Name, College, Year of Study Neha Singh, NUJS Kolkata, 2nd year. Duration of the Internship 14th May 2015- 14th June 2015 Name of the Organization CHETNA (Childhood Enhancement Through Training and Action), Agra and Mathura Application Procedure Curriculum vitae (CV) along with a scanned copy of Bona Fide certificate can be mailed at chetnacncp@gmail.com First day Formalities They made the interns read some guidelines as to how to deal with children and sign some undertakings. They briefed us about the legislations that India has for the protection of Children. First Impression The office was actually a rented house in the residential area with decent infrastructure. Scorching summer was a problem as the office is not air conditioned plus the work was mostly on field. The day care centre was a small house near Mathura Railway Station. Main Tasks My job was divided into two parts: 1. Work with CHILDLINE i.e. Children Helpline (Team Agra). As a part of CHILDLINE I had to assist the heads on rescue operations after getting information through the helpline. Apart from the rescue operations we worked on creating awareness about the Standard Operating Procedure, we worked to make child friendly railway station. We held meetings with the Child Welfare Committee, I had to make a power point presentation for the same and present it during the meeting with the CWC. I worked with CHILDLINE three days a week and the other two days I visited the day care centre at Mathura. 2. Work at the Open Day Care Centre (Mathura). This centre was a day home to children living at the railway station. The children were taught to read and write. There were art and craft and dance classes as well. Children were provided with the lunch and there was an hour assigned for watching television. My work was to teach the children and interact with them. Work Environment and People The team had some ten members and we were two interns. The work environment was very friendly, the project heads were pretty young in age and we got along with them very easily. Rescue operations were tiring but the days at the day care centre were pretty amazing. The children at the centre were very kind hearted and sweet and many of them were actually serious about doing great in life. Most of the children were amazing dancers and they did teach me some good dancing steps. Timings. CHILDLINE Agra: 11 am to 4 pm . They might allow you to leave early on certain days or else it might be late while assisting during the rescue operation. Day Care Centre: It takes about 50 mins by Train to reach Mathura from Agra. Timings there were very flexible, at times I took a train at 10 am from Agra and reached around 11 am, the other days I would reach around 12 pm. I usually left the centre by 4 pm. Lunch was not provided at the CHETNA CHILDLINE office Agra, you had to […]
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