Aasara - Achievement

Highlight of the work since inception:

Inauguration of a drop-in center at Chendani Koliwada, Thane-East, in November 30, 1993, for 15 shoe-shine boys.
Opening a full time shelter for street children on November 30, 1994 for 15 street boys/youth.
Opening of 4 Educational Centres in Thane city in 1994.
Selected by TISS as a Support Agency for Childline (A telephone helpline service for children in difficult circumstances) since 1994, and has been adopted by the Minsitry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India.
Registering of the Trust in all respects (Charity Commissioner, I.T Dept., 80G) on 02.4.1996.
Opening of a night shelter at Vithalwadi for street youth of Kalyan, on 30.4.1996.
Shelter children attending formal education in June 1996. (Presently all the shelter children are prepared and attend formal schools).
Increase in the number of beneficiaries in the Shelter and the drop in centers.
Reuniting abandoned children back to their families. (Total approx 50 in last 3 years).
Rehabilitating the orphan street children back to the society by giving them vocational training, interest free loans and job placement. (Total approx 15 in last 3 years).
Savings programme started and in progress from 1998.
Income generation programme for street youth in 1996-1998. (Approx 7 children were involved in supplying lunch boxes - a CCBT project and approx 15 youth were engaged in the part time project of assisting the police in traffic duties.Tea making project in the year 2000-01.
Preparing and admitting children, from families staying on the pavements, to Municipal schools and even procuring school uniforms and stationery at a concessional rate for them at Thane, Kalva and Kalyan in 1998.
Opening of the street girls day-care contact center at Kurla in 2001.
Shelter children are taking part in performing arts (dancing, music, drama, martial arts, etc), which is also therapeutic, since last year.
Professional individual counseling for children.
Day Care Educational Contact Centre for street girls started in November 2001.
Full time residential shelter for street girls in the age group of 5-10 years started in November 2001.
One of the oldest members of the Childline Project - a free helpline scheme for children in difficult circumstances started in 1996. This project is now undertaken by the Government of India since 1999.
Home for 10 street girls age 3-10 years in 2001.
Rehabilitated approximately 40 children through the various projects.
The shelter children put up a dance performance at the World Social Forum in January 2004 at Mumbai.
2 children selected in the choir of renowned music composer A R Rehman for the concert I Believe - an anthem written by the President.
2 children selected by the school for scholarship exams last year and 4 children selected this year.
Selected as the Collaborative Agency (Call Centre) for KALYAN CHILDLINE - the 39th city where this helpline scheme is being implemented.
Starting of the Kalyan Day centre in 2003.
Passport of one youth made ready for employment abroad.
student worker from Tata Institute of Social Sciences placed for field work in 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05 and from SNDT University in 2004-05.
Student workers from St. Xavier's college placed for field work in 2003-04, 2004-05.
Increase in unpaid volunteers at various projects.