Mountain Children’s Foundation
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Organizational supporters: CRY Partnership on Child Rights and Participation: CRY, one of the largest and oldest organizations working on children’s issues in India, has recently partnered with the MCF to work in Uttarakhand focusing on child participation and on child rights. This program is expected to directly impact about 500children and 16 village communities. CHILDLINE: Emergency Helpline for Children in Dehradun (1098) - In December 2010 the MCF began working with CHILDLINE. The CHILDLINE India Foundation program is supported by the Indian government’s ministry of Women and Child Development to provide emergency relief to children in need of care and protection and those in conflict with law. The Uttrakhand Mandal of America (UMA) in 2010, is supporting MCF through its partner Chahat to reach out to train 150 children in the Right to Information Act (RTI) in five villages -Bana, Gujar, Harigaon, Kaphali and Burasi of the Dhari block, District Nainital. Lisle Inc. through its Global Seed Fund is supporting MCF, in 2010, to bring 42 young people from 18 communities around the state of Uttarakhand to meet in Dehradun for a workshop focused on issues of children’s safety and welfare, especially as they pertain to the state’s Juvenile Justice Act. On the children's return to their communities the concept will be explained and discussed with the members and the ultimate impact will be to a population of approximately 3000 people. It will hopefully also foster in them a greater sense of justice and commitment to the safety of the weakest in their communities. Following the remarkable impact of last year's RTI campaign, Asha-SV is supporting the MCF for another year.This project will help another 1,950 young people tap the power of India's Right to Information Act (RTI) to improve their communities. It will include 65 village-level workshops between May 2010 and April 2011 through which young people will learn to file applications as well as follow up on unsatisfactory answers through the RTI appeal process. In addition 650 young people who participated in last year's RTI workshops will help teach their communities about the law through 13 one-day events. Open Space - Jindal Foundation for Development , is supporting the PABAM magazine for the year 2010. The magazine will reach out to over 10,000 children. For the year 2010, Give2Asia has formed a partnership with the MCF to empower the young people to make positive changes in their lives and communities by providing a forum from which they can speak and be heard, access resources and take action. The MCF plans to hold two day workshops with 5 partner organisations which would impact a total of 150 children. The Silicon Valley chapter of Asha for Education has formed an unprecedented partnership with the MCF to help young people tap the power of the Right to Information Act (RTI) to improve their communties. A series of 93 workshops are being conducted from October 2008 - October 2009 which culminates in the submission of RTI applications to the concerned departments of the government. Educational Resource Centre (ERC) and Lisle Inc. through the Mini Grant Global Seed Fund 2008 supported a series of 9 community engagement workshops with young people in rural mountain communities in the Indian state of Uttrakhand. Our grateful thanks to Indians for Collective Action (ICA) for their support to the MCF towards the Core Operating Fund which enables us to continue this important work of giving the young people a voice and helping them improve their lives and communities. Lisle Inc. and the Educational Resources Center (ERC) supported of a workshop in May 2005. The workshop took place in the remote hills of Pithoragarh, near the India-Nepal border. A generous grant from the Barton Foundation helped provide 10 village level libraries and resource centers to children in remote mountain communities. Shri Bhuvaneshwari Mahila Ashram (SBMA) was our original source of financial and moral support. SBMA/Plan supported the magazine PABAM from 2003 - 2009. Their contibutions went a long way in helping us reach out to our goals. The Sir Ratan Tata Trust supported the PABAM magazine for the year 2003. During this period the magazine reached out to over 1,000 children. |
The Mountain Children's Foundation,63-A Vyom Prasth, G.M.S Road,Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001, India |
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