The Child In Need Institute (CINI) helps poor mothers and children in India.
It works at the grassroots with local community groups and government bodies to bring about sustainable improvements in nutrition, health, education and protection.
Programmes are implemented by local staff and volunteers, making full use of skills available locally and keeping costs low.
CINI shares successful approaches it has developed with other organisations. It is widely recognised as a leading authority on mother and child nutrition and healthcare in India, and has provided training on related issues to staff from major charities such as UNICEF, CARE and CRY, as well as many smaller local NGOs.
The Indian government has recognised CINI’s outstanding work by giving the charity the National Award of Child Welfare twice, once in 1986 and again in 2005. It is the only NGO known to have won this award more than once. Recipients of this award are chosen on the basis of the quality of their programmes, their significance in leading the way on improving child welfare in India, and the numbers of children whose lives have been touched by the charity’s work.
In November 2007, Dr Chaudhuri, the founder and Director of CINI India, was awarded the World of Children’s Award for his dedication to work to improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of poor children.
CINI UK has a close working relationship with CINI in India, but has an independent set of Trustees. We are rigorous in requiring narrative and financial progress reports, the format of which have been devised in consultation with CINI India staff so that they are useful for programme management and not excessively burdensome.
We carefully monitor these reports and work with CINI on any of areas of concern, to help support learning from experience and the continual improvement of programmes. We are dedicated to maximising the effectiveness of CINI’s projects, and to ensuring the long-term financial sustainability of CINI’s work.
For an account of how and why CINI was founded by Dr Samir Chaudhuri, click here
For details about the impact of CINI's projects please click here for the project reports
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Breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty, malnutrition and ill health
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Rehabilitating severely malnourished children and their families
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Preventing child malnutrition by supporting mothers in the last 6 months of pregnancy and the child’s first two years, empowering them to give their children the best possible start in life |
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Helping disadvantaged children access education and child protection services
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Helping child labourers get back into full time education
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Providing shelters for the protection of street-children and evening education centres in red-light areas
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Preventing children from becoming child labourers by ensuring that children from disadvantaged families receive early years educational support and help with the difficult transition to primary school. |
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