Imagine a poor child in India below 5 years of age whose parents work in one of the several disorganized sectors. The parents usually do not have an extended family that can take care of the children while they are at work. As a consequence, the child always spends time with the parents during work hours in the polluted and unhygienic conditions and often hazardous conditions.
More often than not, the mother is unable to handle both work and childcare and is both frustrated and tired and helplessness is vented on the child, either in the form of anger or indifference. This attitude in addition to the surroundings has a significant impact on the growth and development of the child. Research shows that any such damage that occurs during the formative years, namely the first five years is irreversible. As an immediate result of such damage, the child finds himself incapable of being the ideal candidate to enter the schooling system with the right mindset, or at a later stage might not be a good member of the society.
More often than not, the mother is unable to handle both work and childcare and is both frustrated and tired and helplessness is vented on the child, either in the form of anger or indifference. This attitude in addition to the surroundings has a significant impact on the growth and development of the child. Research shows that any such damage that occurs during the formative years, namely the first five years is irreversible. As an immediate result of such damage, the child finds himself incapable of being the ideal candidate to enter the schooling system with the right mindset, or at a later stage might not be a good member of the society.
the zone of impact!
Concerted efforts must be made to insure that these kids get their love and attention from their parents, no matter how poor they are. At this stage, they don’t need television sets, or toys or expensive clothes, what they need is love, and clean stress-free environment. Hence, proper support should be provided to these low income families where, while both men and women are able to work, their children are taken care of, so that they do not show their helplessness or frustration at these little ones. However problem arises as they are not rich enough to afford commercially available day care facilities for their children.
That is the motivation for our initiative. We intend to set up a crèche facility or a day care for kids of ages between 0-5 years, for low income working class women. This facility will have qualified caregivers, clean spaces with all the amenities and a healthy environment for a child’s emotional and cognitive development. This will give the mothers the assurance that their children will be given good care, so they can work more efficiently and come back to them happy. And give the children a healthy environment where they can grow and develop.
We believe that early conditioning of children by providing them with right day care environment would significantly contribute towards creating a good ‘feeder group’ for primary schools wherein the children can grow up along with their peers and learn the nuances of social wellbeing.
That is the motivation for our initiative. We intend to set up a crèche facility or a day care for kids of ages between 0-5 years, for low income working class women. This facility will have qualified caregivers, clean spaces with all the amenities and a healthy environment for a child’s emotional and cognitive development. This will give the mothers the assurance that their children will be given good care, so they can work more efficiently and come back to them happy. And give the children a healthy environment where they can grow and develop.
We believe that early conditioning of children by providing them with right day care environment would significantly contribute towards creating a good ‘feeder group’ for primary schools wherein the children can grow up along with their peers and learn the nuances of social wellbeing.