Karnataka State Council for Child Welfare

Aim To work for the development of economically disadvantaged children.

Karnataka State Council for Child Welfare...
	is listed under the category Child Development/Organisations
	was established in 1955
	focuses on creche, adoption, teacher training, non-formal education, early childhood education, non-formal education
	functions at the Local, State level
	works with slum, working and destitute children, 1-16 years
	has the resource of newsletter
	welcomes help in the form of volunteers, books, clothes, toys, donations

KSCCW with eight district councils has been involved in child welfare for 44 years. It has 50 creches and one mobile creche. It runs two non-formal education (NFE) centres for beginners and school drop-out girls, and six NFE centres for slum and ragpicking children under the International Programme on Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC). It runs a home for destitute children, and has a child sponsorship programme. It provides vocational training to non-school going girls. It has three balsevika training centres; and it is the adoption scrutinising agency for Karnataka.

Ms Meenakshi Shivaramakrishnan, President
Available - Mon-Sat 10.00-4.30, 2nd & 4th Sat 10.00-1.00
135 Shishuraksha, 3rd Cross, Nandidurg Road, Jayamahal Extn., Bangalore - 560046.
Ph 23330846, 23568378 , Email ksccwblr@gmail.com , Website www.shishuraksha.org