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Our story
As a paediatrician, I first set up CINI in 1974 as a small clinic to help treat children with severe malnutrition. This clinic expanded when I felt that treating the symptoms of malnutrition alone did little to stop the problem reoccurring, and so our remit extended to preventing malnutrition. This meant teaching mothers or carers simple solutions to better nutrition, hygiene and health.
Later on in our development, I noticed that many of the children we helped were unable to go to school, and so were unable to read and write. This lack of basic education meant that many of these children would remain in low paid jobs, and would remain poor. So we expanded our remit to getting children access to education and supporting them whilst they were at school.
In the last 35 or so years, we have expanded from one small clinic to an organisation providing numerous health services, projects and programmes which seek to improve health, nutrition, education and protection.
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This is where we find ourselves now. An Indian NGO, employing over 400 Indian nationals, serving local communities. Our programmes today are much more comprehensive than in the past. Increasingly we are working as a facilitator, encouraging communities, local government and service providers to work together better. We are trying to look at the ‘bigger picture’, working hard to make life better for the poorest communities in India.
Thank you to those who have so generously supported us so far.
If you are interested in helping us in some way, please visit how to help.
Dr Chaudhuri's blog
Dr Samir Chaudhuri writes an occasional blog regarding CINI's work and development issues in India
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