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Ankur |
CWC’s urban
programme |
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Anganwadi |
A pre school
or day care centre for children below the age of 6 years. |
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Appropriate
Education Programme (AEP) |
A
comprehensive education programme designed and developed by CWC
based on learning material that enables children to learn at their
own pace and interest and covering the formal, rights and
developmental syllabus. |
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Beedi |
A kind of
local Indian cigarettes |
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Bhima Chakra |
A tool
developed by CWC with Bhima Sangha that used for strategic planning |
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Bhima Patrike |
A wall
magazine for working children edited by Bhima Sangha and
published by CWC |
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Bhima Sangha |
A union of,
by and for working children in Karnataka facilitated by the
Concerned for Working Children, with a membership of over 13,000,
striving for the realisation of child rights |
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Child labour
free |
CWC works towards child labour free Panchayats
and areas. The criteria for declaring Panchayats and areas child
labour free are:
- No children have to do work that is detrimental to their
normal growth and development
- No children migrate from the Panchayat for employment
- All children in the Panchayat get an education that is
appropriate to them and compatible to the formal system
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The Concerned for Working Children (CWC) |
The Concerned for
Working Children (CWC) is a secular and democratic development
agency committed to the empowerment of children, especially working
and other marginalised children and their communities through their
participation in decision making and governance on all matters that
concern them. CWC has been actively involved in this cause since
1980. Presently CWC has field programmes in 5 districts of
Karnataka, India. |
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Extension Anganwadi |
An extension
of the formal Anganwadi that is designed to suit the timings,
location and needs of the local community. |
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Extension
School |
An Extension
School is an extension of the formal school, where all the children
are registered at with the formal system, but are able to study at
their convenience with regard to timings, location and scholastic
needs. |
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Gramashrama |
CWC’s rural programme |
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Gram Panchayat or Panchayat |
The Gram
Panchayat is the lowest level of administration in the system of
local government. The term Panchayat refers to both the geographical
and administrative units, as well as the elected body, which acts as
the local council. A Panchayat is composed of a cluster of villages
and several Panchayats constitute a Taluk. |
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Makkala
Gram Sabha |
A meeting of
all the children of the Panchayat to discuss issues of their concern
and negotiate with concerned officials and elected bodies |
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Makkala Mitra |
A children’s
friend or ombudsman, an adult chosen by children to provide support
and assistance to children in crisis or difficulties |
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Makkala
Panchayat |
A children’s
Village Council or parallel government of children, set up in
Karnataka jointly by Bhima Sangha and the Concerned for Working
Children. It is a forum for all children to participate in
decision-making and governance at the Panchayat level. |
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Makkala Sahaya Vani (MSV) |
MSV is a help line for children in crisis and
difficult circumstances. This intervention is facilitated by various
participants including police, NGOs, community, local government,
Makkala Mitra. CWC is a founder member of MSV Bangalore and has
facilitated the starting of such intervention in Udupi, Kundapur and
other towns. |
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Nammangadi
|
A marketing and resource network for communities
engaged in various entrepreneurial activities in Toofan Panchayats,
managed and coordinated by Namma Sabha. |
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Namma Bhoomi |
CWC’s
Regional Resource Centre situated in Kundapur, where about 100
children equip themselves with livelihood skills and education every
year |
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Namma Kadu |
‘Our Forest’
- An afforestation programme facilitated by Bhima Sangha and the
Makkala Panchayats with community participation in order to preserve
and develop the environment that would also meet the community needs
of firewood and green manure. Through this programme saplings are
planted in vacant public and private land, which becomes community
property managed and maintained by Bhima Sangha and the Makkala
Panchayats |
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Namma Sabha |
An
association of youth, composed of artisans, crafts persons and
others engaged in various occupations, founded by ex-Bhima Sangha
members. |
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Panchayat
Toofan |
This is a
programme of comprehensive development implemented by CWC with
primary focus on the empowerment of children. It aims at enabling
children to play a proactive role in decision-making and governance.
Bhima Sangha, Makkala Panchayat, Namma Sabha and the respective Gram
Panchayats are partners in this programme. |
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Taluk |
An
administrative unit of the Indian local government system. Several
Panchayats constitute a Taluk. |
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Task force |
A tripartite
body, devised by CWC, comprising of children’s representatives;
government officials and elected representatives; and community
based organisations. This body was set up link the Makkala Panchayat
with the Gram Panchayat and focuses primarily on issues related to
children that are raised by the Makkala Panchayat. |
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Toofan
Panchayat/Area |
Toofan
Panchayat is a Panchayat. CWC has implemented the Toofan programme
in this Panchayat. This is a programme of comprehensive development
with primary focus on the empowerment of children. It aims at
enabling children to play a proactive role in decision-making and
governance. |