Kids (Legacy)
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Kids (Legacy)
Objective
The objective of our children at risk programme has been to help children and youth in Asia embark on a safe and healthy life, working comprehensively to achieve this.
Strategy and Focus Areas
We have spent significant time working locally to identify the nature of the social challenge, assess needs, identify best practices from elsewhere that might be relevant and then choose local partners. The next step has then been to work with partners to identify the impact we jointly want to see and create performance benchmarks. Our focus has thus been on developing, with local partners, viable long-term solutions to some of the problems faced by extremely marginalised children, who are often discriminated against because of nationality, race, caste, religion or sex.
Protecting vulnerable children through Drop-in Centres: M’Lop Tapang, CPDC & HNN Thailand, PCVC, KALKI, Nari Gunjan
• M’Lop Tapang (MT) is ADMCF’s very first partner and when we started working together the organisation was at an early stage working with just 200 children at the time. We helped with strategic advice, management support and funding and also facilitated the development of a wide network of supporters. ADMCF provided the land and co-financed the construction of a large purpose-built centre and, in subsequent years, its expansion. ADMCF and funding partners were also instrumental in purchasing land and developing an arts and sport centre, night shelters and a vocational training restaurant. M’Lop Tapang currently provides comprehensive care to 5,500 children and 2,400 families in Sihanoukville.
• In 2008-2009 ADMCF helped to open a permanent centre for street children and youth in Pattaya, Thailand with Child Protection and Development Centre (CPDC) and HNN Thailand by constructing an education centre, covered sports area and shower block as well as eight boarding houses for CPDC children and youth on four acres of land ADMCF purchased just outside Pattaya.
• In 2008, ADMCF provided seed funding to launch KALKI in Pondicherry, India to ensure children a safe space. KALKI opened three small day and night shelters offering street children and youth protection, access to education, health care, nutritional support and job training. In 2012, we facilitated a merger between KALKI and Sharana to strengthen both organisations.
• ADMCF facilitated donations from J. Leon to start working with PCVC in a pilot initiative for five drop-in centres (DICs) for 650 children on Mumbai’s largest garbage dump in Govandi in 2008. This successful intervention, led ADMCF to support PCVC to scale up the programme and open 19 DICs across seven cities in India between 2009 and 2012. ADMCF supported the DICs in the urban slums of Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Lucknow and Patna catering to more than 3,000 children every year.
• From 2011-2014, ADMCF and Firetree Foundation helped Nari Gunjan to implement an education programme in the very poor district of Punpun in Patna, Bihar, India. Through drop-in centres and pre-schools Nari Gunjan reached out to children in the age group of 3 to 18 years across 18 Musahar communities in Punpun, providing education to 1,650 children in 19 drop in centres and 28 pre-schools.
Providing Vocational Training: ASSIST & Sandan (M’Lop Tapang)
• From 2001, ASSIST has been working in Piduguralla, Andhra Pradesh to eradicate child labour in the hazardous limestone industry. Following a survey on job opportunities in the area, ADMCF partnered with ASSIST to develop a vocational training centre and programme aimed at offering viable skills for girls and boys aged 15-18. In 2008, ADMCF purchased land in Andhra Pradesh and The Weldon UK Charitable Trust provided funding for construction of the training centre, which opened in 2011. The programme now provides vocational training to 200 migrant youth annually as an alternative to work in the dangerous limestone quarries and kilns.
• In December 2011, MT, in partnership with Friends International, opened a vocational training restaurant located in the main tourist area of Sihanoukville. This was supported by ADMCF and co-funders.
Protecting children against Child Sexual Abuse: Red Leaves Falling Animation (SF, Philippines) > Break the Silence (ADMCF Initiative, Asia) > APLE & Aarambh India (ADMCF Initiative, India)
• In 2009, ADMCF supported the completion of Stairway Foundation’s Red Leaves Falling, a story about child sex trafficking. Following that, ADMCF and Stairway Foundation developed Break the Silence (BTS) initiative, an awareness and protection programme using three purpose-made animated films on incest, paedophilia and child-trafficking, and other materials to train partner NGOs, specialists, police and government units at local, national and regional levels throughout Asia. In 2011, BTS coordinated training throughout the Thai-Burma area. A total of 510 staff from 55 local organisations and schools, reaching at least 10,000 children, received training in basic child sexual abuse prevention.
