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1 Annua Report Chid in Need Institute Dauatpur, P. O. Paian via Joka, 24 Parganas (S) Kokata , West Benga, India Phone : /8206/8758/8759/ Chid in Need Institute

2 FOREWORD We start this year's Annua Report ( ) sharing some of our significant achievements at the nationa eve and in the states of West Benga (WB) and Jharkhand. At the outset et me express my deep admiration for a my coeagues (1,194, excuding vounteers), working in the summer heat and in the rain, reaching out to women and chidren in remote viages and sums. We acknowedge the wisdom and support of my coeagues and respected Governing Body members, which has been invauabe. Protection and trafficking of chidren and women has received our utmost attention this year, thanks to the work done by our protection team. Missing, run away and trafficked chidren first encountered in raiway stations are taken into safe custody of our homes for boys and girs in Kokata and a gir's home in Siiguri. Viage/Sum eve Protection Committees under the Govt. of India's Integrated Chid Protection Services (ICPS) are faciitated by CINI to start up in the respective project areas in West Benga (WB) and Jharkhand. In Jharkhand a project supported by Internationa Labour Organisation (ILO) is targeting vunerabe women and girs to stop them from being trafficked, essons given by women, vounteering in the project, who escaped from the cutches of traffickers in metro cities. In education, out of a tota of 11,478 girs found to be out of schoo, 8,317 (73%) have been mainstreamed to attend age appropriate casses in oca government schoos in WB and Jharkhand. As they are at risk of being trafficked, they have been monitored in the GPower project using a software, for which CINI has received the Mobie for Good award from Vodafone Foundation. CINI is managing two residentia schoos in Kokata, supporting 100 boys and 60 girs from deprived urban communities, supported by SarvaShiksha Mission, Schoo Education Department, Govt. of WB. CINI's Adoescent Resource Centre (ARC) has been working cosey with the Govt. supported SABLA programme and with Nationa Heath Mission (NHM), focussing on prevention of anaemia and buiding capacities to improve sexua and reproductive heath status among these vunerabe girs.cini has been seected as Nationa Training Partner by the Ministry of Heath and Famiy Wefare for the Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram, the Nationa adoescent Heath program of Government of India. In WB, CINI is the State Technica Partner for the SABLA-Kanyashree Convergence program by the Department of Women Deveopment, Chid Deveopment & Socia Wefare. In heath and nutrition, CINI has successfuy competed a UK Govt. (DFID) supported, MACHAN, 2 year project in North Dinajpur (WB) and Borough VII in Kokata, focussing on improving chid heath and nutrition during the first 1,000 days of ife. Other projects supported by various donors incuding UNICEF and from the corporate sector are targeting vunerabe chidren and women in sums and viages of WB and Jharkhand. CINI Nutrimix has been an immense success as a ow cost nutritious suppement, marketed through CINI Community Initiatives (CINCOMM) to ICDS projects. Production units have been set up at viage eve by Sef Hep Groups and in other ocations in Sunderbans, Siiguri, Murshidabad in WB and in Jharkhand. CINI continues to train and buid capacities in Anganwadi Workers, Supervisors of Govt. sponsored ICDS and ASHA workers from NHM and NGO workers for various ocations in West Benga. A tota of 13,111 trainees passed through our training centre during the FY Tata Institute of Socia Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, coaborates with CINI to conduct joint vocationa training course on Chid Protection and Eary Chid Deveopment, up to bacheor's eve.cini is a coaborating training institute (CTI) by Nationa Institute of Heath and Famiy Wefare ( NIHFW) Government of India, New Dehi, for four north eastern states : Arunacha Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaand and Tripura. CINI IT Ce has coaborated with Digita Empowerment Foundation (DEF), New Dehi to support NGOs in WB to set up.ngo domains, a website dedicated for the NGO sector. CINI can aso be found on and has been featured by DEF in their February Newsetter. The IT Ce continues to support inhouse deveopment of software required by CINI for most of its programmes. We are gratefu to our donors both in India and abroad incuding our support groups in Itay, Austraia, UK, Hoand and USA, who stood by us very faithfuy over the past 42 years. More remarkaby even during the recent financia metdown in the west. Our support from the corporate word in India and abroad under Corporate Socia Responsibiity (CSR), have started to gather momentum sowy and steadiy. This support has aowed us to continue to earn from the poor and innovate, in our effort to reach them with minima cost and maximum impact. Dr. Samir Chaudhuri Director, CINI 1

3 Foreword CONTENT Miestones 3 Chapter 1 Introduction 5 Inspirations 7 Chapter 2 CINI's Rights-based Approach to Deveopment 9 Chapter 3 Empowering Adoescents 10 Foundation Day ceebrations 13 Chapter 4 Fighting HIV AIDS 14 Chapter 5 Materna and Chid Heath 17 Chapter 6 Educating Urban and Rura Deprived Chidren 22 CINI IN PRESS 25 Chapter 7 Ensuring Chid Participation and Chid Rights 26 Chapter 8 Materna and Chid Nutrition 31 Chapter 9 Cimate Change 36 MILESTONES 1. Under 5 cinic started in Baananda Hospita, Behaa and St Vincent Schoo, Thakurpukur, Kokata 2. CINI getting the identity of a registered society 3. Disaster reief operations in food affected Moyna and Sunderbans in West Benga and cycone hit areas of Andhra Pradesh and support for Kampuchea refugees. 4. Materna and Chid Heath (MCH) project initiated in Moyna and Baikunthapur of West Benga Heath programmes initiated in Toygunje sums in Kokata 6. CINI Urban Unit set up for impementing urban heath programme focusing on street chidren in Kokata 7. Adopt a Mother programme initiated with support from Ami ci di CINI, Itay 8. Reief work for victims of communa vioence in Tangra, Kokata 9. Regiona centre for counseing on HIV & AIDS set up with support from Nationa AIDS Contro Organisation (NACO), Govt. of India 10. Adoescents' programme started 11. Setting up of Fund Raising Unit in Kokata 12. Recognition as Regiona Resource Centre by Ministry of Heath & Famiy Wefare(MOHFW) for Easter Region, Govt. of India Conferred Coaborative Training Institute (CTI) status for seven North Eastern states by MOHFW, Govt. of India. 14. Adoescent Resource Centre and CINI Jharkhand unit was initiated Chapter 10 Convergence 37 Chapter 11 Capacity Buiding and Technica Support 41 Photos of events 44 Chapter 12 CINI's Emerging Roes 45 Chapter 13 Partnering Corporate In Progress 47 Chapter 14 HR and Governance 48 Chapter 15 Financia Report 50 Way Forward 53 Acknowedgements 54 Acronyms 59 Sponsorship Programmes 61 Contact Us Reief operation for earthquake victims of Bhuj in Gujarat 16. Initiation of Life Cyce Approach (LCA) Ce Recognised as State noda agency for roing out Accredited Socia Heath Activist (ASHA) under Nationa Rura Heath Mission, West Benga 18. Piot intervention on Chid & Woman Friendy Communities (CWFC) initiated 19. CINI Jharkhand unit recognised as State Noda Agency for under deprived chidren weeks certificate course on Reproductive and Chid Heath started in coaboration with Jadavpur University 21. Community Heath Care Management Initiative (CHCMI) aunched with support from Dept of Heath & Famiy Wefare and Dept of Panchayat & Rura Deveopment, Govt. of West Benga 22. State Technica Resource Centre for conducting HIV & AIDS trainings in partnership with Nationa AIDS Contro Organisation (NACO), India. 23. Community Coege estabished in partnership with Indira Gandhi Nationa Open University (IGNOU) 24. New CINI ogo aunched with new branding strategy Professor Sunit Mukherjee, Chairman, CINI with Dr Subhash Mukherjee, his coeague,professor of Physioogy, Cacutta. 2 3

4 MILESTONES 25. Awarded Word Bank supported Deveopment Marketpace project for income generation of women's groups by marketing ow cost nutritious suppement, Nutrimix 26. Initiated Kokata CHILDLINE, a 24 hour emergency service for chidren in distress, under Ministry of Socia Justice & Empowerment, Govt of India. 27. Setting up of Education Resource Centre in Kokata 28. Sheter home for homeess women and girs in Kokata started with support from Govt. of West Benga Residentia services for boys and girs initiated in CINI Urban unit 29. Setting up of Chid Protection Resource Centre, in Kokataow cost nutritious suppement, Nutritimix. Dr Mark Buntain, Head of Assemby of God Church, Park Street, Kokata, his project in-charge Mr. Majumdar and Ashu, inaugurating the sewing project for which they donated sewing machines to us Father Mathieson with Jim De Harpporte, Director of Cathoic Reief Services (CRS) and his wife at a CINI meeting in the ate 70's 30. CINI reaches 40th year 31. CINI's new website aunched 32. Compiation of CINI's poicies, strategies, operations programmes and communication into a guide book caed CINI METHOD 33. New socia business initiative of CINI aunched CIN COMM 34. Web enabed project panning and monitoring system CIISS aunched 35. Launch of Missing Chid Aert project addressing cross border chid trafficking with support from Pan India 36. Reief operation for earthquake victims of Nepa 37. Department of Heath and Famiy Wefare, Government of Jharkhand recognized CINI as noda agency to strengthen the community mobiization ce under NHM, Govt of Jharkhand. 38. CINI was appreciated for its support to Department of Socia Wefare and Women and Chid Deveopment, Government of Jharkhand in pioting socia audit to strengthen the services under ICDS. 39. CINI won the prestigious 'Mobie for Good [M4G]' Award from Vodafone Foundation and stood first as the Leading Change Maker under the category of 'Women Empowerment and Incusive Deveopment' for the innovative Project, 'GPower Successfu Transition from Chidhood to Aduthood'. Accenture, as a pro bono technoogy partner, conceptuaized, designed and buit the entire digita soution. 40. CINI through its Chid Protection Resource Centre and CCRC aunched a Bacheor in Vocationa Education courses in coaboration with Tata Institute of Socia Sciences (TISS) 41. CINI through its ARC is contributing to the Nationa poicies and programs for adoescent heath and deveopment, ike Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram [RKSK], SABLA, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyaan, Adoescent Education program CHAPTER 1 Introduction hid in Need Institute (CINI) is a registered non-profit organisation (NGO) under the Societies Registration Act and Foreign Contribution Reguation Act in India. We work with over 1200 Indian Cprofessionas and are guided by a Governing Body composed of experienced Indian practitioners, academicians and administrators. Founded in 1974 in Kokata (former Cacutta), West Benga, CINI now has operations in the states of West Benga and Jharkhand with a reach of more than 5 miion rura and urban popuation of poor communities. CINI has been recipient of prestigious awards and recognitions for its contribution to deveopment sector from India and around the word. We work in oca communities. We are accountabe to oca communities CINI focuses on the thematic sectors of Materna & Chid and Adoescent Heath, Education, Nutrition and Chid Protection. Starting with programme impementation on the thematic sectors, CINI has aways strived for innovations in its way of functioning over the years to add vaue to the existing poicies and programmes of the government. The organization has ooked into goba approaches and good practice modes and put forward such practices at the oca eve. Severa evidences have been buit over the years to justify the innovative practices in the different sectors. CINI has estabished partnership with the Nationa and State Governments in India aong with various foundations, corporate agencies, NGOs, schoos, bi-atera agencies, & individuas. These partnerships have not ony faciitated with resource support but at the same time enriched knowedge of the thematic persons. These have heped in strengthening the structure and repositioning CINI as earning organization. Mission: Sustainabe Deveopment in Heath, Nutrition, Education and Protection of chid, adoescent and woman in need. Core Vaue Statement: A professiona non-profit deveopment organization, dedicated to work with sef-hep groups, communities, eected representatives, oca service providers, government functionaries and a stake hoders, to buid and sustain Chid Friendy Communities (CFC). The centra focus of CINI's programme intervention has aways been chidren and women eading towards vaue for change. The organization directy reaches out to the communities both in rura & urban ocations and seeks to break the vicious cyce of poverty, manutrition, i-heath, iiteracy, abuse and vioence, affecting particuary the chidren and women. CINI initiay started addressing issues concerning Heath & Nutrition with the First 1000 days approach and subsequenty moved into Education and Chid Protection sectors as we. These four sectors have been the main domains of operation through which the organization has been catering through the Life Cyce Approach (LCA) starting from the day a baby is conceived. As the chid grows up, it is being ensured that the chid attends proper growth; menta as we as physica deveopment through our eary chidhood care and deveopment inputs foowed by forma education and protection through chid safety nets. CINI ensures that the chid continues in schoo and is protected under famiy safety net. Over the years of working on the four major domains, CINI has deveoped severa toos being used by the communities as we as CINI fied team in addressing First 1000 Days, community based manutrition management, tracking chidren incuding adoescents and addressing their vunerabiities. CINI has aways beieved in working beyond its boundaries. Though CINI is primariy eastern region based organisation but it has been providing technica assistance to other State governments and civi society organizations working in Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha, Nagaand, Tripura and Arunacha Pradesh on heath & nutrition and chid protection programmes. Apart from this, CINI has aso estabished coaborations through South Asian Initiative to End Vioence Against Chidren (SAIEVAC, a SAARC apex body) with countries ike Bangadesh, Bhutan and Nepa in addressing cross border chid trafficking issues. CINI has been entrusted by different state Governments especiay in West Benga and Jharkhand to provide technica support to strengthen the existing services through the Government Departments and to promote the interdepartmenta convergence. CINI has aways worked activey to promote integration within government systems and has demonstrated working frameworks to promote accountabiity at different eve engaging different stakehoders in a strategic manner. The right based approach of different programme of CINI has attracted attention of poicy makers both at the state eve and at the nationa eve to repicate the idea by introducing different schemes and programmes at different point of time. With these successes CINI has aways been engaged in strategizing and directing its resources to add vaue to the existing poicies responding to the needs. 4 5

