Mobile Creches Snapshot
Young children and their working mothers are one of the most vulnerable sections living in poverty, in India today. While the adults toil, young children suffer neglect and the older ones bear the responsibility of adult chores. Mobile Creches has been a presence in this landscape since 1969.
- We Provide Childcare Services to 6000 children in a year, at 21 day care centres at construction sites across Delhi, NOIDA (Uttar Pradesh) and Gurgaon (Haryana), from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., six days a week. We Ensure Childcare Services for another 5000 children in a year, by setting up neighbourhood crèches, functionalizing public services in the slums of Delhi and building capacities of community women and grass root organizations in Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD), in North India. We work with corporate partners, including construction companies, and advocate for right policies and programmes for children with the state/central governments.
Reaching Children - We provide daycare services to 6,000 children in a year, of ages birth-12 years, on the construction sites of Delhi (NCR), comprising nutrition, health and hygiene, age-appropriate stimulation, educational activities, school admissions and tutorial support. In the slums of Delhi, we facilitate setting up of 45-50 neighbourhood crèches and work with over 1500 families every year to promote change in childcare practices.
Community Awareness and Mobilization - Through meetings, street theatre, participatory research, formation of women’s/youth groups and issue-based campaigns we generate awareness on socio-economic-political issues affecting the community. Issues include, gender, importance of breastfeeding and early care, malnutrition, registration of births, infectious diseases, etc.
Training in Childcare - Our training promotes understanding on concepts of ECCD and builds the skills and knowledge necessary for care-givers in the community and Childcare Workers in organizations and state run facilities, in order to create quality childcare alternatives for working women.
Research and Documentation - We undertake development and dissemination of teaching aids, reference manuals and research documentation to share our experience andexpertise in ECCD for children of the poor.
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Networking and Advocacy - We build partnerships around a common platform, on issues that surround the young child, for joint analysis and advocacy. We work with NGOs, government and other grass root organizations to effect changes in policy, increase budget allocations for programmes and ensure better implementation on the ground. To date, Mobile Creches has reached out to 6,50,000 children, trained 6000 childcare workers and run 600 daycare centres.
To date, Mobile Creches has reached out to 6,50,000 children, trained 6000 childcare workers and run 600 daycare centres
For more details on the MC Programme see the "What We Do" section