Who we are
 
Holistic Child Development India is a humanitarian organization working for the last thirty-five years towards bringing a lasting improvement in the quality of life of children, their families and communities living in abject poverty and injustice, through development projects with a child centered approach that promotes the rights, interests and dignity of children. It ensures full participation of children and their families in all programmes that are designed and implemented to bring about sustainable development. It also works towards the capacity building of families and communities to meet their rights and needs, so that the needs of their children are met. Holistic Child Development India is a Society registered under the Registrar of Societies of the Government of Delhi with its Registered Office in Delhi and Administrative Office in Pune. It is a National NGO and works in 18 States across the country supporting more than 80 projects. While Kindernothilfe e. V., Germany is primarily its funding partner, it is increasingly seeking financial support for the sponsorship of children from individuals, groups and corporate within the country.
 
Our focus basically is on:

  Child focused community development programmes that are sustainable.
  Programmes for Children at High Risk including those who are differently-abled.
Residential child care for children from rural and tribal settings who have no access to education and other
    basic needs.
Emergency response and disaster mitigation.
 
Advocacy initiatives that promote the rights of children and women.

Our Aims, Objectives and Core Values
 
We direct all our efforts towards:
 
  Reaching out to the most disadvantaged and neglected children, their families
    and communities and helping them towards development and sustainability through
    child-focused community development programme activities in rural and tribal areas
  Identifying children at high risk in urban settings such as street, working and
    pavement children, children of commercial sex workers, the HIV affected and infected, the differently abled, giving them the opportunity to live in an atmosphere free from abuse and exploitation and leading them to a better future
  Residential child care programmes, particularly in rural-tribal areas, to enable
   
children access education and all round development
  Providing vocational and technical training
  Rescuing child labourers and combating trafficking of women and children  
    and rehabilitating them
  Promoting awareness and advocacy of child rights and encouraging the
    Child Parliament movement
  Responding to natural calamity on or outside our projects with relief and
    rehabilitation leading to development
  Focussing on the impact of climate change on our projects and campaigning
    for greening the earth

Our Approach
 
Holistic Child Development India (HCDI) has a very clear mandate on the well being of the children of our Nation with special focus of children belonging to the poverty stricken and the downtrodden families of rural and tribal areas. HCDI’s Child focused approach aims to improve the quality of a child’s life in its own environment in a four pronged manner.
 
Firstly, apart from addressing the needs of children it facilitates children’s, their families and communities participation in the development process.  Secondly, it promotes rights, interests and dignity of children.  Meanwhile strengthening the capacity of their families and communities.  Finally it induces them to mobilize resources, through networking and linkages, as much as possible from within the community, the government and other NGOs.  Though the approach is child centered, it recognizes the fact that families and communities can meet their responsibilities towards their children fully and better when their own capacity to address their needs and rights are also addressed.
 
HCDI’s work ethos is firmly based on the foundations set forth in the fundamental rights of children as expressed in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.  The child focused approach therefore aims to support children to realise these rights through:
 
  creation of awareness and understanding of children’s rights
  motivating and providing an environment for children to participate in
their own development through Child Parliaments and Self Governance
  understand children’s needs and aspirations by giving them opportunities to
express themselves confidently and courageously
  provide opportunities for children to take part in policy discussions at village level,
block level and at district and national alongside community members,
leaders and partners
 
HCDI as part of its child focused approach has been responding as a priority to the rising incidence of child labour, child trafficking and other violence against children. Child protection committees have been created to monitor children's well being and protect them in every village consisting of community leaders, especially women, children, and leaders from Panchayat. They are tasked with making sure that children in the community are safe and secure from abuse, trafficking, violence and are educated and protected.
 
HCDI through its partners adopt this approach through development programmes in different types of Projects such as:
 
1.   Child Focused Community Development Projects
2.   Children at High Risk Projects
3.   Residential Child Care Projects
4.   Vocational training centers
 
5. Disaster mitigation and management projects
 
Our Funding Partners
 
Kindernothilfe Kindernothilfe (KNH) was founded in1959 by a group of dedicated Christians in Duisburg, Germany, in order to help needy children in India. Over time, it has become one of the largest Christian organizations in Europe for children's aid. Today it supports more than 300.000 children
and young people in 27 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. KNH aims to give needy children in the poorest countries of the world a chance to a good start in life. That means a basic school education and vocational training, good nutrition and health care, as well as community-oriented support to the families of the children.
Visit Kindernothilfe (KNH) at http://en.kindernothilfe.org/
 
KNH works together with partner organizations located abroad, usually churches, congregations or Christian organizations. However, the support of children is always granted irrespective of religion.
 