5 CHAPTER 1 Whie CINI is inked with different state, nationa and internationa eve forums, as part of its advocacy initiatives, the organisation has contributed in severa consutations that take pace at mutipe eves having strong impication on human deveopment. CINI has aways responded to emergency situations to the best of its capacities and ca of the hour. This time when Nepa was devastated by the earthquake, we were quick to respond with our teams and trucks of reief materias. Presenty, we are working with a Nepa based organization CWIN to prevent trafficking in Nepa. We aso have a few independenty registered charities across the word that heps us raise funds for our operations. CINI has a transparent and vibrant system of organizationa management. The interna governance structure is we-articuated, with emphasis on cost effectiveness, systematic and reguarized auditing of accounts eading towards a heath and conducive working environment in the organisation. CINI maintains a Chid Protection Poicy, Sexua Harassment Poicy, Gender Poicy and Workpace Poicy on HIV reated issues. In the days to come CINI woud continue to expore innovative practices, deveop programmes aigned with Sustainabe Deveopment Goas (SDG) with its core focus on mother and chid. The investment woud be eading to strengthen partnership with the government in addressing the coective effort towards buiding Chid Friendy Communities together. Inspirations Inspirations One of the best ways to fight stigma & empower HIV positive peope is by speaking out openy & honesty about who I am & what I experienced & this strength I get from this IICCHAA session conducted by CINI. Manju BibI, South 24 Parganas. Ei CINI DIC na thake ki hoto? Amar to kom boyes e biye hoye jeto. Anek kicchu jaante partam na.(what woud happen if this CINI Drop In-Centre was not there? We woud have got married eary. We woud not have come to know about so many things) - Group of adoescent girs in Rupahar in Kaiaganj in North Dinajpur. Chidren earn to be responsibe citizens by emuating their parents and their peers. We at South City Internationa Schoo strongy beieve in this and train our students from a very young age to be invoved with socia causes in society. CINI is an exceent institution, deaing with Chidren in Need, and we are proud to be associated with CINI. We do find that a itte goes a ong way towards the future of a deserving chid.cini is definitey doing a great job. Mr.John Bagu, Principa, South CIty Internationa Schoo, Kokata. Meyeder shonge ki bhabe kotha bote hoy... orao je amader saman... aage amra ono bhabhe bhabtham. (We have understood how to tak to girs, thanks to CINI, we now know that they are equa to us. Earier we used to think differenty) Groups of boys at Dahapara Bondhu Kunja Adibasi Shikshaniketan, Jiagunj in Murshidabad. Kom boyese biyer kufa shikechi. Nijer katha ta nijei boa darkar seta bujhechi. O nijer biye aatke chhio. Amrao sahajjo korecchiam. (We have earnt about the negative consequences of eary marriage. We have earnt the importance of speaking up for ourseves. She (pointing at another gir) had stopped her own marriage. We had aso heped. A aong CINI stood by us) Group of girs at Goajan Girs High Schoo in Murshidabad. (L-R) Ms. Sunanda Bose, GB Member, CINI, Vodafone Representatives, Dr. Indrani Bhattacharya, Assistant Director, CINI, with the Mobie For Good Award 6 7

6 Inspirations Inspirations We beieve the word is a big famiy where we need to hep each other especiay the marginaized section of the society and CINI is the apt patform through which we can reach out to the deprived communities in rura and ow income urban settements. CINI is the right channe which heps us to reaize one of the points of our Schoo Vision S.A.C.H. where H stands for - Humiity, Unity and Brotherhood. C o m m e n d a b e j o b d o n e b y C I N I i s praiseworthy. Ms. Sunita Arora, Principa, DPS, Howrah. During my work experience with CINI, I was fortunate enough to come in contact in services for underprivieged chidren and mothers. I forward my sincere thanks to CINI for reminding me that a good quaity organization is one that vaues chidren. I convey my best wishes to the CINI Team. Ms. Ruma Rakshit, Principa, Nationa Pubic Schoo, Aipore CHAPTER 2 CINI's Rights-based Approach to Deveopment: Creating Chid Friendy Communities Strategic Priorities In the recent past, CINI has undergone a paradigm shift in its poicy and impementation by adopting a human rights-based approach. From a service deivery mode of functioning, the organization has moved to an integrated approach of faciitation and service deivery. Whie working with the communities and fufiing their contextua needs, CINI reaized that sustainabe deveopment is ony possibe by buiding partnerships with key stakehoders and adopting an integrated approach across education, protection, heath and nutrition domains. These earning have resuted in the evoution of mode Chid Friendy Communities (CFC) that ensure access to the rights and entitements of every woman and chid in the society. Major Highights Communities are mobiised by sef-hep /women's groups and chidren's groups to ensure that a stakehoders ike parents, famiies, schoos, ICDS centres, heath sub-centres and poice stations coectivey engage in keeping chidren in good heath, we nourished, educated and protected from a those practices that may be detrimenta to their fu growth and deveopment. Service providers are supported and monitored to ensure that teachers, heath personne and socia workers extend quaity heath, nutrition, education and protection services equitaby and incusivey to a chidren iving in the community. Loca eected representatives (Panchayati Raj Institutions in rura areas and Urban Loca Bodies in municipa areas) are encouraged to ensure access to basic services and impementation of poicies and budgets in the best interests of chidren and women. Convergence of a services is aso ensured by the eected representatives. CINI acts as a faciitator in engaging oca deveopment actors the community, service providers and eected representatives in a process aimed to ensure convergence and thereby strengthen good governance with and for chidren and women. Loca governance partners are invoved in participatory processes eading to increasing awareness on probems affecting the community, identifying issues through socia mapping, panning interventions to address shared priorities and monitoring the progressive fufiment of human rights by a, especiay the sociay excuded. PRI/ULB Community (famiy, SHGs, CGs) Service providers (schoo/teachers, AWC/AWW, ANM/hospitas, socia institutions, poice, judiciary Achievements at a gance Chid Friendy Communities are being impemented since 2007 in various sites of CINI in rura as we as urban settings in the districts of Kokata, South 24 Parganas, Murshidabad, Japaiguri and Uttar Dinajpur in West Benga and Khunti District in Jharkhand. Few achievements have been: Peope's empowerment has heped them internaise fundamenta rights and demand services as entited citizens. Women's sef-hep groups have become members of severa government forums, such as the Gram Unnayan Samity, the Viage Education Committee, the Viage-eve Chid Protection Committee, the Viage Heath Nutrition Day and the Ward Committee. Young peope have organised themseves in Ba Panchayat/Chidren's pariament. Setting up chid-friendy corners, chid-friendy schoos, chid-friendy poice stations and community-wide safety nets has provided a patform to engage oca decision-makers in issues affecting chidren. Community-driven monitoring systems have been estabished to enabe the community to anayse gaps and identify soutions in accessing services, together with service providers and oca government representatives. Convergence of a avaiabe government services through CFC approach, faciitated by CINI, cosey monitoried by eected representatives has maximized impact with existing inputs. 8 9

7 Empowering Adoescents CHAPTER 3 Empowering Adoescents Strategic Priorities Ensuring adoescent eadership and participation in different forums through sharing of knowedge, information and ski buiding Ensuring rights and entitements of adoescents on reproductive sexua heath, nutrition and heathy iving, incuding psycho-socia heath, substance misuse, non-communicabe diseases, education, preventing vioence against chidren, through capacity buiding and engagement of adut stakehoders in the deveopment process Strengthening/ensuring provision of adoescent-friendy services through the principes of equity and incusion Creating safe spaces for adoescents in famiy, community and institutiona eve and addressing adoescent deveopmenta issues through comprehensive community-based prevention mechanism. Strengthening adoescent eadership to combat socia evis ike chid marriage, teen pregnancy, trafficking and other rights vioation through adoescent-ed advocacy. To expand on the digita innovations - Tracking of Adoescents' vunerabiities and increased access to Friendy Services as their entitements for Successfu Transition from Chidhood to Aduthood Positioning CINI at State and Nationa eve as technica support agency for adoescent deveopment issues through piot interventions and testing innovative adoescent-friendy modes Deveopment of resources for communication, training, technica as we as reference materias and research and deveopment. Networking and Advocacy for strategic partnerships and convergence of poicies and programs for risk and vunerabiities reduction and improved care-seeking behaviour of adoescents CHAPTER 3 Impact in Statistics S Parameter Data 1 No of adoescent groups formed No of peer eaders trained No of adoescent girs reached through intervention (tota) No of adoescent boys reached through intervention (tota) No of adoescent reached in schoos No of out of schoo adoescent girs reached No of out of schoo adoescent girs enroed in forma schoos No of chid marriages prevented No of eary marriage protection group formed by Kishori Samooh No of adoescent girs enroed in Kanyashree Scheme No of government schoo teachers trained No. of adoescent girs referred to Anwesha cinics for counseing on SRH and other issues Increase in knowedge of anaemia 30% [46% 76%] 14 Increase in IFA consumption 18% [67% 85%] 15 Increase in use of sanitary napkin 24% [56% 80%] 16 Increased no. of adoescents aware of modern contraceptive methods 39.5% [32% 71.5%] 17 Increased no of adoescents with knowedge on ega age of marriage for girs 66% [30% 96%] 18 Increased no. of adoescents doing physica exercise on reguar basis 20% [61% 81%] Major Highights Seected as Nationa Training Partner for the Peer Education Strategy under the RKSK. Changing ives of others Bobita Khatoon, Age: 14 years Bobita, resides in Karimpur II bock with her parents and a itte brother. She comes from a poor economic background as her father is a van-rickshaw-puer and mother works as a maid. At the age of 13, she got invoved in SABLA programme and started participating in various sessions and meetings reguary. In course of being with SABLA, she estabished good and meaningfu rapport with other adoescent girs in the community. Whie attending the sessions, she came to know about the ega aspects as we as severe consequences of chid marriage. The situation changed whie she was in Cass VIII. She fe in ove with a boy, eoped and married. But ife was not smooth for her as her husband turned abusive. He aso demanded dowry. Bobita refused to pace such demands to her parents, against which she was physicay tortured and attacked with a sharpen weapon resuting to miscarriage during the sixth month of pregnancy. She was admitted to hospita and with support her father she was abe to get divorce. Presenty, Bobita has resumed her studies and staying with her parents. In course of being at schoo, she has engaged hersef as one of the Peer Leaders in SABLA programme. Apart from studies she continues to aware her friends and neighbors on continuation of studies and i effects of eary marriage. She reiterates her own story as exampe and requests others Ami ja bhu korechi seta jeno r keu na kore (no one shoud make the same mistake that I did.) CINI organised Kishori Diwas in the refugee camp in Coochbehar for the adoescent girs who received Indian citizenship recenty [after an agreement between India and Bangadesh] to make them aware about the schemes and services of the Government. CINI was a part of the endeavor in which IEC materia was deveoped to serve a the eves of the ICDS, incuding the Anganwadi workers and adoescent girs. CINI provided support in the deveopment of modue to be used by 10 akhs adoescent girs. Diamond Harbour-II bock ceebrated a Heath Fair focusing on ocay avaiabe home based diet. An amount of Rs. 26,245 was aocated from the Schoo funds in organizing the fair. The schoo teachers paced their concerns over raising awareness on Heath &Nutrition issues and reguar consumption of IFA tabets among their students and caregivers. Community faciitators from CINI were invoved to disseminate the information among adoescents. The Schoo Management of Diamond Harbour-II bock organised the Youth Day ceebration with about one-fourth contribution from them, whie the remaining amount was spent from the District Administration. There was an impact observed among schoo management and schoo students in ceebration of a Youth day on ife cyce issues, adoescent schemes and heath & nutrition. Strong ownership was observed among teachers and students to make the event successfu. Two Schoo Management Committees in Diamond Harbour II bock introduced Heath, Nutrition and WASH reated messages in the daiy diaries of the students with the purpose to make the students aware and internaize the information. We are contributing to the Nationa poicies and programs for adoescent heath and deveopment, ike RKSK, SABLA, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyaan, Adoescent Education program and others through the foowing strategies: o Piot interventions to deveop sustainabe and scaabe modes through government system and structure 10 11

8 o Resource deveopment for technica support o Capacity Buiding and scaing up o Research and deveopment o Knowedge management, dissemination and advocacy o Member of different state, nationa and regiona patforms /committees [IPPF, FPAI, UNFPA-TISS, SRHR Aiance, Youth Aiance, Women Power Connect, Indian Association for Life Skis Education] Partnership with Government: o Nationa Training Partner for [RKSK],the Nationa adoescent heath programme, for West Benga and 8 North Eastern States to train medica officers from the Department of Heath and Famiy Wefare on peer education strategy o Technica support partner for the Department of Women and Chid deveopment and Socia Wefare for the SABLAKanyashree Prakapa Convergence initiative in the State of West Benga o District Leve Core Committee members in 6 SABLA districts, where SABLA-Kanyashree convergence project is going on o Impementing partner of the Department of Schoo Education for ife skis education and sexua reproductive heath rights interventions in Government schoos in West Benga Foundation Day Ceebrations CHAPTER 3 Empowering Adoescents I am back at schoo! I got married at 14 and divorced after 11 months. Life had no meaning thereafter!! - Papiya Khatoon, 15 years. Three chidren, a husband that rarey visited and a monthy income of ess than Rs.4,500! With so many burdens on her, a that Papiya's mother coud think of was to get her daughters married off at the eariest opportunity. In spite of being briiant in schoo, the same fate awaited Papiya. She was married off much too young and against her wishes. The trade-off was that she woud be aowed to take her Madhyamik Exams before being shipped off to her new in-aws. Destiny had other ess-than-savoury pans. Within two months of her marriage, physica abuse, sexua harassment and menta degradation became a daiy routine for her in her in-aws home. After many faied attempts to escape their cutches, she finay managed to return to home. The chaos and probems created by her in-aws ony made Papiya more determined. Around this time CINI's fied team members came to know about her case and started intervening into the matter. She was faciitated in fiing a separation case that heped in restraining from her husband. Presenty she is continuing in schoo at Cass IX and receiving training under SABLA programme to become another Peer Leader. In her own words I am thankfu to CINI for bringing me back to schoo and etting me to become a Peer Leader. I wish that I woud become a sef- made and successfu women and ead a ife with dignity

