Kidpower (A Welfare Society)

District

Visakhapatnam

Kidpower India is working in the slums of Visakhapatnam to eradicate child labour through bridge schools and full scholarships for children to study in low-cost private schools. Most of the families are rag pickets, hair collection, selling brooms, begging and a few go to daily wage labour. They are in extreme poverty and have no savings. It is to be noted most of the families are large with each family having 3-4 children on average. At present, we are working in 2 slums of Visakhapatnam: Ekalavya Colony and Chittibabu Colony. About 430 families live in these slums. With the support of CCI, Canada we are running two bridge schools: Hope and LG bridge schools. Around 20-30 children attend the schools and are provided with basic education.

District

Visakhapatnam

States

Andhra Pradesh

For more than 14 years Manasu home is providing care and support to girls who are orphans or come from the difficult and abusive family backgrounds. The home provides many facilities like a safe stay, education, vocational training etc. Manasu Home is located in Visakhapatnam and is the only exclusive girl care centre that provides care and supports exclusively for girls. The centre believes that home care is the best care and tries to integrate the family back into the child. However, in cases where children could not integrate back home because of the vulnerable or abusive situation at home or the absence of caretakers. In such situations, the home provides education and vocational training support to the girl child. The centre can accommodate up to 45 children.