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Initiation of massive Watershed Development on
6,000 hectares for Paharia tribe in Jharkhand. |
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Change comes to Phomland. Manipuri looms
replace Phom looms and large scale weaving is promoted |
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among women. |
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National level workshop on HIV/AIDS
is held at Delhi and is followed up by the initiation of HIV/AIDS
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programme in rural and tribal areas of our projects. |
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First two Child focused Community Development
projects of HCDI -one rural and one tribal -reach |
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sustainability and are in the process
of withdrawal. |
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2003 |
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Communitisation of schools begins in Nagaland
with government gradually taking over the running of all |
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schools and HCDI contributing through provision of school
buildings and training of teachers. |
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Mrs. Christina Rau, wife of the President
of Germany, visits our first project for rag picking children
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Delhi. |
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The number of Child Focused Community
Development projects increases to 20. |
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Corrective surgery camp for 40 children
held at Sangli with participation of doctors from Poland and
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Germany. |
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The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh inaugurates colony for
40 Hindu widows' at Kshipra'on land donated |
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by Haji Alam Shah and built by HCDI. |
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Encouraging use of improved methods
of recycling of farm-waste to optimize crop production, avoiding
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exploitation, maintaining fertility of
soil and preserving the environment. |
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2002 |
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Youth in Nagaland successfully
ban roaming of pigs in villages leading to improvement in
village |
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environment. |
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A White Revolution on Amul pattern
begins with high success in our tribal project in Gujarat.
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The medium scale watershed development
in Gujarat for the first time averts migration for work and
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improves agricultural productivity. |
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For the first time Santhals in Hazaribagh
grow wheat through group farming. |
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Interest in indigenous medical systems revived and promoted
through training, exposure visits and |
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itinerant medical helpers. |
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Concept of training dropouts tribal
girls as 'Ideal Grihinis' initiated in Jharkhand and Madhya
Pradesh. |
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Villages take on agriculture and allied activities in a big
way to raise economic status of families. |
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2001 |
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Proved highly successful
in first experience of providing relief and rehabilitation
of earthquake victims in |
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Gujarat. Not only provided 520 houses
but also harnessed talents and participation of people in
village |
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reconstruction and sustenance but providing skills, especially
to women. |
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Establishment of Grain Banks in all
27 Phom Naga villages completed. Exploitation by grain-lenders
stalled. |
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Construction of 21 school buildings over. |
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Socio-economic changes very visible
in villages; disappearance of 'parda'. Women become articulate
and |
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participative. Ninety percent children
on projects attend Early Child Care Centers or Primary Schools,
fall in |
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infant mortality rate, maternal mortality
rate, child and blood marriages, improved village sanitation.
Parents |
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demand accountability from government
and Village Development Councils pressurize local governments. |
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2000 |
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Alarmed by the severe drought
situation one small scale and one medium scale Watershed programme
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were introduced on an experimental basis
in three Child Focused Community Development Projects. |
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Empowerment of women was fortified through
active promotion of Women Self Help Groups for total |
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community development (not just credit
and finance) and addressing gender issues. |
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Navjeevan Village inaugurated by Governor of Maharashtra
for children of Commercial Sex workers. |
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Under the Residential Child Care Programme 90 hostels were
evaluated and helped to upgrade themselves |
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through enhancement of quality. |
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First ever Inter-village festival for Phom tribe of Nagaland
to foster friendship and cordiality. |
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1999 |
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All 30 Day Care centers were phased out. One
was converted into a Slum Community Development |
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Project in Mumbai. |
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Provided relief and rehabilitation to Orissa super cyclone
victims. |
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Consultation held in Ranchi to understand issues of tribal
children and to inspire Churches towards their |
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needs and motivate them to frame responses. |
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New home started for street girls in Delhi. |
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1998 |
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1997 |
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Entered a new area of work by pioneering removal
of children from a red before being eventually |
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rehabilitated at Navjeevan Village in Murbad. |
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Pushed the thrust of addressing needs of BIMAROU States. |
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Pioneered the first tribal Child focused Community Development
Project for the displaced communities of |
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Ukai dam in Gujarat. |
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Queen Elizabeth visits our street children project in Delhi. |
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Programme for HIV / AIDS affected and help for family/community
based care. |
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First Transit Home established for street and working boys
in Delhi. |
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1996 |
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Pioneered concept of Child
Focused Community Development Programme by initiating first
project in |
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Madhya Pradesh and utilizing individual
fostership through of pooling of resources both for the child
and the |
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community with the child at the center. |
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Pioneered concept of Community Based Care and Development
and increased number or Children from 30 |
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to 500 to become the largest Christian Organization in India
to minister to the needs of the Differently Abled |
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in a rural setting. |
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Initiated work on HIV / AIDS through a workshop in Nagpur
and followed up by starting the first Family and |
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Community based work in Delhi. |
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New approaches adopted for street children programmes like
Drop-in centers and Night shelters. |
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Initiated concept of phasing out Day Care centers and replacing
them with Child focused Community |
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Development Projects. |
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1995 |
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The first challenge came
from the far away northeast, when Nagaland asked help to promote
literacy. The |
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response, a Pilot Project in January,
was to establish Early Childhood Care Programmes and Schools
in 27 |
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villages. It was the first step of HCDI
to give a new and different complexion to child care. |
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Discussions were initiated to give a
new dimension to two existing projects for street and working
children in |
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Delhi and Bombay and turning them into
very large projects. This was a novel direction taken to inspire
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Churches to move in a new direction. |
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The idea of Child Focused Community Development Project was
born after a response to the malnutrition |
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deaths in Melghat, Maharashtra. |
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The Vision and Mission of HCDI is framed; Aims and Objectives
of ongoing programmes reframed and |
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restrategisation undertaken. |
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1994 |
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HCDI was carved out of the CNICCC to enable different
Churches to come together to promote |
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Ecumenism. In the mission to children, focusing on holistic
development of the poorest of the poor |
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irrespective of caste, creed and religion, inheriting 98 hostels,
30 Day Care Centers and a few other small |
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projects. The occasion was marked by an "Inaugural Service
and Oath Taking" by the Chairman, Secretary |
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and Treasurer. |
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