9 Fighting HIV AIDS CHAPTER 4 Fighting HIV AIDS CINI's interventions in HIV sector started from 1995 with the basic goa to prevent, hat & to begin the reversa of impact of HIV/AIDS in India. In coaboration with NACO and WBSAP&CS, the program has been scaed up in 17 districts in West Benga and Jharkhand each. Strategic Priorities Reducing the vunerabiity of HIV infection amongst High Risk Groups (HRGs) and Most At Risk Popuation (MARP) Improvement of the Quaity of Life of PLHAs through a community based Care and Support mode Enhancing the capacity of human resources in case of prevention, care, support, at district as we as state eve Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS by invoving & capacity buiding of different stakehoders at different eve Impact in Statistics Prevention of Parents to Chid Transmission AHANA: (October 2015 ti date): We are the Sub-recipient partner of Pan Internationa India for 8 districts (Kokata, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Bankura, Birbhum, Paschim Medinipur, Mada and Coochbehar) in West Benga and 17 districts of Jharkhand to impement AHANA PPTCT Project. The main objective of the program incudes ensuring that a pregnant women are tested for HIV and the resut known, positive women shoud be identified with ARV prophyaxis for prevention of vertica transmission of HIV and infants of HIV exposed mother shoud get first DBS test within 2 month of birth. CHAPTER 4 Targeted Intervention among 350 femae Sex workers (1995 Ti date): Three red-ight areas (Bagirhat, Budge budge, Baruipur) S. No. Parameter Coverage 1 Area of Operation South 24 Parganas 2 Urban Femae Sex Workers High Risk Group reached and contacted reguary 100% (as per target) 4 Tota Condoms distributed through Socia Marketing 100% 5 Urban Femae Sex Workers tested for ICTC 78% 6 Urban Femae Sex Workers screened for STI 96% Indian Initiative for Chid Centered and HIV/ AIDS Approach covering 330 PLHIV (2007-Ti date) IICCHAA makes use of a chid-centered approach in communities infected & affected by HIV and AIDS to reduce stigma and discrimination, strengthen coping strategies for chidren, and buid the abiity of famiies to communicate about HIV and AIDS. We are working in South 24 Pgs., Murshidabad & Uttar Dinajpur. S. No. Parameter Coverage 1 Area of Operation 3 Districts 2 Tota PLHIV reached Parents who have discosed their HIV status to their chidren 100% S.No Parameter Achievement 4 Parents who have discosed their HIV status to the community 68% 5 Famiies who have inked up with government scheme 60% 1 Area of Operation 8 Districts (mentioned above) 6 Famiies registered with Pre Anti Retrovira Therapy 100% Program Indicators and Achievement Achievement 2 Tota Pregnant women registered Indicator I: Percentage of Pregnant Women who know their HIV status (81%) 4 Indicator II: Percentage of HIV-positive pregnant Identified 72 Positive women who received antiretroviras to Pregnant Women reduce the risk of mother-to-chid transmission 71 (99%) 5 Indicator III: Percentage of infants born to HIV-positive Live birth - 20 women receiving a viroogica test for HIV 20 (100%) within 2 months of birth Community Leve Activity: Target Achievement 6 Community Mobiization Meeting (Oct Mar) Link Worker Scheme (LWS): (2008-Apri '2016 in 11 Districts of West Benga & 3 districts of Jharkhand) S. No. Parameter Coverage West Benga 1. No. of Target Districts % of impementing districts 100% 3. No. of VICs RRC HRG mapping/sna % of HRG covered 95% 7. % of BP covered 63% 8. % of testing ICTC 67% 10 Advocacy Meeting (Oct Mar) Coordination meeting PLHIV network (Oct Mar) % of STI referred 48% 10. % of HRG Referred 86% 11. % of Vunerabe covered 44% 12. PLHIV Coverage PLHV Mapping

10 Fighting HIV AIDS CHAPTER 4 Taking a positive turn Manju Bibi (changed name) ives with her two chidren. After death of her husband, her economic condition and her heath condition started deteriorating. She was frequenty suffering from fever, stomach probem etc. Post a bood test; she came to know that she was HIV infected. She started to come at the Memory Work Session. At first she was very much absent minded & did not want to tak. After continuous counseing, one day she broke down & tod about her famiy condition and her anxiety regarding her chidren to our counseor. With the hep of CINI's Outreach Worker she opened her bank account & got the benefit of Indira Awash Yojna.. Through our IICCHAA session, she graduay discosed her status to her community. Now Manjua's is working as our positive speaker in motivating others to take part in the session. Major Highights This year CINI-HIV Division ceebrated Word AIDS Day on 1st & 2nd December 2015 in association with West Benga State AIDS Prevention and Contro Society with an outstanding success. For the Peope Living With HIV/AIDS, some adoescentce girs & mothers of IICCHAA program who studied at east cass V-XII received a Leadership Training Programe. CHAPTER 5 Materna and Chid Heath Strategic Priorities s the goba community sets new goas with the Sustainabe Deveopment Goas (SDGs), CINI ooks back Aon its path to see how we coud contribute to the achievement of Miennium Deveopment Goas (MDGs) inked to improved materna heath and reduced chid mortaity by faciitating creation of a Chid Friendy Community characterized by rights based, participatory governance processes. Incusive deveopment where 'no one is eft behind' has been prioritized by CINI. Despite some progress, gender vunerabiities continue to persist as we. Various nationa poicy documents and frameworks aim at enabing disadvantaged communities gain greater access to heath services. More recenty, the Nationa Urban Heath Mission (NUHM) expicity stated its emphasis on 'Urban Poor Popuation iving in isted and unisted sums. The situation is compicated further by a growing number of unisted/non notified sums that remain out of officia records and service deivery systems. District Resource Team (DRT): As part of AHANA interventions a resource poo caed the DRT woud be created in the district eve. DRT wi be trained on the issues of PPTCT technica aspects, community mobiization process, BCC and basics of HIV/AIDS. It is proposed that DRT wi be conduct such sensitization training to their beow cascade eve to decentraize the concepts and knowedge regarding PPTCT program and WBFPT process. District Advisory Committee (DAC): Like SARC under AHANA PPTCT Project one DAC wi be buit to strengthen functiona coordination among project team and heath staff (NHM & SACS). The committee is expected to meet quartery once. State Advisory Review Committee (SARC): Under AHANA PPTCT Project one SARC wi be buit to provide guidance to State AHANA team on impementation of project activities as per performance framework. Side by side SARC wi make a review the performance of AHANA project and operationa chaenges in impementation. The committee is expected to meet quartery once. CINI's heath initiatives have aways been characterised by their responsiveness to oca contexts and strong community eve engagement in both urban and rura. These aspects have enhanced organisationa understanding of the underying determinants that infuence heath reated behaviours and outcomes. Accordingy, interventions now aim at a more comprehensive Life Cyce Approach (LCA) based framework. This framework provides opportunities for addressing mutipe heath and nutrition outcomes by targeting 3 critica stages of the ife cyce pregnancy, eary chidhood and adoescence. The emphasis on community based interventions continues where CINI acts as a faciitator bringing the key stakehoders together for coective action. Taking the right step at the right time Rakeya Bibi is an Anganwadi Worker (AWW) by profession. Her husband is a migrant worker in Gujarat. During her pregnancy she was tested & reported as reactive. She deivered a gir chid at the District Hospita. Her respective AHANA ORW counseed them (Rakeya & her husband) about HIV & motivated them to go to the ART center. Anti Retrovira Therapy (ART) has been started with the support of ORW aong with initiation of Nevirapine for her chid. Though Rakeya is an AWW but she aso had some myth & misconception about HIV/AIDS. Our ORW heped her to to et go of the misconceptions and motivated her to generate awareness among other community mothers about HIV/AIDS. Now Rakeya is iving a heathy ife & enjoing her work more. 1. Improving Reproductive and Chid Heath through Muti-stakehoder Partnerships (Rura and Urban) through a. Trained women's groups promoting heath with peers and caregivers in the community to change behaviours of mother and caregivers b. Service providers engaging in improving knowedge and awareness of pregnant women and young mothers' on materna, chid heath and socia wefare schemes to bring about better decision making, heath seeking behaviour and optima utiization of existing heath services c. Advocacy with government and oca bodies at a eves and service providers to ensure increase outreach and coverage of services and socia wefare schemes 2. Strengthening Response to Chidhood Acute Manutrition The Faciity based Nutrition Rehabiitation Centre Mode 16 17

11 Materna and Chid Heath Materna and Chid Heath CHAPTER 5 Impact in Statistics Community Based Action to address Materna and Chid Heath Indicator Women (pregnant and actating) Leve of achievement % of pregnant women Diamond Harbour II, South 24 Parganas: increase from 88.3% to registered within 95.9%, Dhupguri,Japaiguri: increase from 19.9% to 85.7% st 1 Trimester Ward 58, Kokata: increase from 30.0% to 62.5% Borough VI, Kokata (status as on March 2016): 72.0% % of pregnant women Diamond Harbour II, South 24 Parganas: increase from 75.8% to received at east 3 ANC 77.5%, Dhupguri, Japaiguri: increase from 25.3% to 50.0% Goapokhar I, Uttar Dinajpur: 55.0% to 82.3% Ward 58, Kokata: increase from 90.6% to 94.1% Borough VII, Kokata: 69.0% to 98.4% % institutiona deivery Diamond Harbour II, South 24 Parganas: increase from 83.8% to 90.7%, Dhupguri, Japaiguri: increase from 46.2% to 78.5% Chandrahati I, Hooghy (status as on March 2016): 90% Bedhubi, Howrah (status as on March 2016): 83% Dhuagori, Howrah ((status as on March 2016): 87% Ward 58, Kokata: increase from 96.8% to 99.7% Borough VI, Kokata (status as on March 2016): 96.0% Ward 79 & 80, Borough IX, Kokata (status as on March 2016): 89% % eigibe women Chandrahati I, Hooghy (status as on March 2016): 51% received JSY Bedhubi, Howrah (status as on March 2016): 52% Dhuagori, Howrah ((status as on March 2016): 47% Borough VII, Kokata: increase from 69.0% to 98.4% Borough VI, Kokata (status as on March 2016): 17.0% Ward 79 & 80, Borough IX, Kokata (status as on March 2016): 41% % of women received Diamond Harbour II, South 24 Parganas: increase from 50.0% to at east 4 PNC after 52.1%, Chandrahati I, Hooghy (status as on March 2016): 28% deivery Bedhubi, Howrah (status as on March 2016): 41% Dhuagori, Howrah ((status as on March 2016): 25% Ward 58, Kokata: increase from 8.5% to 10.3% Ward 79 & 80, Borough IX, Kokata (status as on March 2016): 17% CHAPTER 5 Institution Based Action at CINI's Under Five Chidren's Cinic to address Chid Heath The institution based heath services incude daiy OPD, Thursday Under-Five cinic and Day care nutrition counseing centre. Daiy Out Patient Cinic (OPD): The OPD is hed 4 days (Monday to Wednesday and Friday) a week from 9.30 am to 1 pm. The objective is to provide ow cost curative care to chidren under 5. The activities incude growth monitoring, curative care, heath and nutrition education and referra. The cinic aso provides temporary nebuization to chidren with bronchospasm. Minor surgica interventions and dressing are aso undertaken. CINI nutrimix ow cost fortified wheat, gram mix is provided to wiing mothers of manourished chidren. Thursday Under-Five Cinic: Tabe 1: Attendance at OPD cinic Mae Femae Tota This cinic is run with the objective of providing preventive, promotive and curative services. The activities incude growth monitoring, heath and nutrition education, heath check up and immunization. Severey i chidren and chidren with compications requiring speciaized medica services are referred to appropriate government medica institutions. Tabe 2: Attendance at Day care centre Mae Femae Tota Day Care Nutrition Rehabiitation Centre: Mid and moderatey manourished chidren with and chidren with feeding probems are referred to the Day care nutrition rehabiitation centre for proper counseing of the mother as we as demonstration on preparation of ow cost foods from ocay avaiabe food raw food stuffs. Mothers are asked to attend for foow up to assess for improvement in the nutritiona status of chidren. Tabe 3: Attendance at Thursday cinc Mae Femae Tota Chidren (0-2 years) % of chidren received Diamond Harbour II, South 24 Parganas: increase from 95.6% to age appropriate 96.0%, Dhupguri, Japaiguri: increase from 16.7% to 21.0% immunization Ward 58, Kokata: increase from 90.6% to 94.1% (compete immunisation) Borough VI, Kokata (status as on March 2016): 88.0% % Chidren with birth Ward 58, Kokata: increase from 90.6% to 94.1% certificates Borough VI, Kokata (status as on March 2016): 75.0% No of Under Five years Chidren Visiting CINI for Treatment in Mini Cinic Day Care NRC Thursday Cinic Girs Boys Tota 18 19

