ORGANIZATIONAL ANNUAL REPORT (Street Children Project, Formal & Non- Formal Education Stream, Anti-child Labour Project(BVK), Neethodu and CSN Activities) APRIL 2014 to MARCH 2015 NAVAJEEVAN BALA BHAVAN SOCIETY #24-3-35, Ist Lane, Bavajipet, Andhra Ratna Road VIJAYAWADA – 520 003; Andhra Pradesh, India Phone: +91-866-2439913; Fax: +91-866-2431221 Email:
[email protected]; Website : www.njbb.org STREET PRESENCE PROJECT (The project comprises Street Presence, Counselling, Shelter and Infirmary Units) STREET PRESENCE (FIELD WORK): The main source of field contact of children at Vijayawada Railway Station The experience is that when a child is rescued at the earliest, he or she will be less addicted to street life and can be integrated with family easily. The more a child stays on the street, the more he or she gets addicted to street life, making the home integration or any other rehabilitation measures more difficult. Hence, applying the principle ‘sooner the better’, utmost importance to be given for rescuing the child at the earliest, especially intensifying the coordinated rescue efforts at railway stations as more than 95% of the children travel by train after leaving home to reach different urban centers, hence, the need of intensifying the field presence in Vijayawada Railway Station is utmost important. About 218 children are rescued on an aveage per month by Navajeevan team that too, more than 95% from Vijayawada Railway Station. STREET PRESENCE DATA - APRIL 2014 to MARCH 2015 Old Boys Old Girls Month New Boys New Girls Total