Sambhav Foundation

Community Based Activities

Mumbai Flood Relief Work:

SAMBHAV FOUNDATION reached at those places and tried to help the people as much as with the medical relief made available. We arranged free health check up and medicines camps at such places. We got quite good response by the people, even we were getting calls from people from affected areas in Mumbai as well as out of Mumbai. Nearly 950 people got benefits of this health check up camps arranged at Kurla, Kandivali and Vikroli areas.

With the help of local general practitioner Dr. Prajapati, the blood check up camp was being arranged at the Kandivali Poisar – the food affected area for the testing of Malaria and other diseases occurs after the flood. 360 people participated and done there blood check up out of which 17 were being diagnosed Malaria positive. The same doctor was being approached to provide the treatment to these people.

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Health Check up camp with Organization SNEHA

The street children mostly those in teens are in high risk of getting infected with the disease because both boys and girls have multiple partners. Awareness about the spreading the infection and its impacts is necessary. Even in our research study, we have found that 94% of the interviewed street children don’t have proper information about this disease.

With the help of the medical professionals, we organized HIV/AIDS awareness session for the street children aged 13 years and above. In this session, the children were given the basic information about the HIV/AIDS, how it spreads, what precautions they should take and what are the services available in public health sectors.

Counseling for Drugs Abuse

Most of the street children are drug addicts. Most of them use whitener solution and other drugs. We came across such children during field work. Whenever we contacted them, we tried to counsel them to get out of this addiction by showing its impact on health.

Arranged the street play “Antarambha” through A.B.M.P. Shradhha Center for the street children to aware them about the negative reality of the street life.

Focusing on the rapport building with the children and giving some enjoyment as well as some education and sharing, we organized picnics with the street children from Dadar and Borivali station at the places like National Park, Malad Marve Beach, etc.

These Picnics framed to be time for the relaxation. We urged them to share their experiences and problems. In this session clearly brought from them the need for night shelter. They emphasized that some still trap along with educational inputs must for them since it would help them to get employment. They also expect a regular follow up from the NGOs which support them time to time.

Non Formal Education meets short term learning needs of individuals and communities. It therefore emphasises learning of specific knowledge, skills and inculcation of specific attitudes which result in immediate functional and behavioural changes. These are nothing but the Personality Development Activities.

SAMBHAV FOUNDATION aims to provide such good education through the Balwadi Classes or Platform Casses. With the help of the volunteers, we are conducting such classes at Borivali, Dadar and Kurla Platform. In this, we organize knowledge sharing session, drawing sessions and other extra curicular activities.

1. SURVEY OF CHATRAPATI SHIVAJI TERMINUS AND STATION, MUMBAI FOR ASSESSMENT OF NEW COMING CHILDREN AND PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION OF OLD CHILDREN.

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

The main purpose of the study was to do survey of Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus and Station, Mumbai for assessment of new coming children and problem identification of old children.

This further we subtracted in the list of sub objectives as …

1. Assessment of New Children

2. Assessment of Old Children

3. Awareness at CST

4. To plan the future activities in proper direction to give more benefits and services to the children in difficult situation.

We have come up with the good survey report with relative findings.

2. Networking:

As we all know that any NGO will not work alone without support of another relative NGO. Samhav Foundation believes that the collective efforts will serve the target group more effectively. Sambhav Foundation did networking with other organization for co-operation and coordination on the issues of Street Children.  Sambhav Foundation did networking with Childline, Hamara Foundation, Yuva, Spark, Don Bosko, Snehasadan, CRY, Unisef, Balaashram, Child Welfare Committee, Avehi etc.

3. Research:

As per Fresh Child Survey Study, designed excel base software for research, Home Placement Project Research.

4. Documentation:

Documentation is the crucial part of the organization. Sambhav Foundation has documented its all activities by soft as well as hard copies.

5. Fund Raising:

By approaching various funding organizations, Clubs, Donors, Companies Sambhav Foundation tried to collect the funds to sustain the project activities.

6. Advocacy:

By liaising with government and policy making bodies on the issues and problems of street children, Sambhav Foundation tried to address the issue and problems of the street children as we all other social issues to the community and people by large.

7. Work with media:

Conducted press conference, took reporters in the field so as to publish the issue of the street children and so as to seek the people’s attention towards this topic.

8. Capacity building:

By Conducting various training programme, workshops, tackling resources and resource persons the Sambhav foundation tried to build the capacity of its staff, children and target group.