12 Materna and Chid Heath Materna and Chid Heath CHAPTER 5 I have earnt to take care of my own heath - Rina Bibi When I was ony 15 years od, my father got me married to a 26 year od man. My husband is a painter by profession. Within a month I got pregnant and within one year of marriage I deivered a gir chid at home assisted by a Dai (untrained birth attendant). My husband and his famiy wanted a boy chid and very soon I got pregnant again. Since I am the ony daughter in aw of the house, I had to do the entire cooking for the five famiy members. I aso had the burden of a househod chores and the responsibiity of taking care of the oder chid. In addition to a this, I had the extra workoad of waking 20 minutes every day to coect drinking water for the famiy. With a this burden of work I never used to get time to rest for even a itte whie in the day. I fet very weak most of the times and I started having dizziness and sometimes even back outs when I woud become unconscious. When I was in the fourth month of pregnancy, didi from CINI,who works for mother and chidren in our viage heard from someone about my pregnancy and came home to visit. I tod her about my heath condition and she said that I shoud visit the Anganwadi Center the very next day. She even came home and took me aong with her to the center. My weight was measured and didi said I was ony 40 kg which was very ess. Over the next few weeks didi visited me frequenty at home and expained many things to me. She said my weakness was because of marriage at eary age and repeated pregnancies. CHAPTER 5 Strugges of itte Supriya Litte Supriya, (name changed) 3 years of age stayed with her grandmother in a Kokata sum. Poverty had forced Supriya's parents to eave her and move out in search of iveihood. Being a first generation earner, stimuation was needed for her to cope with the forma schoo education that her grandmother insisted. Nagma Khatoon (name changed) one of the Sishu-sathi, an adoescent gir of the adjoining sum used to give stimuation to itte Supriya at her home. The grandmother used to hep the Sishu-Sathi to stimuate the chid, as that woud better the earnings of Supriya in schoo. Everything was fine unti Nagma started noticing that Supriya remained morose and inactive in most of the time unike her eary enthusiastic sef. Suddeny one day the chid started bood vomiting and there was aso sudden rise of temperature. The grandmother took the chid to a doctor. He recommended immediate bood transfusion. The grandmother was hepess and knew not what to do. In such a situation Nagma coected money from the community and took specia initiative to admit the case to the hospita. There, it was detected that the chid had chest infection. CINI extended a possibe support to the chid. At present Supriya is we and she participates in a activities. Didi aso met each my famiy members and expained about the kind of diet I shoud be having and the rest I shoud be taking in the afternoon. She aso convinced my famiy members to take me to the hospita for the deivery. As suggested by her I went for checkups to the sub-center, took a the medicines they gave as we the injections. My weight has now increased to 49 kg and I fee a ot heathier than before. The dizziness and backouts have stopped and I have more energy for work. I dream of deivering a heathy baby in the hospita. I am thankfu that I met didi at the right time because I have earnt a ot about immunization and care during pregnancy from her. My famiy members are concerned about my heath and take good care of me but I am most happy that I have earnt to take care of mysef now. Major Highights CINI participated in the nationa consutation on the Roe of Civi Society Organizations in Advocating for Chid Heath & Immunization as a Right, organized by Indian Institute of Pubic Heath-Gandhinagar & Goba Heath Strategies and highighted the need to ook at immunization in convergence with other heath and nutrition services for chid. CINI participated in earning and sharing event for partners receiving grant from DFID organized by Word Vision funded by DFID in London, UK. The best practices of the beneficiary feedback mechanism was shared and appreciated by the partners. Routine Immunisation and District Task Force Meeting hed reguary to improve reach and coverage of services in urban sums of Kokata. CINI oriented about 4060 stakehoders regarding PCPNDT Act in urban Kokata. Women groups and Adoescents groups formed in urban wards as we as rura viages to promote discussion and sharing on adoescent heath issues. Pay Materia Deveopment through Mothers Workshop: From the experience gathered through working in the community it was reaized that the parents needed pay materias at home to stimuate their chid in the absence of Sishusathi. The Sishusathi visit the chidren once a week for providing stimuation, it is the parents who stay with the chid throughout and provide reguar stimuation. This need ead to conduction of workshops with mothers to make ow cost pay materias. The animators demonstrated the preparation of ow cost pay materias in the workshop. A the mothers present prepared pay materias for their own chid in the workshop. They used ow cost, od or thrown away materias from their house to prepare these materias. In this quarter the mothers had prepared beanbag (a sma coth pouch fied with grains used for throwing and catching games). The mothers were very happy to carry back home pay materias for their chidren. CINI deveoped a Heath Resource Pack for the frontine fied eve workers. Information communication toos deveoped on government schemes-services on Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) and others for adoescents, sef hep group women and change agents in the community. CINI supported government's Mission Indradhanush by identifying pockets where immunization drive required and mobiizing oca communities to ensure immunization of chidren who were missed. Becoming a Change Agent has given me a new identity - Piu Biswas I am a CINI Change Agent working in ward 59 of Borough VII in Kokata. I know amost every famiy in my para (Ward ane) and more importanty everyone in my para aso knows me. They a address me didi, with respect and come to me when they need some information or when they have any probem. Not ony the community, but even the government service providers know me by name. The senior officias know me as we and I can meet them in person if there is any probem. My famiy is very proud of the confidence with which I move around and work in my area. This is not just a job for me, it has been a ife changing experience and it has given me a new identity and recognition in my community. In 2013, at the beginning of this project CINI was ooking for iterate women to work in the area and since I was educated, Soma di who is the supervisor, approached me. I had aways been at home and had no experience of the outside word and my ife revoved around my famiy. I was not confident that I coud do any work outside home but Soma di persisted and finay managed to convince me to give it a try. I joined with a ot of apprehensions and fears but the staff in CINI supported and heped me a the way through. I got to attend so many trainings and earnt a ot about care during pregnancy, post nata care, how to take care of a new born baby, nutrition of mother and chid and importance of immunization. As I started working and taking to mothers I aso reaized the mistakes that I had unknowingy committed in the care of my chid and ensured other mothers did not repeat the mistakes I made. Heath and nutrition of mother and chid is sti not given that much importance and I am gad that I am abe to work and contribute to improve this situation in my own community. The project I am working on wi end soon but what I have earnt in these four years wi aways remain with me and I wi continue sharing it with the others in my community. With the experiences I have gathered working as a Change Agent, I am aso now confident enough to ook for other jobs

13 Educating Urban and Rura Deprived Chidren CHAPTER 6 Educating Urban and Rura Deprived Chidren Strategic Priorities CINI's education programme in West Benga covers Kokata, South 24 Parganas, Murshidabad, Japaiguri, North Dinajpur and Mada. Over deprived chidren in Kokata are reached out through our education interventions. Another 9000 chidren in difficut circumstances are reached out in Murshidabad, South 24 Parganas, Japaiguri and North Dinajpur. The Jharkhand Education Project Counci (JEPC) has aso engaged CINI in the state for the purpose of addressing the chidren in difficut circumstances in Ranchi, Guma, Khunti and Dhanbad. With direct financia support from JEPC, CINI has impemented a schoo centric motivationa centre commony known as 'Utpreran Kendra' in Ranchi & Guma. The thematic intervention on Education started during ate 70s in CINI through a Chid Sponsorship programme. From the ate 80s, the major thrust of education interventions was on urban deprived chidren. The education programme of CINI compements government efforts in universaizing eementary education and in impementing the Right of Chidren to Free and Compusory Education Act 2009, both in urban and rura pockets of West Benga and Jharkhand. CINI's education activities have focused across a continuum with chidren, starting from Eary Chidhood Stimuation foowed by Eary Chidhood Care and Education and thereafter Eementary Education. It has concentrated on four broad aspects: Mainstreaming - Heping deprived urban and rura chidren enro in schoos. Retention - Providing the enroed chidren the necessary foow up support so that they remain in schoos. Bridge course and acceerated earning packages - Deveoping curricuum reated to acceerated earning. Providing training and other capacity buiding inputs to interna and externa agencies. Major Highights During 2003, CINI had introduced the Chid Tracking system in the schoos of Kokata in coaboration with Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan of Kokata. The resutant effect of tracking chidren in schoos showed that retention rate increased to amost 90% compared with 55% at the beginning. Later on the Schoo Education Department adopted parts of this tracking mechanism and initiated its own mechanism commony known as 'Project Dipankar'. CINI has been working cosey with government departments ike Schoo Education and Women & Chid Deveopment and Socia Wefare. CINI has been the first Project Management Unit of 'Shikshaaya Prakapa' in Kokata and aso continued impementing the scheme in the sums of Kokata city ti it was discontinued from Sarva Shiksha Mission in CINI has aso deveoped an acceerated teaching package for the dropped out and first time earners, for them to get enroed in schoos at age appropriate casses. This package has been effectivey appied across West Benga for both urban and rura chidren. During ast 25 years, CINI has trained over 1000 community teachers through this acceerated teaching methodoogy which has heped in reaching out to 23, 000 chidren across West Benga and Jharkhand. CINI has deveoped a conceptua framework of invoving communities, parents, and schoo teachers and overa the chidren in the process of creating schoo as a Chid- Friendy Space. This process has been started in the intervention areas of CINI and with direct support from the oca sef government, schoos, other government service providers, parents and chidren. CHAPTER 6 The major focus of the education intervention is to ensure universa access to eementary education for a chidren between 6 to 14 years and subsequent continuation of studies in government schoos. It aso strives to achieve: Impact in Statistics Among the chidren found to be out of schoo, 72.5% (8317) chidren have been covered so far during this year through various projects. 5% chidren (424) with specia needs among 8317 chidren have been supported through specia teaching support at par with Right to Education. This has taken pace in Kokata among deaf chidren. 8 districts have been covered through this intervention of Specia Training support across 5 districts in West Benga and 3 in Jharkhand. 108 schoos have been d e v e o p e d a s m o d e schoos under the Chid Friendy Schoo framework aong with the schoo a u t h o r i t i e s a n d communities. D u r i n g t h e academic sessions 5441 chidren in the 6 to 14 years age group have been enroed in government schoos in age appropriate casses in spirit of RTE. A m o n g t h e m chidren are from West Benga and remaining 2300 chidren are from Jharkhand chidren have received suppementary remedia education support beyond schoo hours as against the specia training input referred in RTE. Among them 8640 chidren are from West Benga and remaining 5200 from Jharkhand.The overa support extended to 74% girs chidren have competed primary eve education during this year and have been promoted to upper primary casses, of which 64.5% is girs, across our intervention areas in West Benga and Jharkhand 1996 chidren have competed eementary eve of education of which 55.2% is girs across our intervention areas in West Benga and Jharkhand 160 chidren (100 boys & 60 girs) have been reached through the residentia schoo programme in Kokata with support from Sarva Shiksha Mission, Kokata. Capacity buiding initiatives 54 chidren from Kokata have successfuy passed out schoo fina examination of which 57% are girs. Training on ife ski education had been organized for 227 chidren coming to the Specia Guidance Centres on adoescent heath focusing on sex & sexuaity and menstrua heath & hygiene in Kokata. Another 268 chidren with specia needs, particuary deaf chidren have aso received the same training. 56 adoescent chidren attending Specia Guidance Centres participated in a career counseing training organized in March in Kokata. This has been the first of its kind for them to get ideas about career opportunities after competion of secondary and higher secondary and aso graduation eve. A specia initiative of 5 days has been organized in Kokata Urban Programme for 668 sow earners in the age group of 8-14 years from a education centres during their summer vacation. The main objective of the summer camp was to dea with those chidren who have reading and writing probems and were not scoring we in examinations. 853 girs and 634 boys took part in capacity buiding of chidren group members on six issues of RKSK in Diamond Harbour

14 1302 chidren in Jharkhand received capacity buiding support on Gender Equity issue. 126 chidren in Murshidabad received training on chid protection, CHILDLINE, heath & hygiene, feedback response mechanism and discipine issues. Periodic training for community teachers have been organized across a fied ocations on pedagogy, cassroom management, muti-grade: muti-eve teaching methods. Capacity buiding on Indian Sign Language (ISL) has been organized together with Sarva Shiksha Mission Kokata to address the deaf chidren. These sessions have been attended by both CINI and SSM Kokata persons. Teacher's training of Integrated Approach to Technoogy in Education (ITE) has been organized in Uttar Dinajpur foowed by an interactive workshop with schoo teachers to integrate the ITE process within schoos for a chidren. CINI in Press CHAPTER 6 Educating Urban and Rura Deprived Chidren Let her speak! Farzana Khatoon (name changed) 11 years - Femae Smiing, Farzana hods up a drawing and signs to her teacher that it's finished she ooks ike any other happy, carefree 11-year-od schoo gir. But just one year ago, it was a very different story. She is by birth deaf and didn't smie. She didn't know how to hod a penci, and coudn't communicate with even her cosest famiy as she had not earnt the sign anguage. The itte gir had a traumatic past. Her mother abandoned her at the age of 3, as soon as Farzana was diagnosed to be deaf. It was her grandmother, Amina Bibi, who came forward to take care of the chid. Presenty, Farzana, ives with her grandmother, father, aunts, unces and cousins in Kokata. Whie her two sibings were sent to schoo, Farzana remained at home because she was deaf. Her famiy thought that there was no point sending her to schoo. One fine morning she went missing at the age of 10 yrs and the famiy thought that she was kidnapped. After about 10 months she was spotted in a car by her unce and with the hep of poice she was rescued. Unfortunatey, she coud not revea about the happenings during those 10 months. As a resut, the famiy had ost their hope on her future. She remained aone in the famiy and continued to ive a ife with extreme depression. Her ife took a new turn, at the age of 11 years when the CINI Specia Training Centre opened its doors in January On the first day her famiy took her aong to get hep. Initiay she refused to stay without her grandmother, so the centre began home schooing Farzana twice weeky. With the hep of CINI community vounteers, fied supervisor, Indian Sign Language interpreter and of course her famiy members, some of the major changes that took pace with her incude: She received counseing, and was taught how to draw and began earning Indian Sign Language (ISL), aong with her cousin so she coud hep her back at home. Over the months the vounteers taught her basic ife skis, incuding hygiene and good behaviour. She has been put to a genera schoo where she is studying with other chidren. The schoo run by KMC initiay was not ready to take her. MMIC- Education has been kind enough to isten to the probem and extended a necessary support for her study. Schoo teachers have aso received continuous training on ISL, esson adaptation for deaf chidren and TLM preparation to teach her in the cassroom. Presenty she is attending the deaf friendy CINI earning centre ocated in Rajabazar. Centre vounteer, supervisor and ISL interpreter provide her with a necessary guidance. Graduay Farzana, has been abe to overcome the trauma and has deveoped interest in drawing and crafts, and began to mix with other chidren in her community. She can now identify shapes and etters, match words with pictures and write her own name and address. Her cousin, schoo teachers and cassmates received reguar training in ISL and other ways to hep communicate with her and support her in essons. Her famiy members are satisfied with her gradua improvement in behavior and education. Her reatives and peers can now communicate with her and can share feeings and emotions with her. She is now in cass III and can now ip read very we. Farzana deserves every happiness and she wi be provided education, communication, counseing support to hep her sociaize in a better way. Support to her peers and famiy members woud aso be provided to create an enabing and fearess environment for her overa deveopment

