Tamil Nadu Social Service Society (TASOSS)
Trichy
Justice, Peace. Development – 1979 TNBC
Tamil Nadu Social Service Society (TASOSS)
Tamil Nadu Social Service Society (TASOSS)
Trichy
Justice, Peace. Development – 1979 TNBC
Preparedness, relief and recovery
| Project | Changing The Way We Care – Faith & Family |
|---|---|
| Supported By | CRS/ CTWWC |
| Duration/ Period | October, 2022 to September, 2023 |
| Total No of volunteers enrolled | Changing the Way We Care (CTWWC) promotes safe, nurturing family care for children reintegrating from residential care facilities (often referred to as orphanages) and prevents child-family separation by strengthening families, reforming national systems of care for children, and working to shift donor and volunteer support away from residential care and toward family care alternatives. |
| Total number of Household reached | CTWWC initiative is organized around three main strategic objectives: (1) Governments promote family care; (2) Children stay in or return to safe and nurturing families; and (3) Key stakeholders make meaningful commitments toward family care. |
| Intervention Areas | Four CTWWC team in Kanyakumari District (Kottar, Kuzhithurai, Thukkalay and Marthandam) are working with 1438 vulnerable children in 64 villages. A total of 1438 children from 996 vulnerable families have been identified for close monitoring and care. |
In Tamil Nadu, the CTWWC project was initiated in 2021 with a focus on using virtual monitoring and facilitation of linkages with government and church-based schemes for family strengthening of vulnerable at-risk children and their families, and to build capacities of families to retain children under parental care. Having realized the importance of faith engagement through our project, the following efforts were taken
Four CTWWC team in Kanyakumari District (Kottar, Kuzhithurai, Thuckalay and Marthandam) are working with 1438 vulnerable children in 64 villages. A total of 1438 children from 996 vulnerable families have been identified for close monitoring and care.
Through rigorous ranking based on established vulnerability criteria based on parental/care situation of the children, economic situation of the families and status of their shelter, health and education issues, the 4 Districts have chosen 120 children to take up for Individual Case Management to address more severely affected families. Case Management SOP was developed and all staff (POs, SCMs and FCMs) was given training on Child protection terminology, Staff Behavior toward children – Dos and don’ts, Guiding principles and Steps of the Case Management forms. They were also oriented on the required forms and templates, documentation and reporting process.