ICDE-INDIA - ICYE

Code: 06• NAME OF THE PROJECT APSA• LOCATION Bangalore, Karnataka• CONTACT PERSON Mr. Lakshapathi. P• THEME OR TYPE OF PROJECT Working with Child labor and youth• AIMS OF THE PROJECT To catalyze the process by which underprivileged anddeprived communities use their own strengths and effortsto solve their problems and improve the quality of theirlives.To evolve new social paradigms within whichcomprehensive plans could create better lives for thecommunities with which we work.To enable social development rooted in justice and equitythrough local people’s organizations devoted to socialmobilization, concentration and economic and politicalempowerment.To ensure the participation of populations frequentlyunder-represented in development – especially womenand children.To strengthen the expression of local cultures and issuesthrough the use of traditional and folk forms of art,theatre, literature and music.• PROJECT’S ACTIVITIES Nammane (Our Home), KAUSHALYA, Self Help GroupProject, Street Children’s and Communities, TheDisability Project, VIKAS, Navajeevana Nilaya, TheAppropriate Education Project, Slum Outreach Project,Child Labor Project, The Child Help Line, Inchara,Sexual Health, Juvenile Justice.• COMMUNITY CONTEXT APSA is located in an Urban environment. Situated in aquite and peaceful area which is ideal for the Childlabour, Street Children, Domestic child labours, Peoplewith Disability & Students both girl and boy to stay andstudy, vocational trainings, ect… and practise aacademic subjects. More then 200 children’s and same ofstaffs they are in APSA Namma Mane. The climate is nottoo cold or too hot. We try to develop the projects withthe least disturbance to the environment. The majority ofour buildings are traditionally and Eco friendly madeusing locally sourced materials and especially our allbuildings planned by Children’s example Dream Schooland Namma Mane (Children’s Home). There are manylanguages spoken with in APSA. The economicalenvironment is quite typical of most of Urban India.APSA Community is situated about 14 km insideBangalore, on Airport road, and APSA is 2Km in sidefrom Airport bus stand also is there lots of land mark allway in the way Board is show way to you. Most popularName is Namma Mane and Child line maybe you callanywhere from Bangalore this No free call you will getright address about APSA. There is a regular bus serviceto and from the city main bus stations.• VOLUNTEER’S REQUIREMENTS Open minded people.Adjustable Capacity.Helping Nature and Working.English knowledge.