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Symbiosis International University
Name : Lakshay Arora
Subject : Service Learning
Prn No. : 12021021058
Submitted to : Ms. Preeti Bhaskar
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Love Care Foundation
Address : Chamber no.1, Nanda Tower opposite Pacific Mall, Kaushambi,
Ghaziabad.
Pin Code: 201001
Contact number : 01166738361
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Introduction
Love Care Foundation is a non-profit, non-government, voluntary organisation committed
to improving quality of life of unprivileged children. The organisation provides direct and
indirect care to more than 17000 children in India.
The foundation team comprises of educated, experienced, self driven and committed
professionals, motivated with a passion to make a lasting, positive impression on the lives of
economically & socially challenged children of our society.
Its Vision
The Vision of Love Care Foundation is to create a happy, healthy and productive world for
our children; free from hunger, poverty & social injustice.
Its Mission
Love Care Foundation works with a Mission to bring about a positive change in the lives of
unprivileged children by - employing transparent, meaningful & productive initiatives aimed
at - providing them access to quality education & healthcare, thereby contributing towards
their better tomorrow.
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Objectives
Love Care Foundation works with the objective of realizing holistic development of -
economically & socially challenged - children through deployment of meaningful
development programmes designed to improve their quality of life. The various programmes
& initiatives are aimed to provide the basic life necessities such as food, shelter, clothing,
education, health, hygiene and nutrition. Besides being imparted with basic primary
education, good moral values are inculcated and children are taught to live with dignity and
self-respect. They are also sensitized about their individual civic rights and theirresponsibilities towards the society, so that tomorrow when they enter into adulthood, they do
so with their best foot forward and resultantly turn out to be an inspiring epitome of success,
happiness and self-reliance, worth emulating by one & all in their social order.
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FocusAreas
Love Care Foundation focuses on 4 different sectors which are as follows:-
1. Education Child Development Programme
Love Care Foundation has undertaken the task of working at the grass root level to help in
areas of Child health, Child abuse, Child labour, and several other children issues likeShelter, Education, Health, Day Care Centers, Child Rehabilitation, Child Rights, and Street
Children issues.
A quarter of a million of Delhi's children, living in slums or on the streets, do not go to
school. The Foundation is running special Love Care Schools in various slums around Delhi
and the NCR region to provide value based quality oriented education to the children. The
Balwadi Programme takes care of children in the Pre-school years through non-formal
education projects which include early intervention programmes for children between 3 to 6
years; and also some non-formal classes for children between the ages of 6 to 14 years.
The books and other creative material are provided to the children who are also taught
various art and craft activities. The teachers are trained and committed to the cause of
bringing a change in the lives of underprivileged children and youth. We also support
functional literacy and education programmes for the youth and young adults along with
Family Life Education classes to adolescent girls which increases one's awareness on a range
of issuesfrom healthcare to appropriate social behaviour to understanding one's rights.
With the aid of illustrations, models and multimedia we teach them basics, personal hygiene
and then greater topics like analytical skills, personality development etc.
For an emerging and developing country like India, development of underprivileged childrenand youth holds the key to the progress of the nation itself.
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Adult and Womens Literacy Programme
The Foundation is running some adult literacy classes in the evenings at various slums in and
around Delhi. Various awareness programmes are held for the uneducated people like
labourers, street vendors etc. addressing issues relating to healthcare, poverty, population
control, unemployment or human rights and also local matters of immediate concern like safe
drinking water, hygiene related issues and importance of cleanliness at home and in the
surrounding areas.
The Foundation undertakes several social service campaigns like Gender Discrimination,
Legal Awareness and Property Rights, Political Awareness and Participation, Unemployment
and Human Rights issues. Women are mentored on topics of Prostitution, Reproductive and
health issues of women, Right to Good Health and Nutrition, Savings and Micro Credit,
Violence against women, Women Empowerment, Women's education, Child Care, training
and skill development to help them cope effectively in society.
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2. Health MedicalCamps
Love Care Foundation very frequently and fervently conducts free, onsite medical camps for
economically & socially challenged children. In these camps clinical services like BP (Blood
Pressure), BMI (Body Mass Index), OPD consultation are provided to children absolutely
free of cost and moreover the services are being provided in their residential establishments
which generally happen to be slums and ghettos.
