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What?

The Bilodra Childcare Center aims to provide the following to all of its students and their families:

• Attending children will be provided with 3 nutritious meals a day and taught about proper nutrition and diet.
• Teachers will hold regular meetings with the center’s mothers to discuss their children’s development.
• Family members will receive training on establishing a healthy learning environment at home and providing their children with proper healthcare and nutrition
• Records documenting children’s growth will be regularly maintained
• Infants enrolled at the center will be provided with milk
• The center will also provide child immunizations and antenatal and postnatal care in accordance with government health programs
• When necessary, children will be taken to a nearby hospital clinic by the center’s staff
• Children will participate in pre-primary creative activities such as drawing, painting and other craftwork
• The center will organize celebrations for major festivals to foster children’s cultural awareness and knowledge
• Children will attend annual field trips to neighboring towns and fairs for cultural and educational immersion

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Why?

When a community cannot provide childcare for its children, women cannot be fully employed or self-reliant. As such, the Bilodra Village Childcare Center is critical to both the physical and intellectual development of the village's children and to ensuring that their mothers have the opportunity to provide for their family.

Working mothers cannot take their children to their workplaces without jeopardizing their efficiency and children’s safety. Since 1970, the Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) has publicized and worked to assist women’s struggle to emerge from poverty through the quest for work and income security. This has and must continue to be supported by quality childcare.

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How?

The Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), Citizen Effect’s field partner, believes a woman’s struggle to escape poverty through work and income security must be supported by quality childcare. Since the mid-1970s, SEWA has supported working mothers by providing quality childcare to local communities.

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History of Bilodra Village

Bilodra is at the distance of 7 km from the Nadiyad block and 27 km from Anand. The majority of the village community are agricultural laborers and vegetable growers. Their major crops include wheat, bajri and various vegetables.

SEWA currently has 400 members in Bilodra. In 1996, SEWA became active in the village and began to organize efforts to improve the quality of life of its residents. SEWA's initiatives in Bilodra have addressed health care, child care, micro finance, jeevan shala (life school) and training.

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Community Population: 7,365

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Main Occupations

Agriculture

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