The Bilodra Childcare Center lacks funding to continue operating and requires a partner that will help them provide 35 village children with a healthy, encouraging learning environment, nutritious meals, field trips, and health care. Since its opening, the center has been dedicated to fostering the physical and intellectual growth of the children it cares for and encouraging families to create comfortable learning environments at home. The center currently cares for 30 children all under the age of 6 years old. However, it is no longer able to meet the cost of supplies, food, and the salaries for the upcoming year.
Become the Citizen Philanthropist for this project and partner with Bilodra village to create a positive learning and growing environment for their children.
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
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.
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.
San Francisco, CA
About Me: I became involved with Citizen Effect quite recently at their launch party in San Francisco in Dec 2009. I was really interested in their business model in giving a lot of ownership to the user - the "Citizen Philanthropist" in the ability for us to use our own creativity to organize events and activities and in doing so raise funds and awareness for their various projects. I'm very excited to work with the Bilodra Childcare Center and hope you can share your support in this organization! Thank you. Babi
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Partner Project Status Update - about 1 year ago read more
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