Child Welfare Programs In India

India is one of the most diverse countries with its ever growing population. Being the second most populous country and one of the fastest growing economies, India is becoming home to more and more cheap labour and thus, greater exploitation of the rights of these people, their families and their children who are often denied a healthy childhood and a nurturing environment. As a developing country, India has about 440 million children whose lives are endangered because of being exposed to various atrocities and exploitative activities that resist their years of growing and their days of childhood. To help these disadvantaged children , Lakshyam has tried to reach as many of them possible in the past years in 11 states in India and some countries abroad. To uplift the lives of these children, Lakshyam aims at providing them with standard education and opportunities to hone their skills and personalities. The Child Welfare Programs in India works to uplifts children and women of at-risk communities through education & employment. There are 2 major child welfare programs conducted by Lakshyam :

Lakshyam’s 'Butterfly: Child Welfare & Education' program	To create awareness about various important issues and rights and offer holistic education to children.
Lakshyam Toy Library	A need-based approach for a healthy childhood.

Beyond this, Lakshyam is actively involved in activities such as skill-training workshops, health-camps, awareness camps about sanitation and various extra-curricular events and activities that are designed to provide a practical platform to the children that will help them push their boundaries and become more efficient. Lakshyam has also opened two computer centres in the Mahilong village, Jharkhand and aims at completely changing how education is facilitated in rural India.

Keeping in mind the famous quote by Herbert Hoover- “Children are our most valuable natural resource” the ‘Butterfly: Child Welfare & Education Program’ was started by Lakshyam with the thought that the children of today would lead the legacy of the country who would lead the world and be the future of mankind. When the founders of Lakshyam Ms. Poonam Anand and Ms. Rashi Anand saw how children were living in deplorable conditions, and were subjected to exploitation and harsh environments with no awareness of their rights, they took a resolve and launched these child-welfare programs to uplift these children by providing them standard education and an engaging and nurturing environment to hone their skills and build their confidence and capabilities to face the future. This logo of the wings of butterfly symbolises freedom, expression and vitality and how children bring colour to the world of black and white and grow up in turn to improve the conditions and bring about a change in the society and help those in need.

This effort is to drive down and completely abolish the term “underprivileged”. With this objective, children at Lakshyam are taught Hindi, English, Math and Computer Sciences, in an attempt to methodically fill in the gaps in formal education. When a child who is not very well-versed with English or compute and struggles in private or government schools, the remedial centers of Lakshyam provide free of cost tutorials. Twice a week, volunteers from IIT- Delhi work on formulating strategies to bring back the lost interest of children in studies. Focusing on holistic or overall development, recreational activities such as dance competitions, painting, magic shows, puppet shows and other such activities and events play a crucial role in child welfare at Lakshyam. Not only this, children and mothers at the communities are being educated about healthcare and sanitation, ranging from menstrual sanitation to child healthcare etc.

Lakshyam came up with a brilliant idea of setting ‘Toy Libraries’ across various states including Delhi. Toys are the most important materialistic goods in a child’s life. Children express themselves through toys and build a deep connection with them. These toy libraries have an assemblage of toys and story books which were collected in toy boxes, set up in various schools. Till now about 2,00,000 toys have been distributed all over the country and Lakshyam seeks to expand it even further. As of today, Laksyam has managed to spread itself to over 3 countries and 17 states and has positively influenced the lives of more than 30100 children.

Lakshyam has succeeded in empowering countless children in India. In a period of just a few years, Lakshyam has expanded and buttressed its innovative programs to change the society. The various camps, workshops and programs are designed to cater to the need-based approach. Lakshyam has recently started its work with Scotland. Two stores in Aberdeen, Scotland, showcase the handcrafted products. Lakshyam aims at making the children of today, the success of tomorrow. The child welfare programs in India aims at voicing the needs and rights of these children and empower them with the power of education and an understanding of their rights and requirements. Lakshyam strives to live by the following quote by Nelson Mandela - “There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.”

NGO in India for Children Education

“One of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high quality early education “ 

In such competitive world it is very much important to have education. It makes us strong mentally, socially, and intellectually by increasing our level of learning. Another important fact of education is that, education period enables each and every individual to become a confident person in life. Each and every kid have their own dreams of doing something different in the life. There is only one way to all dreams that is education. It just not makes a better way to success but alter the personality of any individual into an enhanced one. Children are the future generation and they need to be educated when we wonder for a better world in the future. 

Because of the need of the education sector, most government engage with NGOs(list of NGOs) for meeting their needs. NGOs are not profit making business organizations. Rather they show a lot of concern in social welfare aspects, especially NGO in India for Children Education. There are many NGOs which are working for this sector and are doing a fantastic job to provide education to the children who are deprived of it all over the country. 

One name that is rising high in this field is “Lakshyam”, a non-governmental organization established in 2004. They have opened many schools for the education of the children in India across 7 states under its child welfare programme ‘Butterfly’ where the main focus is to literate those children whose parents cannot afford the school fees of government or private schools. They also provide a platform to the children to explore their talents by organizing certain competitions preparing them for this competitive world. In current days, many people are connecting with this organization and joining their hands for the education of the children. They have got many celebrity support and have been awarded with prominent titles and prizes for their productive work. 

They also work against child labor as well as they also provide free of cost tuitions to those kids who lack behind in the schools. Very efficient and skilled teachers work for these schools at Lakshyam who provide teaching in a structured manner and handle them according to their age. With the concern for education, the organization also takes up other aspects of students by organizing health checkup and campaigns. This organization also engaged in the activities pertaining to the women empowerment. 

They also arrange cultural activities for the underprivileged children that make them confident and presentable. Some educational touring programmes are also organized by them for the underprivileged children that make them understand the possibilities of real world and also helps these kids to understand the future. The organization is working at its best changing the life of the small kids rising them as the future of the country with new potentials and skills.