KNH has its Head office in Duisburg. KNH is a registered charitable organization and a member of the Diaconic Services of the Evangelical Church in Germany. More than 90 percent of the work is financed through donations from 100000 people who support Kindernothilfe. KNH receives subsidies from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development (BMZ) and from the European Union as well as church grants.
 
Our Implementing Partner Agencies
 

HCDI’s mission is to support the Church in its role to reach the poor and the marginalized communities irrespective of caste, creed or religion and to bring in marked change in their living standards.

 

HCDI partners and facilitates Churches and Organizations based on Christian values in the implementation various programmes. These partners have vast experience in working with children and disadvantaged communities and have expertise in implementing participatory sustainable developmental programmes.  These implementing agencies are very knowledgeable about the topography and social and cultural backgrounds, economic problems and constraints of the community they work with.  They are also conversant with the language of the local community and are in an excellent position to communicate the project requirements to the community, build a quick rapport and ensure their participation whole heartedly. 

 

The best asset of our implementing agencies is their willingness and commitment of their staff to live on the project with the people and devote all their knowledge and capabilities to the execution of the programmes for the benefit of the children and their families.
 

Partners of HCDI:
 
  The Methodist Church in India - (MCI)
  Baptist Union of North India - (BUNI)
  Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church - (GELC)
  India Evangelical Lutheran Church - (IELC)
  Hindustani Covenant Church - (HCC)  
  Phom Baptist Christian Association - (PBCA)
  North West Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church - (NWGELC)
  The Roman Catholic Church
  The Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar
 

Orders under the Roman Catholic Church:
 
  The Sisters of the Good Shepherds
  Montfort Brothers of St.Gabriel
  Society of Jesus
  Franciscan Sisters of Immaculate Heart of Mary
  Dominican Fathers of Nagpur  
  Sisters of the Holy Cross
  Society of the Divine Word
  Indian Missionary Society
  Catholic Diocese (Various Dioceses)
     
  The Syro Malabar Catholic church
  Society of Don Bosco
  Missionary Society of St. Thomas Apostle
  Dominican Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin
 

Christian Organization and Societies:
 
  Community Outreach Programmer, (CORP), Mumbai
  Christian Agency for Rural Development, (CARD), Kerala
  The Christian Fellowship, Rajnandgaon, Chattisgarh
  The Bombay Diocesan Society, Mumbai
  Asha Deep Foundation, Delhi  
  Community Development Society, Nagpur, Maharashtra
  Naujhil Integrated Rural Project For Health and Development (NIRPHAD), Mathura, UP
  Navjeevan Seva Mandal, (NSM) Sevoor, Tamilnadu
  Oxford Mission, Kolkata, West Bengal
  Society of St. Mary the Virgin in India, Pune, Maharashtra
  United Christian Institute, Suranussi, Punjab
  Young Men’s Christian Association, Cuttack, Orissa.
 
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Jobs
 
Following jobs are currently available with HCDI:
 
PROJECT OFFICER
Post Graduate in Development Studies/Sociology or Rural/Agriculture Development, with at least 3 years experience in a reputed NGO.
 
SENIOR PROJECT OFFICER
Post Graduate in Development Studies/Sociology or Rural/Agriculture Development, with at least 10 years experience in a reputed NGO.
 
Application together with bio-data and recent colour photograph may be sent in a cover marked with the post  applied for, within 10 days to:
 
The Director
Holistic Child Development India
S. No. 4AI/AI/IE, Salunke Vihar Road, Kondhwa, Pune 411 048.
 
Contact us
 

We can be contacted at:
 

Holistic Child Development India
S. No. 4A1/A1/1E
Salunke Vihar Road
Kondhwa Khurd
Pune - 411 048
Maharashtra
 
Tele : +91 20 - 65000228 / 229
Email : hcdi@hcdi.in
Web : www.holisticchild.org