• In 2010, we started supporting APLE, Cambodia which works to protect children from sexual exploitation and trafficking while at the same time bringing offenders to justice. We helped APLE to open mobile offices in Poipet and Battambang (2011) and ensured collaboration between APLE and M’Lop Tapang via an office in Sihanoukville (2012).
• In 2014, building on the BTS initiative, ADMCF responded to the lack of resources and training on child sexual abuse in India by establishing Aarambh India in partnership with local NGO, Prerana. In 2015, Aarambh trained NGO’s and governmental organisations and worked with the government to strengthen child protection mechanisms. Aarambh launched a resource centre with materials on child sex abuse at Aarambhindia.org, which includes India’s first internet hotline to report online child sexual abuse. In 2017, Aarambh received the National Award for Child Welfare 2016, recognising the importance of their work.
Educating Migrant Children: Thailand & Myanmar: Migrant Education, KTWG, Mon Women’s Network, Border Health Initiative, One Sky Foundation & Samsara Foundation
ADMCF as well as partner investors Kennedy Family Foundation and Firetree Foundation provided funding and strategic support to various programmes for migrant children in Thailand with a special focus on education. Our goal is that all children can access the government system so that they can receive formal education certificates. In responding to the issues facing migrant and remote communities in Thailand, we’ve worked with many local partners in different areas across the border to develop educational opportunities, kindergarten schemes, and trained teachers so that migrant children can access education and receive government certification.
• Mae Sot area: Migrant Education provided an integrated Thai/Burmese curriculum to over 5,500 migrant children along the Thai-Burmese border in 21 learning centres. We supported KTWG, one of the biggest organisations supporting schools, teachers, parents and students in the border areas, to improve the quality of education provided to Karen students living in Thailand by funding teachers training and salaries.
• Sangkhlaburi: ADMCF supported the construction and the on-going operations of a Safe House for women and children. The Safe House opened in October 2011 to support 100 mothers and 200 children each year. ADMCF helped fund nine nursery schools, benefitting 240 children, funding teaching materials, food and teacher salaries, as well as funded the construction of one nursery in a remote village along the border. ADMCF helped create One Sky Foundation, provided strategic advice as well as guidance, governance and financial management. ADMCF supported their work in identifying Thailand born Mon children who had never accessed education and helped enrol them in Thai schools.
• Mae Hong Province: ADMCF supported Samsara Foundation (2011-2014) by providing funding for the construction of facilities at remote schools for hill tribe children in Mae Hong Province, Thailand. In 2011, we funded the construction of four student dormitories as well as eight kitchen/canteens at eight primary schools. In 2012, we have provided funding for the construction of adequate facilities at 10 schools. In 2013, we funded the construction of 10 canteens and ten dormitories for students and teachers at 18 primary and middle schools.
Providing Healthcare and helping to raise standards throughout the country: Angkor Hospital for Children & Friendship Bangladesh
• We started working with (AHC) in 2009 and in the first few years we provided direct funding for healthcare as well as fundraising support. In 2012, ADMCF led AHC’s transition into an independent organisation, supporting the hospital management in restructuring their finance, development, HR and other operational departments. We also helped develop a new governance structure, identify members for a new Hong Kong-based Board of Directors and mobilised new funds for the hospital. That same year, a new four-story building with a total area of 1,000 square meters was added to AHC, funded by The Weldon UK Charitable Trust. In 2013, after 18 months of work led by ADMCF, AHC became a HK-led, independent free paediatric hospital.