15 Ensuring Chid Participation and Chid Rights CHAPTER 7 Ensuring Chid Participation and Chid Rights Strategic Priorities Strengthening the community based chid protection mechanism ike the viage and ward eve chid protection committees. Buiding chid safe spaces for chidren at the poice station, raiway station, etc. Ensuring chid participation at every eve so that the chidren are abe to express themseves as responsibe citizens and provide their views about the existing systems. Impact in Statistics Chid Protection Institutiona based care Number Open sheters 536 Sheter homes for boys 1903 Sheter home for girs 1269 Night sheters for girs 1390 Sick Bay for the chidren 274 Chidren in contact with Raiways Seadah 1084 Azimganj 430 Siiguri 688 Services in red ight area Rambagan (Kokata) 465 Khapara (Siiguri) Community based CP mechanism-viage Leve Chid Protection Committees Murshidabad North Benga 90 chidren of Ward 6 and 7 of that area. 8 mothers are doing taioring training there VLCPC-4059 Gram Sansad, WLCPC-83 Gram Sansad. 10 BLCPC,2 WLCPC and 54 VLCPC Uttar Dinajpur CHAPTER 7 Chid Friendy Poice Stations: Kokata Murshidabad Diamond Harbour North Benga Repatriation Cases: Repatriated Directy through CHILDLINE Toyganj Berhampore, Labag, Domka, Kandi, Suti, Samserganj, Ranitaa, Jaangi Diamond Harbour, Kupi, Magrahat & Usthi Siiguri 21 chidren in Murshidabad, Siiguri and Kokata No of cases we have referred to other 8 sheter homes where CINI faciitated the repatriation process Tota Number of beneficiaries trained in Chid Protection Tota Number of Chidren reunified /restored in famiies Urban 2094 North Benga 301 Murshidabad 12 Uttar Dinajpur 176 Diamond Harbour 130 Chidren in Need of Care and Protection (CNCP) inked with Sponsorship programme Famiies inked with different government Scheme Reached through Chid Protection services 2025 as referred in Integrated Chid Protection Scheme (ICPS) 77 chidren Category of CNCP Tota No of inked with Sponsership Chidren Linked programme Singe parent 35 Parent in Jai 2 Incapacitated Parents/ economicay poor famiies 20 Returnee Migrant 1 Orphan 11 Others 8 Urban 18 WLCPCs Diamond Harbour BLCPC in 11 bocks of Diamond Harbour & Aipur Sub-division. Jharkhand CHILDLINE Intervention: 23 VLCPC Urban 1695 Raiway CHILDLINE at Seadah 771 Darjeeing 488 Murshidabad 469 Uttar Dinajpur 432 Diamond Harbour 549 Raiway CHILDLINE at NJP

16 Ensuring Chid Participation and Chid Rights Ensuring Chid Participation and Chid Rights CHAPTER 7 Where there is a wi, there is a way! 16 year od Mian Show, presenty, ives in CINI's Drop In centre, at Seadah. He is originay from Patna, Bihar ( neighbouring state of West Benga). Two years ago he was reunified by CINI with his famiy but he chose to eave his home and come back to Seadah. The reason why he chose to be on the street was his wipower towards his education. He did not face abject poverty in his ife but his grandfather was ruthess enough to send him to work. He used to get beaten by his father whenever he wanted to go to schoo. Last time when he got back to his famiy he was assured that he woud get a the opportunities to study but after a few days he reaized that his father was panning to empoy him once more. After a interaction with him he said Mujhe pata tha ke mujhe kaha ana hai, isiye main Seadah Station par hi aya. Mujhe padhai karne ke iye CINI hi madat kar sakta hai (I knew where shoud I come to fu fi my hopes and aspiration...that why I choose to come in Seadah, ony CINI can do that). After a few days of iving in the Drop-in-Centre, he was admitted in a oca schoo. Last year he passed seventh standard with his own merit. This year he has been admitted in a coaching centre which is aso run by CINI. As Mian is abe to articuate his thoughts we and is voca and can easiy reate with his ife on the street, he was seected to participate in an Internationa consutation on Genera Comment on Chidren in street situation organised by Pan Internationa and supported by Consortium for Street Chidren from 4th to 6th Apri 2016 in New Dehi with 3 more street connected chidren from CINI's various intervention sites across West Benga. CHAPTER 7 7. In Siiguri, the Government has officiay notified the formation of Ward Leve Chid Protection Committee (WLCPC). In Ward no 1 and 18 of the Siiguri Municipaity the first WLCPC has been formed. CINI Urban Unit has formed 18 WLCPCs. 8. Chid-Friendy Poice S t a t i o n h a s b e e n formed and functiona i n S i i g u r i, Murshidabad, Kokata and Diamond Harbour. Four Chid-Friendy corners have been set u p i n fo u r p o i ce stations of Diamond H a r b o u r, K u p i, Magrahat & Usthi. During this year, CINI Urban has intervened i n 6 2 c a s e s f r o m To y g u n j C h i d - Friendy Poice Station of which majority of the cases were referred from Charu Market and Toygunj area. 6 sexua abuse cases have been intervened by the CFC. 9. GRP has incorporated chid protection issues in their reguar programmes ike Women and Chid Awareness programme. 10. Awareness programmes are organised in Seadah, Azimganj and Siiguri junction for safeguarding the rights of the chidren in contact with raiways. Major Highights 1. CINI has been seected as a noda NGO for conducting situationa anaysis for the chidren in need of care and protection aong with the district administration in Murshidabad. 2. The State Commission on the Protection of Chid Rights (SCPCR) has seected CINI in Murshidabad district as the noda NGO for anchoring the process of chid inspectorate. 3. The chid inspectorate in Murshidabad visited the primary schoo and Anganwadi centre of two different viages. They fied up the form by asking the questions to the schoo teachers, Anganwadi. 4. Viage Leve Chidren Protection Committees have been set up in Murshidabad which have started to do the Socia Resource Mapping exercise. In Siiguri, CINI has set up Bock Leve Chid Protection Committees in Mabazar, Rajganj, Dhupguri and Nagarakata in the Japaiguri District, a n d i n M a t i g a r a, N a x a b a r i, Phansidewa and Khoribari in the Darjeeing District Viage Leve Chid Protection Committee have been formed in Khoribari and Phansidewa Bock in Siiguri. A the Aanganwadi workers of Khunti Sadar Bock (around 190) in Jharkhand were oriented on the process of formation of VLCPCs in September, 2015 in coaboration with the Department of Socia Wefare, Khunti district. CINI has aso been incuded in the process of formation of BLCPC in 11 bocks of Diamond Harbour & Aipur Sub-division. In Uttar Dinajpur, a district eve consutation on the status and ro-out of Chid Protection Committees at Bock, Viage and Ward Leve was faciitated by CINI in coaboration with District Administration.. 6. CINI is seected as master trainer to impart training of ward eve chid protection committees. 11. Kiosks are being set up in Murshidabad, Seadah and North Benga for catering to the chidren in contact with raiways and announcements are being made in the raiway stations. 12. CINI has prepared the training manua of Para-ega Vounteers in coaboration with West Benga State Lega Services Authority. This was formay aunched in the presence of Hon'be Justice of High Court. 13. CINI is presenty pioting the Repatriation Information Management System (RIMS). This is a web enabed rea time tracking mechanism for tracking the chidren who are survivors of cross-border trafficking between India, Nepa and Bangadesh. 14. Chid Labour Free Tea gardens in Shikarpur and Japaiguri was decared in North Benga as a resut of the initiatives by CINI. Enumeration of Chid Labour free ogo in trade icenses was issued by the Siiguri Municipa Corporation. 15. A 'Chid Hep Desk (CHD)' at Seadah was inaugurated by the Hon'be Minister of State, Independent Charge, Department of Women & Chid Deveopment & Socia Wefare, Government of West Benga, Dr. Shashi Panja in the presence of UNICEF West Benga, State Commission for Protection of Chid Rights West Benga (SCPCR), Raiway Divisiona Raiway Manager and other officias. The key goa of hep desk is to reduce the risk of abuse and make the environment at Seadah station, supportive for the rehabiitation and reunification of chidren. 16. Dr. Shashi Panja decared the station as Chid Friendy in the state in the presence of UNICEF, SCPCR, Raiway DRM and other officias. Two books, namey 'Touching Hearts, Changing Lives', regarding the journey of twenty-five years of CINI's work at Seadah-which depicts the initia growth and earning to a strengthened programme of the present day, and 'A Step Towards Hope, Happiness and Home', on CINI's work with chidren at Seadah Raiway Station that started way back in 1989, was reeased on the day. 17. After the enormous success of Operation Smie where around 3000 chidren were rescued and rehabiitated throughout India, Operation Muskan was aunched. The duration was for one month - from 1st Juy 2015 to 31st Juy 2015 and January During this operation a chidren residing in sheter homes, patforms, bus stands, roads, reigious paces, etc. have been screened by Poice personne and CINI CHILDLINE staff. The detaied case histories with their photographs have been documented in the process for further intervention. CHILDLINE Kokata assisted Kokata Poice and Government Raiway Poice Service (GRPS) in tracing these chidren through eight divisions of Kokata and two stations, 28 29

17 Ensuring Chid Participation and Chid Rights CHAPTER 7 Seadah and Dumdum. Through this operation, a tota of 56 chidren have been identified and successfuy restored back home during this process. 18. CINI's chidren are Resiience Champions in their own way. Despite adversities they have been much focused and have exceed in their academics. A tota of 27 chidren had appeared for the Madhyamik (Schoo Education Competion Examination) from our intervention programme in the red ight area of Rambagan, out of which 25 passed out successfuy. One amongst them secured 74% marks. 23 chidren from the same intervention area had appeared for the Higher Secondary examinations, out of which 21 passed out successfuy. Three amongst them secured 74% marks. A of them are now preparing to go to coege. Priyanka one of the active members of Chidren's Pariament secured 75% marks. Priyanka wants to pursue her career with Socioogy Honours, whie two others who secured 80% marks want to take up Accountancy. 19. Panchayat-eve Linkages camp: Panchayat-eve Government Scheme Linkages camp was organised in the 8 Panchayats of Khunti District. The Linkages camp basicay targeted the viagers of the project intervention areas, inking the famiies of the chidren in different circumstances with various schemes a c c o m p i s h i n g t h e objective of strengthening the famiies of the Chidren i n N e e d o f C a r e & P r o t e c t i o n ( C N C P ) category chidren. A tota of 8 Panchayats with 55 viages were targeted to be covered through the inkage camp. The camp brought in inkages to 12 different schemes in c o n v e r g e n c e w i t h 3 different departments at bock eve Chid Deveopment Project Office, Bock Deveopment Office, Labour Department and Heath Department. 20. CINI has been entrusted for anchoring a consutative process of working with Chidren in Difficut Circumstances in 8 states in the Eastern Region. bocks of Diamond Harbour & Aipur Sub-division. In Uttar Dinajpur, a district eve consutation on the status and ro-out of Chid Protection Committees at Bock, Viage and Ward Leve was faciitated by CINI in coaboration with District Administration.. Reief at ast! Jama Kadamtaa is one of the backward viages of Kashimnagar Gram Panchayat under Suti-II bock in Murshidabad. The iteracy rate is very poor. Most of the famiies are invoved in bidi roing. The average famiy size is very high. B. Das (name changed) is one of the inhabitants of this viage. He is a bidi abour by profession. His daughter is 15 year od Sampa Das. She studies in cass VIII. CINI started intervention in this viage since In this viage, we have some very strong & vibrant Chid Friendy Groups. The CFG members work ike a watch dog in this viage. Viage Leve Chid Protection Committee is aso in pace according to the atest revised guideine of ICPS. One i fated night, Sampa was raped by her own father, when her mother was not at home. The incident traumatized her so much that she stopped taking. The CFG members soon identified that Sampa was not behaving naturay. On repeated interventions, they uncovered the whoe case. The CFG members immediatey informed the oca VLCPC, and went to the Suti Poice Station with an adut VLCPC member. The gir odged a compaint against B. Das. CHAPTER 8 Materna and Chid Nutrition Strategic Priorities The 1,000 days between a woman's pregnancy (270 days) and her chid's 2nd birthday (730 days) are most critica and crucia period of the chid's ife. This period provide the base for a chid's menta and physica deveopment in ater ife. Up to 80 per cent of brain growth takes pace during this critica period of the human ife cyce. Manutrition and disease during this time can pay havoc and may ead to impairment of physica and menta growth. Chidren who are manourished in the womb have a higher risk of dying in infancy and are more ikey to face ifeong cognitive and physica deficits and chronic heath probems. For chidren under the age of two, under-nutrition can be ife threatening. It can weaken a chid's immune system and make her more susceptibe to dying from common inesses such as pneumonia, diarrhoea and maaria. Proper heath and nutrition from conception of the chid (mother's nutrition) up to the chid's two years of age have a profound impact on a chid's stabiity to grow, earn and rise out of poverty. This period is the biggest Window of Opportunity to shape heathier and prosperous futures and break the intergenerationa cyce of manutrition. It can aso shape a society's ong-term heath, stabiity and prosperity. Therefore, broady covering the first 1,000 days approach's Ten Essentia Outcomes are: 1. Eary initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of birth 2. Excusive breastfeeding during the first six months of ife 3. Timey introduction of compementary foods at six months 4. Age-appropriate, energy a n d n u t r i e n t - d e n s e compementary foods for chidren 6-24 months of age with continued breastfeeding 5. S a f e h a n d i n g o f compementary foods a n d h y g i e n i c compementary feeding practices 6. Fu immunization and bia n n u a v i t a m i n A suppementation with de-worming 7. Frequent feeding and breastfeeding during and after iness, incuding ora rehydration therapy and zinc suppementation for chidren with diarrhea 8. Timey and quaity therapeutic feeding and care for chidren with severe acute manutrition 9. Improved food and nutrient intake for adoescent girs, particuary to prevent anemia 10. Improved food and nutrient intake for adut women, particuary during pregnancy and actation, aong with proper heath care (ANC and PNC check-ups) CINI strategicay focused on micro panning for First 1,000 Days to reduce materna and chid nutrition by ensuring accessibiity and quaity of essentia government nutrition services during this period among those most vunerabe and excuded ike those iving in poorest tea garden areas of Japaiguri, Bidi workers of Murshidabad, urban sum dweers in Kokata, triba pockets of Jharkhand etc. A programs focused on the 'Continuum of Care' throughout the ife cyce incuding adoescents with women and chid nutrition outcomes. Priority focus areas incude Ensuring community participation through sharing of information and knowedge to highight the importance of identification and addressing manutrition. Improving adoescent participation, for schoo going/out-of-schoo girs, to improve their nutrition through dietary practices and iron-foic acid suppementation. Capacity buiding of Anganwadi workers and ICDS functionaries to improve service deivery at Anganwadi centers, both quantity and quaity. Identification and tracking of pregnant women, using modern teephonic technoogy, to hep immediate action to reduce manutrition amongst chidren beow two years of age

