Benjamin Franklin once said, “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” This is true for every goal one wants to achieve. Children of India, empowering children to be agents of change follows the same approach. The month of July saw one such preparation session where the movement leaders of the IMAGE project were...

When the SSLC board exams were to take place, children of Devadasis from our Children GOOD project were very anxious. To take these kids out of fear, boost their confidence, and guide them on how to write exams, the Children GOOD team conducted a virtual consultation with counselors Mahesh and Veena Mohan. Both of them...

How did we provide food security? Due to the surge in the number of covid cases, and deaths related to it, we distributed ration kits to vulnerable families struggling to survive the second covid wave. Give India, India’s largest donation platform supported us in this endeavour. Vision To address hunger in poor families during COVID...

IEC MATERIAL WITH PROSPERFIT Due to the ongoing COVID pandemic, with an attempt to educate and create awareness amongst people, especially young children, Children of India Foundation teamed up with Prosperfit to create educational videos. Prosperfit is India’s leading visual, video, and voice content provider in more than 90 languages & dialects. Their work powers...

I have been physically assaulted by my in-laws so many times that I have lost count”, says adolescent Raghavi* from a village in Belagavi, India. Married at the age of twelve, Raghavi began facing abuse during the time of her first pregnancy. She was just 15 then. “The first time my mother-in-law beat me was...

During the last few months, the state of Karnataka has been enforcing curfews and lockdowns due to the surge of COVID cases in the country. Schools and colleges have been shut down, the unemployment rate has increased, and the number of COVID cases has been rapidly rising. People are experiencing isolation, loneliness and frustration created...

Mr. Marrepalli Raju a daily wage worker from a village in Warangal district, Telangana lost both his parents to COVID-19.  “I took a loan of  around Rs.14,00,000 for my parent’s treatment but I couldn’t save their lives. In order to pay back the loan, I’m in struggling to make ends meet and provide food for...

With an average of 50,000 new cases daily in the month of May, Karnataka witnessed a new peak in the COVID pandemic. The second wave did not spare children, teenagers, and youth in their 20s, who accounted for a large number of infections and fatalities. According to the official data, 7,06,449 people got infected between...

The Balmanch (Children’s club) in mica dependent districts, emphasises on promoting education, self development, managing and operating facilities provided to children. The Balmanch was formed by our project and the children in the club work towards addressing child exploitation as a result of child labour in the region.  Balmanch meetings are conducted once in every...

Just when the child marriage of a 12-year-old Sneha* was about to take place, the Regional Secretariat staff of Bagalkot, Karnataka, accompanied by the movement leaders of our IMAGE , reached the venue and stopped it.  Sneha, who has grown up seeing her cousins get married at the age of 10 to 12  in her...