• Friendship Bangladesh was established in 1998 with the aim of providing essential services to the most inaccessible and hard-to-reach areas, offering both primary and secondary healthcare as well as education. ADMCF provided fundraising support to help convert Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior to the New Rongdhonu Friendship Hospital, which became operational in Nov 2012. In 2013, ADMCF produced the documentary film, “A Boat for Bangladesh”, to highlight Friendship’s healthcare services with the goal of further supporting the organisation’s fundraising efforts.
Protecting vulnerable children through Drop-in Centres: M’Lop Tapang, CPDC & HNN Thailand, PCVC, KALKI, Nari Gunjan
• M’Lop Tapang (MT) is ADMCF’s very first partner and when we started working together the organisation was at an early stage working with just 200 children at the time. We helped with strategic advice, management support and funding and also facilitated the development of a wide network of supporters. ADMCF provided the land and co-financed the construction of a large purpose-built centre and, in subsequent years, its expansion. ADMCF and funding partners were also instrumental in purchasing land and developing an arts and sport centre, night shelters and a vocational training restaurant. M’Lop Tapang currently provides comprehensive care to 5,500 children and 2,400 families in Sihanoukville.
• In 2008-2009 ADMCF helped to open a permanent centre for street children and youth in Pattaya, Thailand with Child Protection and Development Centre (CPDC) and HNN Thailand by constructing an education centre, covered sports area and shower block as well as eight boarding houses for CPDC children and youth on four acres of land ADMCF purchased just outside Pattaya.
• In 2008, ADMCF provided seed funding to launch KALKI in Pondicherry, India to ensure children a safe space. KALKI opened three small day and night shelters offering street children and youth protection, access to education, health care, nutritional support and job training. In 2012, we facilitated a merger between KALKI and Sharana to strengthen both organisations.
• ADMCF facilitated donations from J. Leon to start working with PCVC in a pilot initiative for five drop-in centres (DICs) for 650 children on Mumbai’s largest garbage dump in Govandi in 2008. This successful intervention, led ADMCF to support PCVC to scale up the programme and open 19 DICs across seven cities in India between 2009 and 2012. ADMCF supported the DICs in the urban slums of Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Lucknow and Patna catering to more than 3,000 children every year.
• From 2011-2014, ADMCF and Firetree Foundation helped Nari Gunjan to implement an education programme in the very poor district of Punpun in Patna, Bihar, India. Through drop-in centres and pre-schools Nari Gunjan reached out to children in the age group of 3 to 18 years across 18 Musahar communities in Punpun, providing education to 1,650 children in 19 drop in centres and 28 pre-schools.
Providing Vocational Training: ASSIST & Sandan (M’Lop Tapang)
• From 2001, ASSIST has been working in Piduguralla, Andhra Pradesh to eradicate child labour in the hazardous limestone industry. Following a survey on job opportunities in the area, ADMCF partnered with ASSIST to develop a vocational training centre and programme aimed at offering viable skills for girls and boys aged 15-18. In 2008, ADMCF purchased land in Andhra Pradesh and The Weldon UK Charitable Trust provided funding for construction of the training centre, which opened in 2011. The programme now provides vocational training to 200 migrant youth annually as an alternative to work in the dangerous limestone quarries and kilns.
• In December 2011, MT, in partnership with Friends International, opened a vocational training restaurant located in the main tourist area of Sihanoukville. This was supported by ADMCF and co-funders.
Protecting children against Child Sexual Abuse: Red Leaves Falling Animation (SF, Philippines) > Break the Silence (ADMCF Initiative, Asia) > APLE & Aarambh India (ADMCF Initiative, India)
• In 2009, ADMCF supported the completion of Stairway Foundation’s Red Leaves Falling, a story about child sex trafficking. Following that, ADMCF and Stairway Foundation developed Break the Silence (BTS) initiative, an awareness and protection programme using three purpose-made animated films on incest, paedophilia and child-trafficking, and other materials to train partner NGOs, specialists, police and government units at local, national and regional levels throughout Asia. In 2011, BTS coordinated training throughout the Thai-Burma area. A total of 510 staff from 55 local organisations and schools, reaching at least 10,000 children, received training in basic child sexual abuse prevention.
