CINI ASHA – the urban wing of Child in Need Institute – an overview
For an overview of CINI’s urban unit’s work to help disadvantaged people and protect the rights of children through education, health and social mobility and hear children speak of how this has turned their lives around click on the play button below or go to YouTube
CINI’s shelters for children in distress
The drop in centre is an extremely valuable contact point that provides shelter, protection, counselling, medical support and education to children that have had a traumatic past and need to be mainstreamed into a normal life. To find out more about CINI’s services for children in distress click on the play button below or go to YouTube
Helping child labourers get back into education
CINI works within slum areas to identify children who are child labourers and out of the education system. After convincing their parents that their children should not be working, they are taken to a community based preparatory centre to increase their academic knowledge and eventually become mainstreamed into formal schools. To find out more about how CINI reaches out to children who have dropped out of school click on the play button below or go to YouTube
CINI’s work in red light areas
The education centre gives the children of sex workers a place to go and aims to provide them with normality and education. To hear a mother explain how she came to realise the importance of education for her daughter click on the play button below or go to YouTube
Working with adolescents and pregnant women to help the next generation
CINI ASHA’s work seeks to sensitise the community towards the importance of health and education, working with adolescents and pregnant mothers to help lay a strong foundation for the health of the next generation. To hear how one young girl has become a peer educator, spreading health messages in her community click on the play button below or go to YouTube
Dr Samir Chaudhuri gets 2007 World of Children Award
For a video produced by World of Children giving an overview of Dr Chaudhuri's work and explaining CINI's work to tackle poverty in the slums of West Bengal and neighbouring states, click on the play button below or go to YouTube
Dr Chaudhuri gets Ellis Island Medal of Honour
To see his acceptance speech skip to 1 minute 15 seconds into the video below by clicking the play button or go to YouTube