18 Materna and Chid Nutrition Materna and Chid Nutrition CHAPTER 8 Buiding capacities of Sef hep group women in rura and women's groups in urban, particuary those from minority groups to act as 'Change Agents' to contribute towards heathy chidhood. Strengthening oca governing bodies (Panchyati Raj Institution (PRI)/ Urban oca Bodies (ULBs)) for improving nutrition outcomes. Hoistic deveopment of the community by creating Chid Friendy Communities by addressing not ony nutrition but aso heath, education and protection issues. Deveopment of resources, networking and advocacy for partnerships and convergent actions and share CINI's technica expertise on nutrition. Research on infant and young feeding practices to identify the barriers and faciitators of behaviour change. Impact in Statistics Indicator Leve of achievement % underweight (Chidren < 24 Diamond Harbour II, South 24 Parganas: Reduction from 11.98% months) as per WHO standards to 9.44%, Ward 58, Kokata: Reduction from 13.91% to 12% for Weight-for-Age Dhupguri Bock, Japaiguri: Reduced from 17.5% to 14.25% % of chidren breast feeding Diamond Harbour II, South 24 Parganas: increase from 80.64% to initiated within 1 hour of birth 82.23%., Ward 58, Kokata: increase from 46.88% to 94.11% Dhupguri Bock, Japaiguri: increase from 44.89% to 81.01% % of chidren excusivey breast Diamond Harbour II, South 24 Parganas: increase from 75.71% to fed ti 6 months 89.57%., Ward 58, Kokata: increase from 84% to 91% Dhupguri Bock, Japaiguri: increase from 37.7% to 48.9% % of chidren timey (after 6 Diamond Harbour II, South 24 Parganas: increase from 85.71% to months of age) initiation of 95.75%., Ward 58, Kokata: increase from 94.20% to 96%. compementary feeding Dhupguri Bock, Japaiguri: decrease from 34.25% to 24.92% % of chidren who continued Diamond Harbour II, South 24 Parganas: increase from 85.71% to breastfeeding upto 1 years of age 90.66%, Ward 58, Kokata: increase from 90.96% to 96.12% Dhupguri Bock, Japaiguri: decrease from 30.7% to 37.11% No. of Severe Acute Manourished Diamond Harbour II, South 24 Parganas: 287 chidren identified (SAM) chidren and MAM chidren Ward 58, Kokata: 71 chidren identified Dhupguri Bock, (7 months to 2 years of age) Japaiguri: 163 chidren identified screened and identified by frontine heath workers using MUAC No. of Nutrition Counseing and Diamond Harbour II, South 24 Parganas: 405 sessions hed Chid care sessions hed at the reaching 5000 chidren approx.ward 58, Kokata: 157 sessions hed anganwadi centres reaching1800 chidren approx.dhupguri Bock, Japaiguri: 69 sessions hed reaching 800 chidren approx.suti II, Murshidabad CHAPTER 8 I want a the chidren in my ocaity to be heathy & free from disease A wish of a Change agent- Pinkey Das. Pinkey Das is a 19 years od ady iving in a sum of Kokata Municipa Corporation Ward 58. She has studied up to Cass-VIII. Her husband was a daiy abour in pastic factory. Their ony son is five years od. Pinkey hersef was a beneficiary since her pregnancy amost four years back. She was very much interested to know about materna & chid heath & nutrition care. She reguary attended mother's meetings & as we as the community events. Pinkey earnt about the do's & don'ts of chid care. Graduay she became invoved with other project activities. She mobiized other mothers to routine immunization centre with their chidren, to attend mothers in the meetings, NCCS & she independenty takes weight of chidren & can identify the condition of manutrition among chidren. The mothers were curious to improve their chidren's condition. Pinkey introduced Nutrimix in her neighbouring ocaity. She cooked Nutrimix Hawa & encouraged spot consumption. The mothers preferred ready to eat fast food in the breakfast & evening snacks. To change this habit Pinkey started to spot-feed Nutrimix in eary morning & ate evening. Chidren were weighed at reguar interva. Foowing two cases showed a remarkabe change through her intervention Name of DOB Weight & MUAC during initiation Last weight & MUAC chid of Nutrimix foowup Kundan Roy August KG (MUW), 13.5( N) Jan kg( Nor), 13.8 ( N) Rani Das August kg(muw), 12.7 ( N) Jan kg( Nor), 13 ( N) Major Highights Ÿ CINI's profie was featured in the pubication tited, THREE SQUARE MEALS, A just diet for India's adoescent girs by USAID, Kiawah Trust, Pirama Foundation and DASRA. They evauated over 65 non-profits in the nutrition sector to evauate their approaches, modes and interventions and foowing a comprehensive diigence process, nine of these organizations were incuded. Ÿ CINI, with technica and financia support from UNICEF, West Benga, initiated a muti-sectora approach program in Mada to support District Administration to acceerate the District Pan of Action. Ÿ A state consutation on Nutritiona Best Practices in district of North Benga was organized at Uttarkanya, Siiguri, West Benga, under the Poorest Areas Civi Society Program funded by DFID. Dr Shashi Panja, graced the occasion and was the Chief Guest for the consutation. Ÿ CINI initiated First 1,000 Days intervention in Suti II Bock of Murshidabad district where the oca famiies are predominanty invoved in Bidi making. Ÿ CINI continues to impement its First 1,000 Days intervention in Japaiguri tea gardens in West Benga using Geographic Information System and Mobie technoogy. Ÿ CINI ceebrated Breast Feeding Week and Nutrition Week to mobiize famiies and promote continued breast feeding & adequate nutrition, especiay up to 2 years of chid, in rura and urban communities and CINI's Day Care Nutrition Rehabiitation Center. In urban Kokata sums, men from oca cubs organized awareness drives with support from trained women change agents. Ÿ CINI mobiised five Gram Panchyats in Diamond Harbour II bock to utiise their untied funds for supporting manourished chidren. They have utiized their untied funds to purchase 780 kgs of ow cost caorie-protein dense food (Nutrimix) for 107 severey underweight chidren, identified by the Anganwadi workers, in their own viages. Ÿ CINI organized a consutative meeting in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, to share the finding of the research to understand the factors, barriers and faciitators, for improving infant and young chid feeding practices to prevent eary chidhood manutrition. This research was a joint initiative of Govt. of ODISHA, UNICEF AND CINI, which wi be used to pan the way forward to address manutrition in Odisha. Ÿ CINI's, research paper pubished in the Internationa Journa Of Food and Nutritiona Sciences on Effect of personaized counseing as a too for behaviour change communication for improving the nutritiona status and IYCF practices of chidren (0-5years) in under 5 cinic and day care centre, South 24 Parganas, West Benga 32 33

19 Materna and Chid Nutrition Materna and Chid Nutrition CHAPTER 8 Ÿ CINI's process document on Enhancing Capacities and Opportunities: Refections on creating incusive Chid Friendy Communities with strengthened community based organisations in West Benga, India was reeased by Dr Shashi Panja at the State eve consutative meet organized under the Poorest Areas Civi Society (PACS) Program funded by DFID. Ÿ CINI expanded its Chid Friendy Communities approach, with focus on heath and nutrition throughout ifecyce, to seected GPs/wards of Howrah, Hooghy and Kokata Khidirpore area. Ÿ CINI deveoped a Nutrition Resource Pack for the frontine fied eve workers. Ÿ Information & communication toos were deveoped on government schemes-services on nutrition for adoescents, sef hep group women and change agents in the community. Ÿ Capacities buiding of CINI nutrition team members or ganised on SPSS data anaysis pack age. The training was given by IIHMR. CHAPTER 8 Making Manutrition Visibe CINI utiised four community mobiisation cum monitoring toos. Socia resource map: A pictoria presentation of oca andmarks as we as other essentia information (incuding househods with pregnant women and undernourished chidren); maintained by SHGs and dispayed at AWCs Community Growth Charts: Potting weight for age figures for chidren and pacing these within green, yeow and red zones of the growth chart signifying norma, moderatey underweight and severey underweight status respectivey; maintained by AWWs and dispayed at AWCs Mother and Chid Protection Card: Containing key information regarding pregnancy (incuding uptake of antenata care services), deivery, postnata and chid care (birth weight, immunization, growth monitoring etc); materna section fied by ANM and chid section by AWW, card kept by mothers Father's invovement can change the nutritiona status: Anandi Barrick is a three year od gir iving in Hadibari TG, gudam ine in Binnaguri GP of Dhupguri Bock. For Anandi, her father Jetin Barik is more than a mother. Her mother suffered from TB and died when Anandi was one year od. Her mother used to stay in her materna house, so the community faciitator coud not intervene with her. Community faciitator identified her when she was 1 year and 11 months od with MUAC measurement of 11.3 cms. Since then the community faciitator came in contact with the famiy and started coecting more information on Anandi's heath. Records indicated that her birth-weight was ony 1.6 kg. A doctor recommended admitting the chid in the specia new born care unit but the famiy members refused and brought the chid home on the same day. Mother and Chid Sef Monitoring caendar: Providing detaied information on pregnancy and chid growth and deveopment (ti two years of age); maintained by famiies. The community faciitators, ASHA worker and the oca sef-hep group member started visiting the famiy and counseing them on chid care. They aso referred Anandi to NRC but her father coud not stay there as it was a femae ward and there were no other femae members in her famiy. Her father decided to ensure better care at home. The ASHA workers and community faciitator maintained cose contact, informing about the immunization schedues and other heath services. Continuous foow up and counseing graduay motivated her father to take proper care of Anandi, resuting in improvement in the status of her heath and nutritiona grade. In August 2014, a joint initiative was taken by ICDS and the heath dept. to run a short stay NRC at Dist. Hospita. On 21st August'14 Anandi was admitted at Dist hospita by CINI's CF and ICDS worker. After 1 week she returned home as her father refused to stay at NRC. He decided that he woud take care of her at the community eve. After that Community Faciitator had started the NCCS session at nearby AWC and the father participated in the sessions on a reguar basis. Anandi is now quite happy and heathy. She is given at east 3-4 meas a day, incuding hot rice, khichuri, with da, vegetabes and egg or chicken. Her MUAC measurement has improved to norma (14cm). Her father is now more caring towards her. He fees that earning about correct methods of chid feeding and chid care guided him in securing the ife of Anandi. He took specia care in foowing the advice of the community faciitators on timey feeding and maintaining hygienic practices. Now he is confident, Now I know that even other famiy members can ensure heathy growth of a chid with proper care, nutritiona support and a happy famiy environment. Learning infant feeding practices whie paying a game of snakes and adders 34 35

