IELD VISIT- PAPA HOMES-VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS-21/7/23

 

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 3^rd 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.