HealthAwarenessCamp
Prevention is better than cure and Forewarned is forearmed; nothing proves these two old
time adages better than health sensitization of our tiny tots on ailments, diseases and health
issues that tend to pose a grave hazard to their health & welfare. We call on authorities on
different health issues and they enlighten the young ones via their interactive lectures and
health talks. Kids are made aware on preventive aspects of malaria, dengue, food poisoning,
water & air borne infections besides being made aware the advantages of sanitation &
personal hygiene.
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AntiSmokingCamps
The deleterious effects of smoking are known to the educated and literate. India has 12 %
smokers of world, as per 2009 census every year 9 lac Indians die due to smoking , there is a
law that bans smoking in public places & smoking is major cause of cancer, heart, lung
diseases and is known to adversely affect every organ in the human body. The fact remains
that every adult active chain smoker of today was a light adolescent, passive smoker at some
point of time in the past. Generally most people take to smoking during their educative &
formative years and children living in slums and on streets are known to pick up this bad
habit earlier than their well-to-do peers ; hence it is only rational and natural to arrest this
menace in its early stages only. With this perspective in mind, Love Care Foundation
recurrently conducts anti-smoking campaigns in the garb of interactive talks, audio, video &
pictorial presentation on smoking where the children are made aware of the detrimental and
damaging effects of the decaying habit and encouraged to lead a healthy and vice free life.
Malnutrition
Malnutrition is a condition which occurs when there is a deficiency of certain vital nutrients
in a persons diet. Malnutrition refers to the situation where there is an unbalanced diet in
which some nutrients are in excess, lacking or in wrong proportion. Simply put, we can
categorize it to be under-nutrition and over-nutrition The deficiency fails to meet thedemands of the body leading to effects on the growth, physical health, mood, behaviour and
other functions of the body. Malnutrition affects all age groups but is more common in
developing countries and among children, elderly and pregnant women. The World Bank
estimates that India is ranked 2nd in the world of the number of children suffering from
malnutrition. Despite Indias 50% increase in GDP since 1991, more than one third of the
worlds malnourished children live in India. Among these, half of them under the age of 3 are
underweight and a third of wealthiest children are over-nutrient. One of the major causes for
malnutrition in India is gender inequality. Due to the low social status of Indian women, their
diet often lacks in both quality and quantity. Women who suffer malnutrition are less likely to
have healthy babies. In India, mothers generally lack proper knowledge in feeding children.
Consequently, new born infants are unable to get adequate amount of nutrition from their
mothers. Love Care Foundation has taken up this issue which is a concern at the national
level. It is providing voluntary services in the field of prevention, awareness and treatment.
They conduct regular health camps for screening children and women in the slums and
provide them with necessary medicines. Proper guidance and advice is given to them about
the right kind of nutrition they need for a healthy diet. Nutrient based supplements are
distributed to the children in the slums. Malnutrition in children is not affected by food intake
alone. It is also influenced by access to health services, quality of care for the child and
pregnant mother as well as good hygiene practices.
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3. Vocational Training
Love Care Foundation supports programmes that aim at imparting skills to the youth and
young adults so that they can gain access to employment opportunities. Aim is to enable them
to engage themselves in any occupation, profession or any other means of livelihood so as to
improve their economic conditions.
The Foundation provides vocational training to low-literate youth in the following areas:
o Basic Computer Trainingo Beauty cultureo Sewing, cutting & tailoringo Art and Craft
There are trained teachers who teach the necessary skills to the youth and young girls of the
community The girls can become freelance beauticians or open an in-home tailoring service.
Computer courses provide government-backed JSS certificates by which the young boys and
girls have the flexibility to get jobs or set up their own business and so are able to earn a
regular and decent livelihood. The important thing is that these courses equip boys and girls
to earn twice as much as what their family would earn combined. Vocational Training is thusa powerful tool. By making the destitute financially independent, it breaks the cycle of
poverty, breeds confidence, self-respect and turns marginalized youth into responsible
citizens of society. Moreover, it is possibly the single most effective program for the
upliftment of women, according them the ability to chart their own destinies.
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4. Slum Development Projects
Face to Face Programme:The FACE TO FACE programme is an initiativetaken in most of the schools all over Delhi that sensitizes privileged children
of the society and motivates them to contribute their individual support and
care towards the cause of the less privileged helping them to join the main
stream.It brings together children from both the backgroundsaffluent and
deprived, in an attempt to foster in the affluent children a sense of
responsibility towards their less privileged counterparts, early on in life.
Self-Reliant Workshops:Workshops are conducted in the Slums andSchools adopted by the Foundation in order to bring the children together and
grow with the sense of responsibilities within them.Several activities are
conducted under the guidance of seniors which help children to grow up
learning new and creative modes to earn livelihood and to become self-reliant.
