Recent Donations:
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Anu & Naveen Jain
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Juhee & Peeyush Nahar
Project Shambhunath Singh Research Foundation (SSRF)
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Total Amount Donated
$17,500
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Donation Goal
$32,079
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Days to go -
Target Goal
Campaign Story
About the project
District Varanasi is highly critical in violation of child rights in form of child marriage, child labor, child trafficking and gender discrimination. It has a clear link with the trafficking of girl children which impacts the health of a young girl and reduces the chances of an education. All this affects the overall development of a child.
Making a difference
CRY America Project SSRF is working towards creating an enabling environment that empowers children to influence decision making on issues that affect them, creating informed, sensitized, empowered family members and community to stop child marriage, ensuring vigilant governance for child protection. The key activities taking place under the project are orientation meetings of children groups on child rights issues and developing their understanding, engagement with child protection structures in the district and in the entire state.
Action during COVID times
● Team was a part of monitoring committee for conditions of homes and condition of children in the district during the COVID-19 times
● 2 child marriages were stopped
● Team setup COVID helpdesk to minimize the panic inside the community
The way forward
● Identifying vulnerable children and bringing them to children collectives
● Regular child participation and life skill session with adolescent groups
● Ensuring the progress of community action plan developed based on interface of children collective/adolescent girls group with community
● Meeting with parents of children groups on life skills and child protection issues
● Regular interface with the community to create space for children and community leaders for exchanging and sharing their ideas and experience related to child marriage
Project Impact
4,530
Children impacted
9
Villages/slums covered
2,580
Children in schools (6-18 yrs)
240
Children mainstreamed into schools
8
Child marriages stopped
324
Children in children’s collectives
159
Children received health check-ups
132
Adolescent girls’ collectives
Current Year’s Approved Grant
| Name | Donate Amount | Date |
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| Anu & Naveen Jain | $5,000 | July 29, 2022 |
| Juhee & Peeyush Nahar | $12,500 | July 29, 2022 |
