Rajagiri - CASP Sponsorship Project

 

Incepted in 1975 as a National NGO, CASP aims at:

• Enabling children, their families and communities to meet their basic needs
• Enhancing their ability to participate in and benefit from their social environment
• Promoting the rights and interests of the child.

With the prime objective to protect and uphold the right and dignity of every individual, especially children, CASP, with its experience in the field of Child Sponsorship and Community Development, could significantly improve the quality of life of over 75, 000 children in India.

In 1982 CASP joined hands with Rajagiri College of Social Sciences to promote its services in Kerala, to support more children and communities in need. So far the joint initiative could reachout to 110 Grama Panchayats and 4200 children from all over Kerala directly and through child centered programme 1 Lakh children indirectly.

The Vision

A world in which ALL CHILDREN realize their potential in societies that respect people’s rights and dignity.

The Mission

To improve the quality of life of children, their families and communities by establishing sustainable development processes.

The Motto

  Child as the focus,
     family as the unit
         and community as the milieu of development.

The Strategy

• to sponsor a child and subsequently involve the entire family;
• to direct efforts to make the communities self-reliant;
• to improve their quality of life through programmes for integrated development.

The Approach

To provide assistance to the weakest sections of society by exposition to various skills; to help them develop confidence in their abilities so that they can better their circumstances through their own efforts and make themselves self-reliant. 

Here the determination comes true…. CASP brings sunshine and hope for a child’s destructed dreams…

CHILD SPONSORSHIP

RAJAGIRI - CASP helps an underprivileged child to meet the basic needs, especially the educational needs, for it believes in bringing up a responsible citizen, who can serve the community and the nation.

We give preference to support

     »  Children whose families are in crisis
     »  Differently abled children
     »  Mentally Retarded
     »  Children of Leprosy / HIV / AIDS
         parents
     »  Children of parents imprisoned to
         life

THE SUPPORT SYSTEM WORKING FOR THE CHILD

• Educational Assistance
• Counselling Services
• Remedial Tuition Programme
• Career Guidance Camps
• Children’s Library
• Holiday Camps (Souhrudam)
• Children’s Sports Club
• Vayanakkoottam (Literary Clubs)
• Bal Panchayat (Child Parliament)
• Medical Insurance/Assistance
• Medical Camps
• Alumni Cell

COMMUNITY REACH OUTS

Under the Child centered initiative, lot of qualitative programmes/interventions are incorporated to improve the living enviournment. The efforts include :

• Women Empowerment Programmes 
• Services for Senior Citizens
• Micro Credit Co-operatives (SHGs)
• Drinking Water Projects
• Housing & Sanitation Schemes
• Adarsha Gramam (Model Village Scheme)
• Classmate Education Programme
• Solar Electrification Programmes
• Jalanidhi
• Vocational Training
• Multi Purpose Community Centres
• Multiple Health Care Centres
• Mobile Health Clinics
• Tsunami - R & R Involvement etc..

MILE STONES / ACHIEVEMENTS

Programme	Main features	Year of  Launch / Completion
Kerala Scholarship Movement, Japan	Child Centered Community Development Initiative	1991
Kothad - India's First Village to achieve 100 % Sanitation	Construction of  371 Latrines	1993
Housing Scheme	Cost Effective & Community Support	1994
Micro Credit Co-operatives	Thrift, Mutual Trust & Co-operation	1994
Women Empowerment	Setting up of Income Generating Enterprises & SHGs	1994
Independent  status to RAJAGIRI – CASP as a Unit of CASP National	Autonomy in Administration	1995
Drinking Water Supply Scheme	Tapping of Existing water resources and rain water harvesting	1995
Kalamassery Project in Association with Rotary Clubs & Rajagiri Institutions	Awareness Awakening Prog., Community Health Development Prog,, Employment Generating Prog, Vocational Training Prog., Low Cost Housing & Sanitation Prog.,	1995
Electrification by Solar Power (Asia'sNo.1 Project)	Electricity supply to 393families by utilizing non-conventional energy sources	1997
Day Care Centre for the Elderly	Programmes for the senior Citizens	1997
Model Village Scheme (Spon. by HUDCO)	Housing & Sanitation  (422 families) Solar electrification  (50 families)            Smokeless Choolahs  (100 families)	1999
Aditya - The Solar Shop	An outlet to sell DLS & SL with subsidy from MNES, Govt. of India	1999
Bal Panchayat         (Child Parliament)	Protection & Promotion of CHILD RIGHTS	2001
Rotary – Kadamakudy Project	Sanitation, Drinking Water Day Care Centre for Elderly Boat Clinic, Vocational Training Centre	2004
Rotary – Karmakendra Project	Computer Training,  Tailoring, Guidance Centre, Livelabs for Social Work Students	2001
Higher Education Scholarship Scheme  (Karmajyothi)	Financial Support to Higher & Professional Education through GSF	2002
Medical Assistance Scheme	Medical Assistance given to the Sponsored Children	2002
Jalanidhi of KRWSA, Govt. of Kerala	Drinking Water & Enviournmental Sanitation	2004
Viswarogya Health Insurance Scheme	Mediclaim Scheme of United India Insurance Company  Ltd.	2004
Classmate Education Programme in Malappuram Dt. – a CSR project of ITC Ltd.	Improve Basic infrastructure facilities in Govt. &  Aided Primary Schools Classmate Note Book to all Children Vacation Camp PTA Empowerment	2005
Relief  & Rehabilitation Involvement in Tsunami	Sponsorship Programme Emotional Support Legal Support	2005
Establishment of Regional Office at Thrissur	Close Support Mechanism to ensure Efficiency	2006
Monitoring of the Santhwanam project of Keraleeyam	A project to support HIV Infected/Affected Children in the State of Kerala	2006