• In 2010, we started supporting APLE, Cambodia which works to protect children from sexual exploitation and trafficking while at the same time bringing offenders to justice. We helped APLE to open mobile offices in Poipet and Battambang (2011) and ensured collaboration between APLE and M’Lop Tapang via an office in Sihanoukville (2012).
• In 2014, building on the BTS initiative, ADMCF responded to the lack of resources and training on child sexual abuse in India by establishing Aarambh India in partnership with local NGO, Prerana. In 2015, Aarambh trained NGO’s and governmental organisations and worked with the government to strengthen child protection mechanisms. Aarambh launched a resource centre with materials on child sex abuse at Aarambhindia.org, which includes India’s first internet hotline to report online child sexual abuse. In 2017, Aarambh received the National Award for Child Welfare 2016, recognising the importance of their work.
Educating Migrant Children: Thailand & Myanmar: Migrant Education, KTWG, Mon Women’s Network, Border Health Initiative, One Sky Foundation & Samsara Foundation
ADMCF as well as partner investors Kennedy Family Foundation and Firetree Foundation provided funding and strategic support to various programmes for migrant children in Thailand with a special focus on education. Our goal is that all children can access the government system so that they can receive formal education certificates. In responding to the issues facing migrant and remote communities in Thailand, we’ve worked with many local partners in different areas across the border to develop educational opportunities, kindergarten schemes, and trained teachers so that migrant children can access education and receive government certification.
• Mae Sot area: Migrant Education provided an integrated Thai/Burmese curriculum to over 5,500 migrant children along the Thai-Burmese border in 21 learning centres. We supported KTWG, one of the biggest organisations supporting schools, teachers, parents and students in the border areas, to improve the quality of education provided to Karen students living in Thailand by funding teachers training and salaries.
• Sangkhlaburi: ADMCF supported the construction and the on-going operations of a Safe House for women and children. The Safe House opened in October 2011 to support 100 mothers and 200 children each year. ADMCF helped fund nine nursery schools, benefitting 240 children, funding teaching materials, food and teacher salaries, as well as funded the construction of one nursery in a remote village along the border. ADMCF helped create One Sky Foundation, provided strategic advice as well as guidance, governance and financial management. ADMCF supported their work in identifying Thailand born Mon children who had never accessed education and helped enrol them in Thai schools.
• Mae Hong Province: ADMCF supported Samsara Foundation (2011-2014) by providing funding for the construction of facilities at remote schools for hill tribe children in Mae Hong Province, Thailand. In 2011, we funded the construction of four student dormitories as well as eight kitchen/canteens at eight primary schools. In 2012, we have provided funding for the construction of adequate facilities at 10 schools. In 2013, we funded the construction of 10 canteens and ten dormitories for students and teachers at 18 primary and middle schools.
Providing Healthcare and helping to raise standards throughout the country: Angkor Hospital for Children & Friendship Bangladesh
• We started working with (AHC) in 2009 and in the first few years we provided direct funding for healthcare as well as fundraising support. In 2012, ADMCF led AHC’s transition into an independent organisation, supporting the hospital management in restructuring their finance, development, HR and other operational departments. We also helped develop a new governance structure, identify members for a new Hong Kong-based Board of Directors and mobilised new funds for the hospital. That same year, a new four-story building with a total area of 1,000 square meters was added to AHC, funded by The Weldon UK Charitable Trust. In 2013, after 18 months of work led by ADMCF, AHC became a HK-led, independent free paediatric hospital.
• Friendship Bangladesh was established in 1998 with the aim of providing essential services to the most inaccessible and hard-to-reach areas, offering both primary and secondary healthcare as well as education. ADMCF provided fundraising support to help convert Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior to the New Rongdhonu Friendship Hospital, which became operational in Nov 2012. In 2013, ADMCF produced the documentary film, “A Boat for Bangladesh”, to highlight Friendship’s healthcare services with the goal of further supporting the organisation’s fundraising efforts.
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