EDUCATING, ENABLING AND EMPOWERING INDIA’S CHILDREN

EDUCATING, ENABLING AND EMPOWERINGEDUCATING, ENABLING AND EMPOWERINGINDIA’S CHILDRENINDIA’S CHILDREN

We do not ask for cash donations

OUR VISIONOUR VISION

“ HELP THOSE IN NEED SO THAT NO ONE LIVES IN PAIN, SUFFERING OR NEGLECT BECAUSE OF DISRIMINATION BASED ON CASTE, COLOR, CREED, RACE, RELIGION

OR SOCIAL STATUS”


OUR MISSIONOUR MISSION

“ To educate, enable and empower India’s Children by providing them proper education,

shelter, nutrition, clothing and permanent LOVE ”

OUR EVOLUTION OUR EVOLUTION

From two self motivated 20 year olds, Rs 500, open space at Connaught Place, 25 kids and a dream to

bring about a change

Began SHADES OF HAPPINESS, formerly known as The Sunday Youth


THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTERTHE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER

The right to survival

- To life, health, nutrition, name, nationality

The right to protection

- From exploitation, abuse, neglect

The right to development

- To education, care, leisure, recreation, cultural activities

The right to participation

- To expression, information, thought, religion


• 40% of India's population is below the age of 18 years. At 400 million is the world's largest child population.

• 50% of India's children between the age 6 and 18 are not in school

• 17 million children in India work as per official estimates • 1 out of 6 girls will not live to see her 15th birthday

•2 million children (approx) are commercial sex workers

between the age of 5 and 15 years


THE INDIAN SCENARIO THE INDIAN SCENARIO

• 40% of India's population is below the age of 18 years. At 400 million is the world's largest child population.

• 50% of India's children between the age 6 and 18 are not in school

• 17 million children in India work as per official estimates • 1 out of 6 girls will not live to see her 15th birthday

•2 million children (approx) are commercial sex workers

between the age of 5 and 15 years


THE INDIAN SCENARIO - contd THE INDIAN SCENARIO - contd

WHAT DO WE DO?WHAT DO WE DO?

CHILDREN

IN NEED

YOU•RESOURCE PARTNERS•MEDIA•YOUTH•STATE•PUBLIC

Shades Of Happiness


WHAT DO WE DO? WHAT DO WE DO? Contd.Contd.

With help from our Resource partners:• Our role is that of an enabler,

– Identifying problems faced by children at grassroots.– Providing them with:

• Emotional Support• Counseling• Education • Training• Nutrition• Shelter• Clothing

Perspective building on:– Child rights– Accountability

• Programmatic• Financial

We strive to create a sustainable model of social change for child rights


SEGMENTS ADDRESSEDSEGMENTS ADDRESSED

CHILD

Sexually Abused

Children

Children of Commercial Sex Workers

Orphaned/Abandoned Children

Children in Institutions Girl Children

Working Children

Disaster impacted children

Runaway Children

Street Children

Ensuring children receive their basic rights to – survival, development, participation and protection


HOW DO WE MOBILISE FUNDS?HOW DO WE MOBILISE FUNDS?

Individuals in India- Face to face - Direct mail- Online Advertising- Events

Individuals overseas- Applying for FCRA

certification.

Corporates- One-on-one- Marketing tie-ups

Funding Agencies- One-on-one

Product Sales- Events- Corporates


SHADES OF HAPPINESS TODAYSHADES OF HAPPINESS TODAY

We have impacted the lives of nearly 600 children in Delhi & Hyderabad by way of providing them with whatever little we had.

In order to reach out to the maximum beneficiaries, we are planning to acquire a movable school on wheels.

We envisage opening a Mumbai Chapter in September 2010.

In Delhi, we plan to send at least 500 children to school by 2011-12.


WHO MAKES IT POSSIBLE?WHO MAKES IT POSSIBLE?

•The primary stakeholders i.e the children and their parents• Ordinary individuals by volunteering, pledging, etc• Corporate/Social Partners like WNS,INTELENET, DETTOL, IBM, St Columba’s School, etc.• 120 Volunteers who contribute time, skills and effort • 4 Trustees• People who buy the products.


BECAUSE EACH OF US BELIEVEBECAUSE EACH OF US BELIEVE

“THAT WHATEVER LITTLE WE DO ADDS UP TO

A LOT FOR THEM”


You can partner us by:

•Donating old clothes, shoes,etc which our children can wear. •Donate stationary, old books (both school and story books). •Donate old computers, music systems, etc which would help us to train the kids. •Becoming a volunteer in either teaching, administration, fund raising, marketing or Public Relations. •Helping us get associated with the CSR department of your company. •Reviewing our running programs, viz Neev and Go To School and helping us in your kind capacities. •Pledging an amount per month for the year (Rs 500 per child per month) to help us put a child in a good school and take care of her/his academic needs for the year. •Donating in Kind towards our existing programs.• Funding a full project

WE NEED YOUWE NEED YOU


“Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense,

regardless of how it turns out."

OUR CONVICTIONOUR CONVICTION


[email protected]

CONTACTCONTACT


THANK YOUTHANK YOU

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EDUCATING, ENABLING AND EMPOWERING INDIA’S CHILDREN