Prayas Institute of Juvenile Justice

http://www.prayasonline.org/ originally prayaschildren.com

Living a barren life with no hopes,no restrictions, nowhere to go and no one to turn to this is the life of millions of children living in India. They are born to live under poor condition, who naturally fall prey to social vices, like consumption of drugs or their childhood end up as sex slaves or as criminals. Our Constitution talks about right to education, right to food and right to shelter to all the children. But what about the fundamental rights of these children- who go back to sleep hungry stomach, do not go to school because their parents cannot afford the cost, linger round the dark lanes aimlessly. Are the fundamental rights engraved in the pages of Constitution are not meant for them?Realizing the seriousness of the issue Prayas today stands committed, to make heard the voices of these children. We believe that needs and rights of children are synonymous.

Prayas today is serving around 50,000 children in 7 states of India. We do not just provide shelter, home and clothing to the underprivileged children but also try to find out the root causes behind their sufferings and strive for their holistic development.Still much has to be done in order to bring smile to the faces of these children. But we will keep our struggle go on. For much detail on child right & protection do write o us or call us. t

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The children served by Prayas include rag pickers; shoeshine boys, street vendors and children trafficked for different forms of child labour including domestic help and beggars. The all round development of the have not children can only be achieved through economic empowerment and capacity building of their families and communities. Prayas is an early bird to realize the social malaise and serves the needs of the underprivileged children by-

Undertaking welfare programs for the care, protection and development of disadvantaged children, youth and women.

Conducting research on issues related to neglected children and the juvenile justice system in the country.

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Bringing out publication on various issues dealing with development of marginalized children, youth and women.

Volunteering at Prayas
In spite of the tremendous efforts put in by Prayas, we are aware that this is just a tip of a gigantic iceberg that we have touched upon. Not only our action projects but also the campaigns and awareness programmes play an important role in the development of the under privileged societies. However all this remain inadequate considering the complexity and magnitude of the problems. There is a definite need of community involvement and the participation of various groups of people particularly the youngsters and others who are willing to spare time as volunteers.

The involvement of volunteers and student trainees at the inception of Prayas in 1988 is an excellent example of the zealous workforce shown by the partner members to give Prayas a name that it owns today. Prayas therefore encourages volunteerism and places volunteers and student trainees from different backgrounds in the various activities of Prayas at grass roots and policy level. This program provides the privileged society an opportunity to serve the not so privileged ones. The volunteers in Prayas are given freedom of expression and ideas and are expected to share novel productive ideas for the betterment of the under privileged children.

We strongly believe that these volunteers are bright, motivated young people, full of character and promise, who will want to enter fully into the life of the new community and really make a contribution. We are aware that, these volunteers can make wonders with little guidance and support from the organization.

Whilst the volunteers in Prayas quite rightly see their time as a place for great adventure with great source of independence, they should equally be clear that they have undertaken a serious responsibility towards a social cause. But however excited and committed they are they will find the initial days and perhaps weeks difficult in unfamiliar surroundings and far from home.

Contact Prayas
The following are the contact details of the staff for your required function. This is a list of the administrative staff. For additional contact details on people in charge of different areas. Please refer to the What We Do Section and the By Location or By Issue Subsections.

HEAD OFFICE

Prayas 59, Tughlakabad

Institute institutional

of Area,

Juvenile New Delhi -

Justice 110062

Telefax:

29956244,

29955505

Email: prayas@del6.vsnl.net.in, Visit us at: http://www.prayasonline.org

INDIAN'S LEADING NGO Prayas, which is working in the field of education for migrant and destitute children celebrated countrys 63rd Independence Day with great joy and pomp on August 15 (Saturday). Although it was drizzling incessantly but there was no dearth of enthusiasm among children who came bearing colourful dresses. Owing to the rain, cultural programme was shifted to a hall which was well lit and decorated with posters, flags and other showcasing events related to Indias Independence. One of the senior members of the Prayas Debashish organised the cultural show perfectly by giving well drafted speech pertaining to independence and its importance. He also touched various other facets of independence like sacrifice made by freedom fighters to unshackle this beautiful land of Vivekananda and Mahatma Gandhi from the clutches of colonial rule. General Secretary of the NGO Prayas-Amod Kant hoisted the flag on the occasion of Independence at the Tughlakabad branch and greeted the audience. The colourful ceremony was witnessed by children, volunteers, parents and some foreigners. Migrant and destitute children from poverty ridde n families took part in dance and drama programme. Seven year old Jyoti danced beautifully on a famous song dedicated to mother land India -Nana Muna Rahi Hoon, Sixteen year old young boy Sumit mesmerised the audience with his perfect dance step on a famous movie song-Chak De O Chak De India, eight-year-old Aman showed his talent on Jag Sara Jag Sara, twelveyear-old girl Sapna was also second to none she performed on I love my India brilliantly, ten-year-old Shivani danced on the tune of Dola re Dola and reminded of famous heroine Aishwaraya and Madhuri with her thrilling dance moves. Academic staff of the branch Sanjay, Ashok, Sangita Kushwah, Manju Arya, Deepa Bisht, Hema Shukla and others were also present on the auspicious occasion and assisted in org anising various activities. At the end of the event children were given sweets.