childlineindia.org.in Child Help Line : CHILDLINE India Foundation

Organisation :CHILDLINE India Foundation
Facility : Child Help Line

Home Page : childlineindia [dot] org

Child Help Line :

CHILDLINE India Foundation (CIF) is the central nodal agency for the replication of the CHILDLINE service. It was established on 28th May 1999 and registered under the Society’s Registration Act of 1960 and the Bombay Public Trust Act of 1890.

Related : CHILDLINE India Foundation Register Volunteer with CIF : www.statusin.in/5816.html

Is it similar to other organisations working with children-
There are hundreds of NGO’s who work with marginalized children some run shelters, some run skill & educational facilities, some run counselling services, some run health care establishments and so on. There are some organisations that fund NGO’s. CIF is a link service that links children in distress to organisations who can rehabilitate them. In essence CIF sets up a single window framework through a tele-helpline service – CHILDLINE 1098 – which can be accessed easily by any child. CIF is the parent organisation for the CHILDLINE network now functional in 291 cities. Its role includes systematic preparatory activity in a city/district before the initiation of the CHILDLINE service, close monitoring of the CHILDLINE service after its initiation, research on areas related to child protection based on calls received by CHILDLINE, Communications and Strategic Initiatives on issues related to child protection.

CHILDLINE replicated :
CIF follows a systematic model of replication, which includes studying the need of the children and the required scope of the service, selection of organisations, capacity building the team, training and orientation of Government and non Government agencies, and intensive outreach and awareness programmes with children. A number of organisations work closely as part of the CHILDLINE network. These range from a 24-hour call receiving centre located out of a shelter or hospital, community based support organisations with intensive outreach programmes and academic institutes to coordinate research, documentation etc.

plans for the future :
** Reach out to children in every district of the country
** Awareness about CHILDLINE among every Indian child
** Set up a national database on child protection services
** Initiation of needs based services for children in need
** Revolutionize the non profit sector through ou