AUXILLIARY SERVICES

• Field Work Training in Social Work for the National & International scholars (RIEP)
• National and State Level Training Programmes
• ADITYA-The Solar Shop, Sponsored by MNES, Govt. of India
• Child Rights Resource Centre (CRRC)
• CHILDLINE- Kochi
• Campaign Against Child Labour (CACL)
• Partnership with Local Self Governments
• Partnership with NGOs
• Partnership with Corporates
• Exchange Programmes (National & International) 
• Consultancy (Project Proposals, Research Studies, Training etc..)

OUR STRENGTH

• Is the largest livelab of Rajagiri College with 24 Professional Social Workers and a variety of Social work and Development Initiatives covering 10 Districts of Kerala. 
• Provides facility for Field Practicum in various disciplines namely Social Work, Management, Medicine, Nursing etc…. 
• Acts as a facilitator of various initiatives in social work field ranging from Child Development to Community Development, Child Rights to Human Rights. 

SCHOLARSHIPS

 

As a joint intiative of Rajagiri-CASP Sponsorship Project ,Muthoot Pappachan Foundation and Geojit BNP Pariban Financial Services on 20^th October 2007, 34 students were awarded scholarships for pursuing higher studies.These students hailing  from  poor socio-economic backgrounds   had scored high marks in the Plus Two examination  and are doing  B-Tech, Medicine,Nursing,Hotel Management Courses etc.  Mr Thomas Muthoot and George Muthoot representing Muthoot Pappachan Foundation and MR C.J.George were present for the programme.

OUR MAJOR PARTNERS/SUPPORTERS 

• ABBA,  Amala Cancer Hospital, Trissur
• Carmel Services & Charities,  Muvattupuzha  
• cgh earth  experience hotels, Cochin 
• Catholic Centre, Irinjalakuda 
• Dhulfuqar Cultural Centre,   Malappuram.
• G&S Foundation, Ernakulam
• Good Samariton Trust, Ernakulam
• Helping Hands, Nilambur
• Mary Matha Major Seminary, Thrissur
• AMALA-FLORIDA, USA
• ISWAI, CANADA
• HYKON Transcripts
• Popular Mega Motors, Ernakulam 
• Rotary Clubs of Kochi & Kalamassery
• SABS Congregation
• Sahrudaya Services & Charities, Kalamassery
• St.Antony’s Charitable Trust, Mannuthy
• St.Joseph Hospital, Kothamangalam 
• St.Joseph’s College, Irinjalakuda
• St.Mary’s College, Thrissur 
• Veega Holidays, Ernakulam
• V-Guard Industries, Ernakulam
• Vimala College, Thrissur
• SAFI (Social Action Forum, Irinjalakkuda)
• Social Action, Thrissur
• Geojit Financial Services Ltd., Ernakulam
• Nirmalmatha School, Thrissur
• Family Wellness Centre, Palakkad
• ITC Ltd., Ernakulam 
• N.T.P.C. Ltd, Kayamkulam
• Keraleeyam, Trivandrum 
• Taj Group of Hotels, Ernakulam etc….

Join hands with us to help to the helpless………
                                                          YES, YOU CAN MAKE IT… 

• Become the sponsor of an underprivileged child by contributing Rs. 2000/- (US $ 50) yearly.
• Become a lifetime sponsor by contributing Rs. 20,000/- (US $ 500)

We welcome your partnership in Community projects too…

Donations to CASP are exempted under section 80 G of the Indian Income Tax Act.

Permitted to receive foreign contribution by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India.

Cheque/DD may be drawn in favour of SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMME.

For more details
www.caspkerala.org
 casp@rajagiri.edu / caspkerala@dataone.in

 

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