bharti ‐ Bagaha Project
 PRAYAS, JHARKHAND • Prayas Instituteof Skill Development • Prayas Instituteof Economic Empowerment • Prayas Jamshedpur  Prayas Partners:
 Prayas Achievements:  47 InstitutionalCare facilities including Shelter Homes, Children Homes, Observation Homes, Night Shelters and Drop-In-Centres  242 community based Alternative Education and child protection centres for 50,000 marginalized & at-risk children/youth.  Approximately 5,000 out-of-schoolchildren annually covered under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in Delhi alone  Supports 15,000+youth and women through 46 VocationalTraining Centres in market driven, locally employable skills under Prayas Instituteof Economic Empowerment, NIOS, IGNOUand Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS), Prayas.  66 Community and project based libraries & study centres with Education Centres.  Nearly 15,000 children, women, aged and disabled, victims of earthquake, Tsunami and Floods in Bhuj Distt. in Gujarat, A&NIslands & Supaul -Samastipur in Bihar, respectively. Thematic projects for marginalized children, youth & women pertaining to Juvenile Justice & Child Protection, Child Labour & Trafficking, Disasters & Crisis Management etc.  Running Primary Health Centres in ArunachalPradesh & Bihar, SchoolHealth Programin A&N Islands under NRHM, as well as Health Care programs in Projectareas Water & Sanitation programs in disaster-affected Gujaratand A & N Islands Chapters & Registered Charities in UK, USA and Germany.  WHY DID I CHOOSE PRAYAS:  Prayas is a humanitarian, gender sensitiveand child-focused development organization.  Their vision is to restorethe lost childhood of neglected, street and working children.  Prayas operates 242 centres with morethan 700 professionals including 47 Homes/Shelters for children, 53 Vocational Training Centers, across thecountry in 09 States/UTs directly serving about 50,000 marginalized children, youth and women addressing multiple issueshemarginalized.  Initiating programs relating to child protection and juvenile justice, trafficking of children and women, vocational and life skills training, empowerment of women through Self-Help Groups and IncomeGeneration Programmes, promotion of entrepreneurship, facilitating credit through bank linkages and also direct micro finance operations.
 MY CONTRIBUTION AS AN INTERN:  Prepared time table for children’s - TIME ACTIVITIES 6:30 AM WAKEUP 6:30 - 8:00 AM BRUSHING, BEDDING, DUSTING 8:00 - 8:30 AM YOGA TIME 8:30 - 9:30 AM MORNING BREAKFAST 9:30 - 10:00 AM ASSEMBLY 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM N.F.E. CLASSES 12:30 - 1:30 PM LUNCH 1:30 - 2:00 PM T.V. ROOM 2:00 - 4:30 PM N.F.E. CLASSES 4:30 - 5:30 PM EVENING BREAKFAST 5:30 - 7:30 PM RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES 7:30 - 8:30 PM DINNER 8:30 - 9:45 PM T.V. AND CLOTH WASHING 9:45 - 10:00 PM LIGHTS GETOFF  Made Poster -  Taught Mathematics, science, social science to the children’s.  Sorted out books and stationary for children’s.  Designed question papers for them to enhance their learning.  Involved themin different creating activities according to their interest.  Made nutritious diet plan for them.
 Personal Observation: The condition of the Children home was very bad. The colors of the walls werevery dark. So many children hesitate to talk with other persons and also with their friends because there were no good consolers for children. Some Children always asks that, when they can go their own homes. There weredifferent types of paintings on the walls which were made by the children of those children home. Different types of causations werewritten on the walls like "We should always obey our Elders". They try to makethe child independent. The strength of children in the children's home was over crowed. The children's home has the strength of child more than its capacity. The strength of children is more than other category of children. The beds for children werevery less according the children. The rooms of the children were not clean. In the lunch time the children makea noisevery much. Children walking independently here and there nobody were there to control them. The cloths of the children were very dirty. The children makea noisevery much here.  Learning: Being associated with PRAYAS was a great experience. It was a great opportunity to learn facets and aspects of NGO functioning which can be summarized as follows:-  Learnt a lot about NGO functioning, their vision, objectives and the problems its facing in various departments like Finance, Marketing and others.  Also understood the initiative takes by private institutions as a part of corporate governancesocial responsibility and its impact on the society.  Studied about how to help the society and whatPRAYAS is doing in this particular field.  Itbroadened my horizon about thinking about life and spurred me to think about helping the poor and needy in our society.