They are taught to make Candles, lanterns, windmills, bead jewellery hand -
made paper products, toys, paintings and many more enjoyable activities
through which they learn methods to enjoy sustainable life.
Food time... We believe in sharing:A specially prepared lunch is sharedby the group of slum children. All the children sit together and thank to God
for the food they are about to eat and promise not to waste a crumb. This
activity is aims at providing and awaking the children about the benefits of
healthy and nutritious food. A relaxed environment is created which allow
children to have healthy conversations with the other children of the same age
group hence knowing each other better outside the boundaries and restrictions.
Budding Artists: A series of objects are made, which encourage thechildren use their fingers deftly for creating various objects from paper, string
and straws. There are limited resources that are readily available to children in
communities for making objects of fun. Paper, string and straws could be more
readily available than expensive toys. Using these materials, the trainers teach
the children to make fun objects like YoYos and windmills. These exercises
aimed at increasing concentration and also introduced geometry, patterns and
origami. Making your own toys, naming them and having fun with what is
available is the essence of the exercise.
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Step by Step Methodology
Mr. Dadroo spent 6 inspiring years in the beginning of his career at SOS Childrens Villages
of India in the late nineties. SOS Children's Villages is an independent, non-governmental,
social development organisation that provides family-based care for children in India since
1964. It advocates the concerns, rights and needs of children. More than 6000 children and
young people live in 33 SOS Children's Villages and 27 SOS Youth Facilities in the country.
Mr. Dadroo worked under the dynamic leadership of Late Mr. J.N.Kaul (President) who
greatly influenced his thought process at the time and subsequently led him to consider
moving into the social sector and thus Love Care Foundation was formed. The Foundation
is a non profit, non Government voluntary organization committed to improving quality of
life of under privileged children. The various activities aims at providing basic life necessities
of food, clothing, education, hygiene and nutrition to help in the holistic development of
economically and socially challenged children.
Mr. Dadroos objective has been to help these less fortunate children live a life of self respect
and dignity through education and moral values inculcated to them. He has been actively
involved in organizing health camps, educational fairs, organizing vocational training
programmes and special classes in the backward and slum areas of Delhi NCR to help
sensitize people about their individual civic rights and responsibilities towards society. He is
a committed individual who believes that society can progress as a whole only when people
from all strata of society can contribute to their development by working collectively.
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Sources of Funds
Love Care Foundation raises funds to ensure that many services we provide throughout the
country continue to be available. The main cause of your contribution will help many
children to start the new future.
Many children are sleeping on roads and need a protective, secure and caring environment to
grow. These children are confident and full of hopes. Please donate to help them realise their
dreams.
The funds forLove Care Foundation are drawn from the friends and family of the founder
members and other members working for the welfare in this organisation.
Some of its Supporters are:-
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Problems Faced
1. Lack of Funds: Love Care Foundation lacks in certain aspects when it comes togeneration of funds for the organisation. Due to negligible involvement of the
government for the funds, this organisation has faced a lot of problems to function
its working.
2. No government involvement: Mr. Sunjoo Dadroo said that Love CareFoundation has been established just 2 years ago and thus, according to a law, an
NGO should be at least established 3 years before for the government to provide
funds.
3. Lack of Volunteerism/Social work among Youth: The basic characteristic of NGOis volunteerism. In early days, youth are making their career in volunteerism butthat enthusiasm seems to have faded these days. The extent of volunteerism is
declining day by day and turning it into professionalization. Even the young
graduates from social work are interested in making their career in
professionalism. This leads to lack of efficient volunteers in NGOs.
4. Inadequate Trained Personnel: It is believed that the personnel working in NGOsmay be of personnel working in such organizations is a sense of dedication and
commitment and interest in the social services. NGOs earlier were assumed to be
served by unpaid social workers imbued with the spirit of service and did not
require any special education or training. But the present trend who are having
professional education are not interested to work with NGOs. Their vision has
been changed and they are interested to work in urban areas only. Therefore, it is
very difficult to get trained persons who are either willing or trained to work in the
rural society where most of NGOs work.
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Aid / Help from Government
Mr. Sunjoo Dadroo said that Love Care Foundation has been established just 2 years ago
and thus, according to a law, an NGO should be at least established 3 years before, for the
government to provide funds.
Thus, there has been no help/aid/assistance provided by the government to Love Care
Foundation.