India
Education
Psychosocial and Economic Support in Kashmir
More Information About this ProjectProject Needs and BeneficiariesCHINAR started as a home for young boys and girls orphaned in Kashmir’s 15-year conflict. Its focus is psychosocial rehabilitation of orphans and vulnerable children in conflict areas. The children are given a home, foster mothers, quality education and psychological counseling to mitigate their trauma. Also, following the recent earthquake, CHINAR quickly mobilized funds and expertise to help the victims recover. Since the earthquake, CHINAR has helped 55 families build semi-permanent shelters ActivitiesCHINAR’s goals are to assist orphans and vulnerable children by providing a home and psychosocial rehabilitation; empowering widows with skills training to build livelihoods; and expanding to help children in other conflict areas. Funding InformationTotal Funding Received to Date: $100 Funding InformationThis project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available. Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $100. The original project funding goal was $6,500. Additional DocumentationThis project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf). ResourcesWhy this Project is ImportantPotential Long Term ImpactKashmir currently has more than 100,000 orphans, and a federal budget of $4/child/year. Widespread psychological trauma among the children means there is much work to be done to help future generations be prepared to build and develop their society. Project Message
“Every child has the right to be nurtured, to be protected, to be given the opportunity to grow and flourish.” Who is Running This ProjectContact
Fozia Qazi, Project SponsorOrganization
Learn more about CHF International and the project team. CHF International's Funded Projects on GlobalGivingWhere this Project is LocatedCountry
This project is located in For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India. When this Project was UpdatedLast UpdatedThis project was last updated on March 27, 2006. Date Added to GlobalGivingThis project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 06, 2006. How Else You Can Help |
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