Dungra village does not have a childcare facility, and as a result children are often left behind on their own while their mothers work in the fields. Carolyn's project will fund a SEWA-supported childcare center that focuses on the overall development of the children, including both physical and intellectual growth, for 25 village children.
Founding a childcare center in Dungra is essential for the health, education, and well-being of its children. The center will provide children with a healthy, encouraging learning environment, nutritious meals, educational field trips, and immunization and primary care. The full-time childcare center will enable mothers to engage in income-earning activities and start on the path to financial self-reliance. In addition, the center's faculty and staff will also help counsel parents on how to foster a learning environment at home.
The Dungra Childcare Center aims to provide the following to all of its students and their families:
1. Children are provided with 2 hot, nutritious meals a day and will also be taught about proper nutrition and diet.
2. Teachers of the childcare center hold regular meetings with the mothers and discuss their child’s development. Mothers are also given training on establishing a healthy learning environment at home.
3. Mother and family members are trained on primary healthcare and nutrition for their children.
4. Children are regularly weighed and records of their growth are properly maintained.
5. Infants enrolled in the Center are given milk.
6. The childcare centers are also provide child immunizations, antenatal and postnatal care. SEWA works closely with the government health programs to provide these services.
7. In the event of a serious illness, children will be taken to a nearby clinic by the childcare center staff.
8. Children in the centers participate in pre-primary creative activities like drawing, painting and craftwork.
9. The celebration of major festivals are organized at the childcare centers to teach and immerse children in cultural activities at a young age.
10. Children will also 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 attain full employment and self-reliance. Therefore, the Dungra Village Childcare Center is critical to both a child’s physical and intellectual development as well as a mother’s opportunity to provide for her family.
Working mothers cannot take their children to their workplaces without jeopardizing their own work efficiency and their children’s safety. The Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) believes that women’s struggle to emerge out of poverty through the quest for work and income security, must be supported by quality childcare. SEWA’s childcare program emerged in mid 1970 from the needs expressed by its members.
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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