20 CHAPTER 9 Cimate Change Strategic Priorities Cimate Change is affecting pregnant women, mothers and their chidren's heath and nutrition outcomes in poor communities of West Benga. It has severe impact on food production, water avaiabiity and ecosystems. Further, manmade hazards ike biomass cooking fue, deforestation and improper garbage disposa, is aggravating the impact. A popuations wi be affected by cimate change, but some are more vunerabe than others. Chidren and women are among the most vunerabe to the resuting heath risks, throughout the critica years of a ife cyce adoescence, pregnancy and chidhood and it shoud not be considered as standaone but a cross cutting agenda in deveopment panning and actions; and thus needs an integrated response. Addressing cimate change is now centra to the work of CINI's First 1,000 Days initiative. A research has been initiated by CINI in partnership with The Energy and Resources Institute - TERI, in two bocks of South 24 Parganas, WB. The research aims to understand the effect of exposure to househod eve air poutants during pregnancy and its adverse heath effects in the First 1,000 Days, in terms of birth outcomes and eary chidhood deveopment. The intervention focuses on providing smokeess chuhas to pregnant women to reduce indoor air poution and understand whether the birth outcomes are better than those using reguar smoke Chuhas during pregnancy. Major Highights CINI invoved 223 women under this research project and distributed smokeess chuhas to 66 pregnant women and buit the capacities of the famiy members on its use. Pregnant women as we as mothers are being oriented with support of Anganwadi Workers to make them aware regarding the importance of heath, nutrition and care during First 1,000 Days aong with the harmfu effects of use of smoke chuhas and indoor air poution. Panchayat members oriented on importance of harm effects of indoor air quaity especiay during first 1,000 days. Heath and ICDS grassroots service providers, ANMs sensitized and oriented on the importance of improving indoor air quaity and ensuring care during pregnancy and first two years of a chid. Bock Medica Officer of Heath (BMOH) and Bock eve government hospitas around Bishnupur I & II bock have been oriented on this issues. Posters have been deveoped on effects of indoor air poution during pregnancy and its effects on birth outcomes Making the environment safer When Hadisha Bibi got confirmed of her pregnancy, she was worried, not for her, but for the unborn baby's heath. She ives in an interior viage in Dakhin Gouripur Panchayat of Bishnupupur-1 Bock. Her famiy comprises of 8 members incuding her in aws. There are ony two rooms in their house. She used to cook in a very narrow space beside her room. The use of dry wood stock and eaves, made the room and the surrounding area very smoky and exhausted. At times, the smoke entered her bed room aso. At first, she was not interested in our project. She wasn't even present in the mother's meeting organized by project staff. Then the heath educator, fied worker ASHA of that area together visited her home and discussed about the worries and ceared her confusion about the project. The fied worker did not give up hope, and continuousy visited her house to aware her about the indoor air poution and its effect on her and her baby. The change of her behavior was first noticed after giving her Low Smoke chuhas for cooking. She was very happy to see that it doesn't emit smoke. Another thing that makes her happy that the cooking time is far ess than cooking in traditiona chuhas. She reguary visits Sub Centers and has competed four ANC checkups. She sincerey isten a the advices of the fied worker of CINI and ANM, ASHA, Anganwadi worker of that area. After 9 months and 7days she deivered a baby gir of 2.7kg. The baby and the mother both are in good heath. CHAPTER 10 Convergence Strategic Priorities A Chid Friendy Community (CFC) is a community (a rura viage or an urban neighbourhood) where a chidren up to 18 years of age, irrespective of their socio-economic, cutura, gender, abiity or other status, can fufi their rights to survive and be heathy, deveop to their fu potentia, be protected and cared for and participate in decision-making processes shaping their ives. In a CFC, chidren aong with other duty bearers (oca sef-government, service providers and adut community groups) participate activey in achieving their rights to Education, Protection, Heath and Nutrition (EPHN) and take the responsibiity that comes with such entitements. They are equa participants in the oca governance system aong with adut partners, who support them in achieving their goas. A chid-centred process faciitates convergent action by different sectors in achieving the we-being of chidren. During , within the framework of CFC, creation of safety net was the priority strategic focus, which enabed the oca eve committees to take proactive roe in protecting the rights of their chidren and giving them a safe environment. Major Highights Location & its Priority South 24 Paraganas - Minority dominated viages Major Highights The work in 21 viages of Panchayat Pradhan of Maickpur G.P. have agreed to provide Maickpur Gram Panchayat money from Panchayat fund for making wa paintings in some under Fata bock in South of the vunerabe viages of Maickpur G.P. 24 Parganas district is focused Chidren group members are tracking down the ist of numbers chid protection, especiay they are getting unknown cas a by themseves. They have now protecting the young become cautious enough about how chidren fa victim to adoescent girs from the i human trafficking, sexua expoitation and are aso ured into trap of eary, forced chid fake marriages. marriage. The Panchayat Pradhan has given approva and permission to 40 non-bpl famiies to access JSY money Japaiguri - Tea garden area The strategic focus in the Shikharpur tea garden was to engage the duty bearers incuding the tea garden management in a meaningfu way to ensure access to key necessities of the community, i.e. Education, Protection, Heath and Nutrition by engaging them in the CFC process Uttar Dinajpur - Backward and bordering viages Decaration of Chid Friendy Tea Garden by the Tea Garden Management with a notice that the Garden won't empoy anybody beow 18 years. Leveraging of Funds from the Panchayats for Women's Day ceebration, Breast Feeding and Nutrition Week The Shikarpur Nari Kayan Samity (Group of SHG formed CBO) was made part of the Rajganj Bock Leve Chid Protection Committee. No cases of Chid Migration reported from the Tea Garden in the period Enumeration of Chid Line Logo (1098) in the Schoo Bags of Chidren in the Dhopar Hat primary Schoo. The strategic focus of the Participation of members from adoescent group in conducting intervention was on creating study on CHILD Inspectorate a chid friendy community Seection of chidren from the CINI created Chidren's group at by ensuring proper access to the RKSK programme as Peer Educator. their basic entitements across Chidren group has been invited in various government education, protection, heath programmes ike SABALA MELA, Kanyashree Divas and other and nutrition in the entire awareness programmes organised by bock/district authority to Bangabari gram panchayat perform drama on various socia issues ike Chid marriage, covering 19 gram sansads. trafficking etc

21 CHAPTER 10 Convergence Location & its Priority Major Highights Backward viages Bhabta & Mahua GP of Bedanga-II bock is being covered to bring convergence with the government intervention, it focuses on strengthening Integrated Chid Protection Scheme (ICPS) and NRHM Ten chidren groups formed at GS eve. Chidren cum adoescents groups have been oriented on chid protection and rights components. They are now accessing Anwesha cinic too. They are a vibrant group at the community eve. Ten VLCPC is functioning at viage eve. VLCPCs have started addressing cases. VLCPCs are the good support from the aduts and are taking institutiona shape too. Gram Panchayats have aocated money for chidren in their proposed budget Kokata- urban sums CINI in urban sums is strategicay addressing protection of chidren from vioence by strengthening ward eve committees, empowering the chidren and women's group from sum community- ensuring ownership, strengthening participation and governance at the oca eve. CINI has been successfu in formation of Ward Leve Chid Protection Committee in Ward 65 under Kokata Municipa Corporation. A team member of CINI has been seected as master trainer of West Benga. Chidren from Ward 65 presented their charter of demands before WBSCPCR's Chairperson and the Chid Wefare Committee, where they have been highy appreciated and invited to participate at the Nationa Youth Day ceebration to be hed at Dehi on 12th August 2016 Community peope in the ward have taken up the initiative of Vunerabiity mapping and prevented six chid marriage cases on their own without taking much support from the CINI team. Jharkhand- triba viages The initiative of the project is constituted to estabish community based chid friendy mechanisms at viage eve through the Viage Leve Chid Protection Committees (VLCPCs) formed in 40 viages of Khunti District, where community takes up the eading roe of addressing the chid protection issues of their respective community CINI became a part of Nationa Leve working group constituted by the Ministry of Woman and Chid Deveopment, Government of India to finaize the Nationa Mode Foster Care Guideines The Aanganwadi workers of Khunti Sadar Bock (around 190) were oriented on process of formation of VLCPCs in coaboration with the department of Socia Wefare, Khunti. Chid Profiing and Chid Tracking system were created for CNCP and VLCPC to reguarize and update the chid tracking/profiing register. Swachh Vidyaay Campaign and Vidyaaya Chaen Chaayen Aviyan has been observed in the 40 viages of Khunti

22 Convergence CHAPTER 10 Stories of Change Panchayat extends hep to viagers during crisis situation In the remote viages of Maickpur G.P, poor road condition is a persistent probem. Most of these viages become inaccessibe during the monsoon season. Roads in these viages are generay not conducive during emergencies. As a resut 'Matrijan' service remains unavaiabe in these viages. The pregnant mothers in these viages, in spite of understanding the importance of institutiona deivery, opt for home deivery, as they are eft with no other option. They are of the opinion that their poor financia situation does not permit them to bear the transportation cost to take pregnant mothers to the hospita or nursing home for deivery of the baby. This issue was shared with the Panchayat members during the Panchayat meeting. The Panchayat Pradhan as we as the other Panchayat members decided to give the required vehice fare to the respective famiies for taking the pregnant mothers to the hospitas in case of emergency situations. The concern of vehice fare having been soved, the pregnant mothers are now opting for institutiona deivery. As a resut this has improved the rate of institutiona deivery in many of the viages of Maickpur G.P. The members of the SHG as we as the community mothers said that We are reieved that Panchayat Pradhan have supported us in such needy situation and we are much thankfu to CINI for faciitating the same Chid protection committees are making genuine effort to save every chid in their viages Amira's Journey And Strugge Meets Recognition Amira Parbia, from Uttar Dinajpur happened to be one of the adoescent members who resisted successfuy against the community and neighborhood pressure, to get married off at an eary age. Empowered about her rights through her association with CINI, and support from her parents, she refused to bow-down before community pressure. With her singe minded devotion and support from her parents, she resisted those factors and carried on with her education. Her journey and strugges were capture in the print media, when she went to represent her Panchayat at the State Leve Dissemination Meeting of PACS. CHAPTER 11 Capacity Buiding and Technica Support Demonstrated Experience of CINI as one of the Pioneer Institute of Training Capacity buiding constitutes a key domain of CINI's work. Since 1975, CINI Chetana Resource Centre (CCRC) speciaized in imparting training to the Government and Non-Government functionaries as one of the pioneering training institutes in India. CINI Training Unit is working in coaboration with NGO Division, Ministry of Heath and Famiy W e f a r e, G o v t. o f I n d i a, Department of Woman and Chid deveopment and Socia Wefare, Govt. of West Benga Department o f P a n c h a y a t a n d R u r a Deveopment, Govt. of West Benga as we as internationa, nationa and district eve NGOs and academic institutions ike Nursing Coeges and Universities. The Training Unit of CINI covers severa key areas such as Heath, Nutrition, Education, Chid Session faciitation by CINI instructor in Job Course Training Protection, Life Skis, Gender of Anganwadi Worker and Women Empowerment and WASH. The Training Unit of CINI extends technica assistance for deveoping IEC /BCC materias, modues, manuas, faciitation, coordination, documentation on various issues. CINI Training Unit aso has the expertise in conducting soft ski trainings, ike sef-anaysis, sef-deveopment, vaues, motivation, team buiding, eadership, goa setting, effective communication ski and counseing ski. In addition, the Training Unit aso provides handhoding support to the fied eve trainings and programme impementation for ensuring earning outcomes and further training needs. The Training Unit is primariy being accessed by CINI's own staff members, apart from the Government functionaries & service providers, NGO workers, Sef Hep Group members, Panchayati Raj Institute (PRI) representatives, Anganwadi Workers, ICDS Supervisors, ASHA Workers and Trainers, Nursing students and community members. CINI is we equipped to cater to the needs of various eves of participants and in imparting training in three vernacuar anguages Bengai, Oriya and Hindi, in addition to Engish, both in the cassroom as we as at the fied. The poo having a heterogeneous group of trainers from muti-discipinary backgrounds is we versed in impementation, coordination and iazoning with key stakehoders and decision makers. The resource poo aso has a rich expertise in various community eve activities ranging from mobiization, conducting meetings and PLA (Participatory Learning and Action) such as transect wak and socia mapping. Generating awareness through different advocacy campaigns, rendering support in panning and preparation for training as we as documentation and monitoring support are other areas of competence of the Resource Poo. Key Training Programmes conducted by CINI in Major programmes No. of participants Hamida (name changed) a 13 year od gir ived with her father, other sibings and step mother in a viage in Murshidabad. She used to be tortured by her step mother, eaving her into a very unprotected environment. Hamida was going to schoo and doing we in her studies. One day, Hamida was handed over to Saema Bibi who stays at Bihar. Chidren group saw that Hamida was going out with someone who is not her famiy member. They informed the oca Viage Leve Chid Protection Committee (VLCPC) members. The VLCPC aong with the neighbours and Chidren group members came to Hamida's house to enquire about the ady. Hamida's father informed that Saema is from Bihar who has assured a good domestic work for Hamida in Bihar assuring good package to her famiy. Hamida woud be having a decent ife with a comforts of food, cothes and sheter etc. VLCPC took an immediate action by putting pressure on Hamida's father to ca Saema and bring his daughter back. Hamida's father was afraid after hearing the simiar stories of disma from VLCPC members. Finay, with continuous foow up cas by Hamida's fathers showing the fear of poice, Hamida was sent back next morning with another person. From the very next minute, Saema's number became unreachabe, which confirmed that this was a case of trafficking. Regiona Leve Training of Trainers on Peer Education under Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (West Benga & North Eastern states) 192 Workshop on Certification of State Trainers on ASHA Modue 6&7 (Incudes different States across India) 21 Anganwadi Training Centre and Mid Leve Training Centre Job Course Training of Anganwadi Workers 380 Refresher Training of Anganwadi Workers 596 Orientation Training of Anganwadi Hepers 891 Tota

23 Capacity Buiding and Technica Support Capacity Buiding and Technica Support CHAPTER 11 Major programmes th th Training of Trainers on ASHA 6 and 7 Modue Round I (participants consisting of Heath supervisors and NGO) 41 Round II 30 Round III 654 Refresher 278 Integrated 18 Tota 1021 White Ribbon Aiance Capacity buiding of WRA partners of West Benga on Advocacy 26 Capacity Buiding of WRA partners of West Benga on Budget Tracking 26 District Leve Training of ASHA South 24 Parganas (incudes a the rounds) 5280 Training of ASHA Howrah (incudes a the rounds) 3551 Other Training Training of Trainers of RSBY Mitras supported by PACS 25 Training of RSBY Mitras (7 batches) 232 Nursing training at Cacutta Nursing Training Institute 234 Nursing Training ESI Seadah 80 Schoo of Nursing-Asia Heart Foundation 37 Isamia Schoo of Nursing 77 Gokhae Memoria Gir s Coege Major Highights No. of participants The training unit of CINI has started Vocationa Course on Chid Protection and Eary Chid Deveopment in Coaboration with TATA Institute of Socia Science (TISS), Mumbai. First Batch on Chid Protection with 30 students has aready been started. CINI is providing Technica support to the CSR wing of TATA Chemicas in Paschim Midnapore district of West Benga in promoting nutrition practices in the community through 1000 days approach. 24 CHAPTER 11 CINI Training Unit provides Rura Community Heath Exposure to students from renowned nursing schoos (ESI, Cacutta Nursing Training Institute, Isamia Schoo of Nursing) and imparts training on Pubic Heath and Nutrition to the students of different Universities and Coeges. For West Benga, CINI Training Unit acts as the State Secretariat for carrying out advocacy programmes on safe motherhood issues under White Ribbon Aiance (a consortium of organizations/ individuas against materna mortaity). This programme covers a 19 districts of West Benga. CINI has provided state trainers to the Dept. Panchayat and Rura Deveopment for faciitating training and Handhoding support in open defecation programme across West Benga Young Santana stands ta at the United Nations The dream to become a teacher was cut short at Cass VIII. Education was repaced with marriage. And simiar to the fate of chid brides, Santana Murmu too got trapped in the vicious cyce of chid marriage and eary motherhood. She was ony 16 when she became the mother of two daughters. Her husband is Gobindo Hembram- a daiy wage earner. Santana comes from a remote viage caed Saharanpur in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, in West Benga. Life took a huge turn for this triba woman, when she had to stand in front of internationa deegates and give a ecture in her mother tongue (triba anguage) at the United Nations Genera Assemby. In her words, My misty dream is now becoming cear, thanks to the brightness of knowedge that I am getting from, the United Nation Genera Assemby. During this event she even got an opportunity to speak to Nobe Laureate Mr. Kaiash Satyatarthi. In spite of her strugges & chaenges, Santana did not ose hope and sef confidence. She said, So what, I coud not study but my two daughters wi have to be schoo teachers and she kept her daughter's name as Brishti and Basundhara, the names, she had once studied in schoo. In the meantime, Santana came across two women from an NGO and istened about prevention of chid marriage in an awareness meeting. After istening to them for a whie she got the courage to stand and up and raise her voice that I won't et other girs of the viage suffer ike me. They shoud get married ony after 18 years of age. Subsequenty, she got invoved in the awareness campaign on prevention of chid marriage and protecting rights of chidren, acceerated by the NGO. It was a new era of batte for her at the age of17 years as she got invoved in this campaign. Athough her native viage and neighbouring communities were against her in this endeavour, she did not ose the courage. In fact, she was threatened to death by the Head of the native viage. It was ony her husband who stood by her and kept on supporting in the batte to prevent chid marriage. The maturity eve, courage and wi power of Santana surprised a incuding the NGO representatives. In her endeavour to take forward the campaign, she started compaining to the Panchayat and ater on the oca poice station. At the community eve she kept on motivating young girs to stand against chid marriage and expained them about the negative consequences of chid marriage. The process sti continues in the community and ooking at the acceptance and success of such initiative, White Ribbon Aiance (WRA), West Benga Chapter captured her community based interventions through a sma documentary. She even raised a question in a documentary on prevention of chid marriage that Biions of Rupees is being spent for us through Nationa Heath Mission but where are we consuted when poicy framing is being framed. This documentary opened the door for Santana to represent her work at the UN Genera Assemby

