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SEWA - Supportive Services
Child
Care at SEWA
SEWA
Childcare through Cooperatives & Local Organisations:
- In
Ahmedabad, Sangini Child Care Workers' Cooperative
is running centres for infants and young children.
It has linked with the ICDS and social Welfare Board.
- In
Kheda district, Shaishav Child Care Workers' Cooperatives
is running centres for 0 to 6 year old children of
tobacco workers and agricultural labourers.
- In
Surendranagar district, the Balvikas mandal and local
organisation runs Child Care centres for children
of salt workers. It is running Balvadis (day care
cantre) in villages bordering the desert, the little
Rann of Kutch and in the desert itself alongside the
saltpans.
- In
Banaskantha district, the Banaskantha DWCRA Mahila
Sewa Association (BDMSA), is running centres for rural
workers' involved in agriculture, dairying, land-based
activities like nurseries, gum-collectors and embroidery.
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Taking Care
of Our Children in 1999
No. |
Activities |
Ahmedabad |
Banaskantha |
Kheda |
Sabarkantha |
Total |
1 |
No of children |
3771 |
375 |
931 |
900 |
5997 |
2 |
No of child care centres |
53 |
10 |
36 |
18 |
117 |
3 |
No.of child care Teachers (creche workers) |
153 |
20 |
84 |
38 |
295 |
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