FIELD
VISIT
PAPA
HOMES-VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS
No.
of Students: 48 Date:21/7/23
Target
Group: III H.Sc
Name of the organization: Public and Police
Association for Street Children (PAPA HOME)
Year of establishment: 14/11/1999
Founder: Sri K. Durga Prasad, IPS
No. of inmates: 48
Staff: 12
INTRODUCTION
We the students of III
year Home Science visited the organization with the assistanceof Sr.Dipali. In the year of establishment Sri K.
Durga Prasad, IPS, then commissioner of police to take care of the children
between the age group 6-14 years. The children who are found without home or
orphans or children whose parent/guardian is unfit to take care of the child or
abandoned children comes under the category of children in need of protection.
The police has realized their role to be played in taking remedial measures to
purge these children of their social crimes. These children commit crimes under
the pressure of Mafia Gangs. So the public and police joined hands in
organizing a project where helpless kids can be educated and rehabilitated.
Realizing their need for food, clothes, a shelter, civilization, self reliance
and understanding of the dignity of life, the Public and Police have started an
Association and named it PUBLIC AND POLICE ASSOCIATION for street children.
AIMS
AND OBJECTIVES
1. To bring these children back into social
main stream.
2. To release them from the grip of the
mafia gangs.
3. To psychologically free them from
criminal tendencies.
4. To keep them away from drug abuse and
sex abuse.
5. To give them schooling according to
their aptitude.
6. To give them vocational training thus
paving the way for self reliance.
7. To convert them from being social
liabilities to become social assets and human resource.
8. To reunite them with their families.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Ø HSBC donated Rs. 35 lakhs for the construction of new West block in
2006 with the initiation of Sri VSK Kaumudi
Ø The ground floor of the South block was constructed in 2007 with the
funds donated by local philanthropists.
Ø The first floor of the South block was taken up by Visakha refinery
of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation in the year 2008
Thus, PAPA Home have sufficient
infrastructure to accommodate 100 children.
MAJOR
ACHIEVEMENTS
The institute of “Public and Police
Association for Street Children” (PAPA HOME) is selected for the ‘National
Award’ twice for child welfare, for its services rendered in the field of
‘Welfare of children’ in the years 2009 and 2015. The award was presented by
Hon’ble Presidents of India at that respective years.
CONCLUSION
The students of 3rd BSc Home Science of St. Joseph’s College
for Women (A) visited the PAPA Home and gained knowledge about how the
organization is managed and maintained. The students came to know about how the
organization is working for the welfare of the children, their aims and
objectives.
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