Project: Child centered initiative for improving education, nutrition and environment in Kendujhar District, Odisha

Duration –2024-2026

Overall Objective: Promote and protect rights of the children and youth in 25 villages of Swampatna and Ghatagoan blocks of Kendujhar district, Odisha, through a child cantered approach.

Specific objective 1: Children and youth rights in the targeted villages are strengthened through increased institutional capacity.

Specific Objective- 2:Improved access to education, health, nutrition for the children with focus on girl children.

Specific objective 3: Empowering youth and women of target villages with green livelihood opportunities as a key strategy to promote and prioritise environmental protection.

Operational Area: 25 villages of Swampatna&Ghatagoan  block of Kendujhar District, State of Odisha, India.

Activities

• Community awareness campaigns
• Information, Education & Communication materials
• Training to Village Level Child Protection Committee (VLCPC)/ Gram Panchayat level Child protection Committee (GPCPC) in 25 villages
• Capacity building training of Local Self Government functionaries on child rights and role of panchayti raj institutions
• Children collective in schools -Monthly meeting,
• Training of children on child rights, leadership, Life skill ,Gender
• Capacity Building of parents teachers association and School Management committee ( SMC) members.
• Teacher's training workshop on child centredlearning , inclusive education practices and positive discipline 
• Children fair – Annual  event
• School Learning Corner  - for learning  materials & activities 
• play & blossom-100 girls one day each year – Football game with gender training batch by batch at corners of the football ground  (Kheloge to Khiloge)
• National level online consultation on quality & safe Education
• Workshop of  Anganwadi& ASHA workers  
• Nutritional screening and assessment: for 3-5 years children  screening and assessment once in a year  through measurements,]
• Training on backyard organic nutritional gardening to mothers/ women with Seeds support
• Food festival  (Local , Traditional  food festival having nutritional   value  & documentation of recipes
• Training on organic farming, line showing method    to youth and women farmers   
• Input support to women (seeds, organic fertiliser
• Promotion and strengthening of Ecosavers youth network in 25 villages
• State level ECOSAVERS youth network workshop
• Support to youth for   Green entrepreneurship  
• Plantation [nutritional plants]
• Interface workshops with key stakeholders on schemes &programmes relating to poverty alleviation programmes at [Block level]
• Base line survey in 25 villages
• Staff capacity building training