"Primary education for the Children on Street"

• To promote and provide basic primary education to children and communities who are socially & economically deprived.

• Early intervention into the life of a street-child by counseling and motivating the child & his parents and guiding them to the path of knowledge.

• To provide them necessary support and assistance for re-instatement in the mainstream of childhood by placing them in a formal school.

• Identification & survey of children on street and motivating them for education.

• Identification & survey of all Govt. schools in and around the locations in which CCDF is working.

• Conducting a survey of facilities (both infrastructure & human resource) available in these schools.

• Sponsoring the child and his parents by providing counseling, motivation & financial support for formal education.

• Providing them with the admission fee, books & stationery, school uniform and free tuition if needed.

• Involving teachers with parents and bringing them closer to each other for a joint effort towards overall betterment of the child.

• Regular following up for the performance of the student and assisting him for continuous improvement.

• Surveyed - 85 crossings (East, North-East & South Delhi)

• Interviewed - 1211 children

• Enrolled - 730 children

• Admitted - 653 children

• Surveyed more than 20 crossings of East and North-East Delhi.

• Interviewed 262 children on the street who work and earn for many reasons and are not able to go to school.

• Counseled and motivated their families for formal education and its benefits for the betterment of the children.

• Admitted 114 children to nearby MCD Primary Schools.

• This program helped in creating awareness among the under-privileged sections of society about the importance of education in the life of a child.

• Although it is too early to see much visible impact on the society and the surroundings at large , yet amazing changes are clearly perceptible in the lives of the population we serve and thereby in the lives of the society at large.

• It was nothing short of a miracle for their parents to see their wards going to school. Their pleasure can be felt through the gleam in their eyes.

• It was an altogether different world for them - a sea-change from the one they were accustomed to.

• As per our survey of the children on street apprx. 70% of the children are willing to go the school.

• 50% parents agree and are willing to send their children to formal school, which could not be done due to lack of awareness, financial condition and other circumstances.