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MEWSIC CENTRES
Education
Rehabilitation for children
Rescue & Repatriation
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Special Events
MEWSIC CENTRES   Australian cricketer Brett Lee whose fast paced deliveries on the field have left us in awe is now set to touch the lives of the children  in India off the cricket field though his other passion  Music.   17th May 2011 was day of excitement for the whole community as crowds of people gathered to catch a glimpse of the famed cricketer in Govandi as he arrived to launch his foundation MEWSIC. But as Brett put it, the day wasn’t about him, the ‘cricketer’ but the children and bringing the joy of music to them. And true to his word that is how Brett spent his time at the launch. Brett Lee launched his foundation MEWSIC with the inauguration of the Music Centre in partnership with Pratham in Sanjay Nagar.   Read the Full Story
Education       To make education accessible and available to children from critical backgrounds.
Rehabilitation of children through education.
Strategy to convince the employers that children should not work

Education is one of the key programs in which there are manifold strategies to ensure that children are brought back into the education net. Education is also our non controversial entry point program and final strategy for rehabilitation of working children and other children in need of care and protection. Read the Full Story
Rehabilitation for children
Lack of a proper rehabilitation plan is one of the major challenges faced by National and International agencies. More than only withdrawing children from work, rehabilitation implies providing former child labourers and vulnerable children with proper facilities to maintain them away from work and mainstream them back into the education net.

The objective of our Rehabilitation program is to ensure that vulnerable children and former child labourers not only enjoy their basic rights to childhood but are also given quality education for proper social reintegration. Read the Full Story
Rescue & Repatriation After a few years of collaboration with the owners, PCVC changed its strategy and took the decision to start removing the children from work.

This whole movement started with the cruel death of a child labourer named Afzal in Govandi. This issue was advocated to the political bosses in Maharashtra and thus was formed theState Task Force on child labour in 2005 under the chairmanship of the labour commissioner.

A Task Force comprises of officers from Labour Department, Police Department, Shop & Establishment Department, Child and Welfare Committee, Medical and Education Department and NGOs. It is responsible for organizing raids and successfully removing the children from their workplace, in a child friendly manner. Read the Full Story
Awareness and Advocacy While working on the issue of vulnerable children our aim has always been to demonstrate successful programs at the grass root level and through advocacy ensure that the Government replicates these models.

Right from the inception of PCVC, awareness and advocacy have been a major part of our activities. There have been different kinds of awareness programs to reach out to different target groups and stake holders in the community. Media and the civil society have been our vehicles for awareness and advocacy on the issue of working children and vulnerable children. Read the Full Story
Special Events
The Pratham Council for Vulnerable Children (PCVC) has been working for the rights of children across the slum communities in Mumbai since 2001. One of the most glaring observations in these slums has been the low standards of hygiene and sanitation practiced by the government and the residents making them susceptible to all kinds of illnesses and in addition also affects the productivity of the workforce and the development of the children. These appalling conditions that children live in are a violation of their right to a safe and healthy childhood. Read the Full Story

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1100 children have been successfully admitted in the formal education system in Maharashtra

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    PCVC, functional in 8 states today, began as the Outreach...
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Who We Are

The Pratham Council for Vulnerable Children (PCVC) was born in April 2001 to reach out to the most vulnerable, unreached children. The idea was to withdraw them from their exploitative conditions and ensure their proper rehabilitation in family, school and society.

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Hon. Minister Ms. Varsha Gaikwad inaugurates PCVC...

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Hon. Minister Ms. Varsha Gaikwad inaugurates PCVC Child Rights Desk in Dharavi

PCVC has started its Child Rights Desk program in 6 zones of Mumbai, namely Govandi – Kurla – Mankhurd in East Mumbai and Dharavi – Bandra – Madanpura in West Mumbai.

The inauguration ceremony was held at Dharavi on 22nd December 2010 in presence of Mrs.Varsha Eknath Gaikwad (Minister of Women and Child Development, Maharashtra), Mr.Hemant Patil (Senior Police officer), Mr. Navnath Shinde (Children’s Home), Ms.Farida Lambay (Co-founder of Pratham and Member of SCPCR, Maharashtra) and Mr. Kishor Bhamre (PCVC Assistant Director).

 

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10 years of Champion for the rights of Children

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In April 2011, the Pratham Council for Vulnerable Children will complete 10 years. What had started as a small pilot initiative lead by 5 people to tackle the issue of child labour in Mumbai – then known as the Outreach program – has now evolved into a structured organization actively working in 7 States across the country and improving the lives of tens of thousands of children every year.

PCVC has managed to become an influential actor on the political scene and is considered today as a reference organization in the field of child labour and child rights.

To celebrate this anniversary and acknowledge the contribution of each and every staff member in this success, a gathering was organized on February 25th and 26th, 2011 in Jaipur.

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