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Project Study :: Girl -born in jail

Celebrations

Exposure

Visits

IMG Gallery

Workshops

Songs

Children, belonging to families where a history of criminality and imprisonment exist, are at the highest risk; of being negatively influenced, illiteracy, lacking social security and of carrying  a lifelong stigma.

The CVF Project identifies children from prison and from slum areas and provides them support in terms of schooling, boarding, financial support wherever required. Our Counselors along with the CVF Project Manager take care of the overall well being and material needs of the child, while also engaging with their parents, relatives, school staff and prison authorities. At present 190 children are registered in the CVF Project.

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS:

1997    Assisi Convent School, Noida
1998    Grace Mission School, Gurgaon
2003    St. John’s School, Khera Khurd
            Balvihar-Children’s Home, Dwarka
2008    Rai University, Behror;
            Delhi United Christian School, New Delhi
2009    Children’s Village, Sanjoepuram ;
            St. Antony’s Pahargunj, New Delhi
2010    Arya Balgrah, Daryaganj
            Arya Grace College, Chandigarh
            Institute of Technology and Science, Gaziabad
            Holy Family Hospital, Okhla
            Mother Khazani Convent School, Bawana
            Paulosadan, Civil lines 

POST ADMISSIONS - What Next?

Once these children become a part of the IVF family, we engage ourselves with them in various activities:

School Visits: The Project Manager, with a team of counselors make regular visits to the schools where our children reside. Few of the activities we carry out are; organize Parent-Teacher meetings, engage the children in group and individual counseling sessions and interactive games, celebrate their birthdays etc.

Home Visits: We conduct regular follow-ups with parents, to assure them of the welfare of their children. Additionally, we also supervise the progress of children who benefit from the IVF Scholarship, even though they study at nonresidential schools.

Prison Visits: We organize regular Mother-Child meetings inside Tihar Prison. Encouraging these children to bond with their mother and celebrate festivals like Holi with their mothers.

Exposure Trips: In an effort to give our children a break from the ‘routine’ and to encourage their holistic development, we organize educational outings and exposures for them.

After +2: We promote Vocational Training and Distance Learning courses for our older children, to ensure  their Employability and [Financial] Independence.