24 Red FM gifted our chidren mangoes this summer CHAPTER 12 Photos of Events Youth Day Ceebration on January 12, 2016 at Fata CINI's Emerging Roes CINI Chid Protection Resource Centre (CPRC) is the technica division of CINI which provides technica knowhow to different programmatic intervention on Chid Protection. The major focuses of CPRC are the foowing: 1. Technica Inputs and Knowedge Management 2. Training and Capacity buiding 3. IEC materias deveopment and dissemination 4. Programme Innovations and Quaity Contro CINI chidren at the Googe for Doode young minds competition Whie CINI works for creating chid friendy safety net at community set up by promoting convergence mecahanism, it has aso demonstrated the mode within the ICPS framework using the prescribed stricture as articuated in the poicy. CINI has aso been working to demonstrate the famiy strengthening approach to promote care and protection mechanism within the poicy framework. With a view to promote safe migration in Jharkhand, CINI has successfuy pioted the preventive modes joining hands with ILO in Jharkhand. WBFUNA and Actor Bobby Chakroborty took our chidren for panda hopping during Durga Puja in 2015 Chidren participated at one of the events at Apeejay KokataLiterary Festiva 2016 CINI Adoescent Resource Centre(ARC) was estabished in 2000 as a technica support division within and outside CINI, for promoting and protecting Adoescents and Youth (10-24 years) Reproductive Sexua Heath and Education Rights. The Resource Centre works to fufi three objectives: SHG group spreading awareness on RSBY Scheme at Hemtabad To increase knowedge and understanding of Reproductive Sexua Heath and Education issues that wi contribute to future programming and in advocacy for adoescents and youth. To deveop innovative adoescent-friendy programme modes to address specific issues of Adoescent Reproductive Sexua Heath and Education in the ifecyce framework. Networking, partnership and capacity buiding of other agencies to deveop, promote, and scae up modes on priority issues inked to Adoescent Reproductive and Sexua Heath and Education. CINI Right to Pay

25 CINI's Emerging Roes CHAPTER 12 ARC works in a focused way in the states of West Benga and Jharkhand through the foowing operating mode: Piot Interventions Resource Deveopment & Cearing House Knowedge Management, Dissemination & Advocacy CapacityBuiding and Scaing Up Research & Evauation C I N I E d u c a t i o n Resource Centre (ERC) has been estabished to g u i d e p r o g r a m m e deveopment. Units in Jharkhand, Diamond Harbour, Kokata, Siiguri and Murshidabad are engaged in a variety of interventions in the area o f e d u c a t i o n. E R C supports fied operations with respect to panning, c a p a c i t y b u i d i n g, i m p e m e n t a t i o n, monitoring and iaising with the government and other impementing and donor agencies. It provides technica assistance and supportive supervision. It further guides in MIS management and programme reporting. It aso aims to strengthen capacities and faciitating networking among project partners. It finay acts as a cearing house for information and knowedge on issues pertaining to the right to education and prevention of chid abour. CINI's community-based Eary Chidhood Stimuation (ECS) and Eary Chidhood Care and Education (ECCE) approaches have been commended by the Nationa Counci for Education Research and Training (NCERT). They have contributed to framing the Nationa ECCE poicy and curricuum with the Woman and Chid Deveopment Ministry of the West Benga Government. Our Learning Centre mode for girs' education in Diamond Harbour and Murshidabad Districts has been appreciated as a good practice by government and donors.cini's efforts to hep schoos adopt a Chid Friendy Schoo approach have been acknowedged as an effective mode. Our acceerated teaching methodoogy has been appreciated by the Paschim Banga Sarva Shiksha Mission and has been party incuded in the specia training curricuum under Right to Education (RTE). CINI has been identified as a resource agency for capacity buiding on RTE in Kokata and Murshidabad. The ERC has estabished strong inkages in West Benga and in Jharkhand with the Right to Education Forum and has been identified as the State Secretariat member of the forum. CINI in Jharkhand has supported the state Government to institutionaize the socia audit process under the Right to Education Act, responding the oca need. CHAPTER 13 Partnering corporates in progress Corporate Socia Responsibiity (CSR) in India has over the years been argey confined to the domain of phianthropy. The Companies Act, 2013 redefined and gave structure to the idea of CSR and Schedue VII of the Act, which ists out severa probabe CSR activities, mandates community s consent as an important prerequisite. The Act encourages companies to spend at east 2% of their average net profit from the previous three years on CSR activities. CSR in India, is thus sowy in transition from institution buiding to community deveopment activities. Through CSR companies integrate socia and environmenta concerns in their business operations and interactions with their stakehoders. CSR is generay understood as being the way through which a company achieves a baance of economic, environmenta and socia imperatives whie at the same time addressing the expectations of sharehoders and stakehoders. In this sense CSR can be a strategic business management concept and not just an exercise in charity, sponsorship or phianthropy. Even though the atter can make a vauabe contribution to poverty reduction and directy enhance the reputation of a company and strengthen its brand, the concept of CSR ceary goes beyond that. Our CSR partners 1. ACC Limited 2. The Appejay Trust 3. CESC Limited 4. Exide Industries Limited 5. IBM India Private Limited 6. ITC Limited 7. Jhonson and Jhonson India Private Limited 8. Koppern Maco Services Private Limited 9. Tractor India Limited 10. Topse Toyota 11. TM Internationa Logistics Limited 12. TKM Goba Logistics Limited 13. East India Pharmaceutica Works Limited 14. Trent Limited 15. SBI Life Insurance Co Limited Thematic areas of funding Nutrition Heath Education Protection Reief Work TIL took our chidren out for panda hopping in Durga Pujo 2015 CESC CHILDREN WORKSHOP CINI has been doing pioneering work in the ream of mother and chid heath, particuary nutrition, in Eastern India over the ast 42 years. We are happy to partner with CINI for the Roshni Project, which seeks to address the heath, education and protection needs of vunerabe women and chidren in urban sums of Kokata. CINI's extensive experience, competent team and transparent operating systems have been some of the high points of our association. I wish the organisation many more miestones in its journey of success. Neepa Saha Sharmaa Head CSR CESC Limited 46 47

26 HR and Governance CHAPTER 14 HR and Governance Institutionaization of Governance and HR at CINI Governance is the need of the hour in the deveopment sector in order to ensure and promote appication of best management practices, compiance of aw and adherence to best possibe ethica standards.good governance is about the processes for making and impementing decisions. It's not about making 'correct' decisions, but about the best possibe process for making those decisions.hr needs to be responsibe for estabishing an ethica cuture within an organization that enabes the function to achieve strategic and operationa objectives and performance outcome. The entire management processes and practices of Chid in Need Institute are in compiance with the principes of Good Governance'. The Institute aways foows Credibiity norms for ensuring good governance in the organization. CINI works on a deegated work environment and making poicy and decision are done through a four tier system. Through various forums ike staff meeting, core group, finance committee a unique understanding is created for a transparent decision making process. The Governing Body sets the broad guideines for the institute and ensures good governance. The Board hods a meeting in every quarter. Audit reports aong with programme reports are discussed in the Governing Body to take suitabe and necessary steps if required. Based on the update various guidance and decision are given by the Board for smooth functioning of the institute. The Board is not invoved in the day to day operation of the institute. Governing Body: S.No. Name &Address Post Profession 1. Prof. Sunit Mukherjee 18-A Nafar Chandra Das Road Kokata-34 President Professor (retired) 2 Dr. Samir Narayan Chaudhuri CINI Main Campus, Vi: Dauatpur, PO: Paian via Joka, Pin Secretary Director, CINI CHAPTER 14 On the basis of need, impact and outcome of various programmes of CINI, we are evauated by Donor agency and externa evauation agencies. Best Performer Every year, empoyees are awarded the BEST PERFORMER in recognition of their contributions to the organisation. This year, they were: Ms Tanvi Jha Ms Swarnaata Shyama Mr Sonu Bahadur Chettri Ms Sangeeta Mishra CINI Jharkhand Unit CINI Urban Unit CINI North Benga Unit CINI Jharkhand Unit Distribution of staff according to CTC ( ) CTC per annum (Mae) (Femae) Tota (incuding vounteers) Up to Rs. 60, Rs. 60,001-1,20, Rs. 1,20,001-3,00, Rs. 3,00,001-6,00, Rs. 6,00,001-12,00, Rs. 12, ,00, Poicy Report Tota Annua report of Interna Compaints Committee as per the Section 21 of Sexua Harassment of Women at Workpace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressa) 2013 Reporting period (January to December 2015) 3 Prof. Kayan Shankar Manda 83, Newman s Park, PO Paian Haat via Joka, Paian, Ko Treasurer Professor-IIMC (retired) 4 Sri Amit Kr Dasgupta Srijani, PO Joka, Thakurpukur, South 24 Parganas, Pin Member Socia Service 5 Mr. Joy Kar Fat no F4, Regent Grove Apartment, 163/1, NSC Bose Road Kokata Member Consutancy Firm 6 Mr. Diptendra Prasad Sinha 18/50 Dover ane, Kokata Member Business 7 Dr. M.N. Roy Fat-5, Pot No-KB -2Sector-III, Sat akepin Member Retired-IAS 8 Prof Sougata Ray NF-3/16,IIM, Kokata, P.O-Joka Pin Member Professor IIMC 9 Smt. Sunanda Bose 3C Asoka Road, Kokata Member Socia Activist S # Event Status A Number of compaints of Sexua Harassment received in the year NIL B Number of compaints disposed within the year NIL C No of cases pending for more than ninety days NIL D No of workshops or awareness programs against Sexua Harassment carried out 09 E Nature of action taken by the empoyer NIL S No Unit No of awareness Programme Hed 1. CINI Jharkhand 1 2. CINI UDP 1 3. CINI North Benga 1 4. CINI Murshidabad 1 5. Head Office 2 6. CINI Urban 1 7. CINI Diamondharbour 1 8. CINI Training Centre

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28 Way Forward Mother Teresa wi be canonized as a saint in September this year, an event in the Vatican in Rome, to be attended by our Chief Minister of West Benga and our Prime Minister of India. She gained word- wide fame as she saw God in the poor who are abandoned, unoved and uncared for. Missionaries of Charity, the order she founded in Kokata in 1948, continue to work for the poor in other parts of India, in war zones and deprived regions of Africa, Europe, Americas, Austraia and Asia. In 1893 Swami Vivekananda gave a rousing speech in Chicago, addressing the brothers and sisters of America at the Word Congress of Reigions. He reminded the audience that India has been bessed with reigious traditions over centuries, based on toerance and respect for a reigions.swamiji reminded us constanty in his writings and speeches that India had a poor record of improving the ives of the poor and particuary women. He tod us to dedicate ourseves to nishkam karma,i.e to work without seeking fruit of our action. This has been eaborated in Karma Yoga, Chapter Three of Bhagavad Gita. He gained his mystica and reigious experience from Sri Ramakrishna, both tracing their reigious roots from Kokata.The Ramakrishna Mission in India and abroad has been inspired by Swami Vivekananda, and is now a word -wide institution. It continues to serve the poor in India during natura disasters and through its socia service wing the LoksikhyaParishad, bringing about a quaitative improvement in the ives of the poor. Both Missionaries of Charity and the Ramakrishna Mission are two of the many exampes of Indian approaches to hep the poor, providing succour when they need it and heping them to enrich their ives spirituay. What essons can CINI earn from these two movements started in Kokata? To begin with, focussing our energies and resources to improve the ives of the poor and we further sharpened that focus for women and chidren over the ast few decades. We aso earnt that empowering poor communities to take contro of their ives takes time, often up to three to five years, sometimes too ong for donors to support and difficut to expain the triggers that make it happen. However one doubt constanty keeps nagging me at a times. Do a of us engaged with CINI, being reasonaby compensated for our abour, give our best to the poor? If not, what hods us back? Chid abour, eary marriage of girs, sex seective abortions eading to missing girs in our communities, rising domestic vioence, sexua and physica vioence against girs and women is making India notorious among the word community of nations. Using the CINI Method where we work cosey with women and girs, empowering them to face the perpetrators even in their own famiies, seeking hep from the eected representatives and poice if required. There are very bod steps for those who have been regarded as poweress, serving the rich and powerfu in their homes, fieds and production units, categorized into ow castes, tribas and minority communities. In one recent visit to a remote corner of Murshidabad District, at a viage meeting, the oca schoo headmaster and the Panchayat Pradhan (eected viage head), both shared their happiness in observing fewer drop outs and increasing schoo retention of girs from minority communities compared to a year before, when CINI was not present in the area. Mothers present in the meeting confirmed that CINI workers made the difference with their constant presence in the viage. They motivated the girs not to miss out on schoo and refuse to get married before 18 years. The fina testimony came from the girs themseves. They said that they need to remain in schoo and marriage can wait ti they are ready both physicay and mentay. This gives me hope and removes my nagging concern that creep in from time to time, that most of my 1,194 coeagues are giving their best to the poor! Dr. Samir Chaudhuri Director, CINI 52 53