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 The creche program for the children of women prisoners was started in the year 1999 with the funding of the Central Social Welfare Board, New Delhi for the first two years. With the permission obtained from Inspected Genral/Additional Director General of Police (Prisons), our organization had been conducting counseling for convicts/remand prisoners in the male and female prisons of Central Jails in Trichirappalli, Salem and Coimbatore. Committed teachers of our organisation teach the children the alphabets, moral stories, rhymes and numerals. Nutritious supplementary food are provided to the children. New Life mobilizes toys and play materials to bring enjoyment for the children inside the prison campus. Books are also given. On selected festival days like New Year day, Independence Day and the Republic Day, cultural programs and sports are conducted for the children.
Starting from the year 2004, four ELC(Early Learning Centres) centers are run in Ariyamangalam, Uppuparai, Kaja Nagar and Kaja Pettai the urban slums of Tamilnadu.
Nutritional supplement is given to the children. The learning is made enjoyable to the children by adopting a syllabus of topics encountered by the children in their day-to-day life. Physical and mental health of the children, mothers and pregnant women in the target community are taken care off. The target population is given awareness on sexual infections, family planning, childcare, child psychology, legal rights, etc. The women in the area are organized into groups and are trained on various income generation activities. Youth clubs were formed to encourage the youth to come together and participate in community development. Besides this the target children between the age of 6-18 are financially supported to continue their studies/ undergo vocational trainings.
With these social interventions our target population is made aware of the following:
- Right to freedom of protection against arrest.
- Right to freedom of protection against illegal detention.
- Right to freedom of certain protections in respect of conviction of offences.
- Right to freedom of practicing certain profession.
- Right to equality before law.
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Right to equality irrespective of religion, race, caste or sex
During the current year two more early childhood education centers are established in Sathyamoorthy Nagar and Kodappu. The center in Kaja Nagar was shifted to Vamadam as there was displacement in Kaja Nagar due to the Four Lane Bridge construction in NH45B. On the whole 150 children are benefitted by the educational supports in the Early Learning Centers,while the project aims at improving the lifestyles of the target 3960 families. 68 children are admitted to standard 1 in June 2008 from the centers. 9 drop out children in the age group of 9 to 13 was admitted to non-formal schools and 21 drop out children was admitted to formal schools. 30 children were financilally suppported to continue their education. 10 women underwent family planning operation motivated by our staff. 530 women are organized into groups and are taught income generation activiites, sensitized on various isses like sex, law, health, environment, hygiene, etc. The community is motivated to work in harmony by conducting play melas and celebrating Independence Day, Republic Day and Women's Day. 1229 children are benifited in other activities like health, child care, child psychology, legal rigths etc. 537 youth and 944 women are benefiting from this programme. To reach out more children give your hands to us. To donate go to http://www.newlifemfi.org/www.paypal.com
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