Overview FXB Suraksha India

Fxb suraksha India works in diversified areas for the children.it works
as an arm for the “Ministry of women and child labour”. They are
running a 24 hours emergency helpline [1098].for helping child
between the ages of 0-18 years in need also known as “Childline”

“Ministry of women and child labour” works in two broad categories

for children.

1. ICPS:-Integrated child protection scheme.

2. ICDS:-Integrated child development scheme.
FXB works on both ICPS and ICDS and running
CHILDLINE [1098]
Fxb works under the guidelines of---

Juvenile Justice Act click pdf icon for

details

The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 is the
primary legal framework for juvenile justice in India. The Act provides
for a special approach towards the prevention and treatment of
juvenile delinquency and provides a framework for the protection,
treatment and rehabilitation of children in the purview of the
juvenile justice system. In Juvenile justice act children in need is
divided in two major categories described below:-
 Child
CNCP(child in need
CCL(child in
of care and
conflict with law
protection)

Examples- Examples-
Orphans Theft
Disable Murderers
Drug abuse Any child who is convicted by
child marriage law

 FXB handles 60-70 Cases on average per day. It also works in

outreach areas.
 1500 cases have been handled by FXB so far.
 FXB reaches to the location wherever child is in need within 0-
60 minutes to assure the safety of child.
A visit to J.J colony Noida sector -Wednesday, 01
October 2014
Its unfortunate that nearby the Corporate Hub in Noida where some
of the major companies have their Head offices example:- HCL,RMS,
Just dial, Home shop 18, Innodata etc. There is a belt of slums which
is suffering in absence of basic requirements of life. Rapid
urbanisation has given growth to these slum areas which is facing
difficult situations. Government is working for the improving these
slums and people over there, but somehow the attempts are not
enough to cope with this problem.

Major issues that we found during the visit were:-

I. Lack of education
II. Unemployment
III. Children going in wrong direction
IV. Lack of important amenities such as water, sewage, health
facilities etc.
V. People in these areas are involved in all kinds of crimes and
most of them are drunkards

In all these context FXB suraksha india is doing a wonderful work

of improving life of people in this area by providing them free
education, medical check-ups and awareness programmes.
Almost 350 children from these areas have been educated and
admitted to government schools in last 4 years. During our visit
we came to know about the problems that are more prevalent:-
Children become drug addicts in their early age, sexual
awareness is a major issue amongst girls (early age pregnancies),
 small children involved in crimes. It’s good to know that a NGO
working for making life of slum people better and becoming a
part of it for some time is a good experience. We all should do
our part in making society more aware towards improvement of
slum areas and making life of Slum dwellers and their children
better as the condition of these slums can never improve without
true and active participation of society.

Strategies for Transforming India’s Slums

“People accept and adapt to their circumstances without
(external) triggers to encourage them to do otherwise …
slums are adaptive organisms”
Therefore, ultimately, a comprehensive and long-term solution to
the problem of India’s slums cannot be about the slums themselves.
A viable solution would have to take a holistic view dealing with
India’s larger macro challenges and recognise the critical role which
cities will have to play if India is to successfully transition into a
middle-income country. Such a solution and would include the
following strategies:

Industrial Revolution and Continued

Development. While it was the industrial revolution which led
to a wave of rapid urbanisation in the West and gave rise to slums,
without the industrial revolution, the West would not have been able
to afford to develop housing and infrastructure required for its
growing populations. The solution to slums is not to reverse
industrialisation or to try and contain urbanisation, but indeed to
press forward with it more aggressively so that businesses can afford
to provide jobs to slum-dwellers and pay them a proper wage.

Knowledge and Freedom Advantage. India is not fully

leveraging its “freedom advantage” which highlights the strong link
between a society’s freedom and its development potential) which
should in theory allow for people to strive to realise their
aspirations. In particular, India needs to create an open knowledge
economy where the slum-dwellers are empowered to solve their
own problems and have the access to financing to do so. This
requires scaled charities and NGOs that can apply global best-
practices to tackling India’s urban issues and also raise the necessary
financing.

Slum Architecture. Lesson from other cities indicate that

slums are best solved when housing is horizontal not vertical. In
order to assimilate slum-dwellers into urban life instead of further
ostracizing them, India cannot just bulldoze the slums and pile up the
people into apartment blocks. A real solution would involve building
high-quality, low-cost, multi-storey, diverse formats in the current
areas such that these become integrated with the rest of the city (as
we see in London or Paris). This needs the best brains in India and
the world to come in and design the solutions. The slum is merely
the platform for an urban re-invention.

Sustainable Continuous Dynamic Infrastructure

Provisioning. The government needs to create a framework for
gradual and continuous upgrading of slum infrastructure through
innovative public-private models and by leveraging the many
dynamic charities and NGOs in India. Such a model would see the
slum-dwellers become the driving force of, rather than bystanders
to, the improvement of their living conditions by empowering them
to identify the solution and then finance and implement it.

Rural Re-Visioning and Investment. India cannot solve

its slum problem by focusing on the cities alone. Any city which
develops the systems to accommodate more people and create
economic opportunities will attract a disproportionate number of
migrants putting it under further strain unless opportunities in rural
areas are sufficiently attractive relative to those in the city.
Therefore a comprehensive solution would necessarily have to
involve improved infrastructure, schools, employment opportunities
and the overall quality of life in India’s small towns and rural centres.

Reflections: The Transformation of Slums is really

about the Transformation of India Itself
None of the five strategies described above on their own can
transform the slums. However, if implemented together, they could
represent a sea change in the way that India’s mass migration and
resulting urbanisation is managed. This requires a recognition that
the reason why slums in India persist and continue to expand is
because of the failure to address fundamental issues of economic
opportunity across the country, population growth, urban and rural
development and education and skills development. A middle
income India will indeed demand world-class cities and conversely,
to reach middle income levels, India needs to create opportunity for
the population to be gainfully employed. Given India is already in
the midst of a rocky economic cycle at the same time as slums are
growing at the edge of every major city, the investment in urban
infrastructure can create a highly positive multiplier effect for the
economy while addressing a major issue. There is no single point in
time or crisis which will tell us that India’s cities have suddenly
become “un-liveable”; however if the status quo prevails for the next
20 years, they will get progressively more chaotic and at some stage
in the not-too-distant future, it will be impossible to harness the
economic potential of India’s population without even more radical
changes than those outlined above. Addressing this issue is one of
the key steps in the regeneration of the India story and will have a
highly positive impact on the success of the next government.
Indeed, solving the issue is about as difficult as putting a man on the
moon, but would have massive collateral benefits for the nation as a
whole and would be a true indicator that India is truly ready to play
its role on the global stage.
“Solving the issue is about as difficult as putting a man on
the moon, but would have massive collateral benefits for
the nation as a whole and would be a true indicator that
India is truly ready to play its role on the global stage.”