HCHW Collaborated with Tech Mahindra Foundation and offering short term courses with 100 % placement assistance. Hyderabad Council of Human Welfare was established in 1990 by Dr. Mohammad Rafiuddin, a young and energetic Social work professional. HCHW attempts at empowering individuals, families, and communities by building their resilience to cope up with situations and live a dignified life enjo
ying their rights and entitlements. We work with neglected children (living on streets and in other difficult circumstances) and marginalised urban and rural population, addressing the issues of protection, education, health and livelihoods. Renowned national and International Organizations, including Novib, Wereldkinderen, CRY, International Labour Organizational, International Organization for Migration, FHI, Clinton Foundation, UNICEF and many others along with the local government have partnered to support our various initiatives. While working with children living on streets and in other difficult circumstance we have realized that all our efforts are focused upon curative aspects that starts once the child leaves his/her home and lands on street living all alone or in any other crisis situation. As a result, most of our beneficiaries need the services of Residential Care Centre and the whole long process whereby they delearn their learnings and get on to the track of rehabilitation. The entire process of rehabilitation and mainstreaming is not only time consuming but also involves huge cost. Next, proportionate to the number of children we rehabilitate in a year, the number of children coming on the streets is much higher. Thus, we started thinking in terms of including and addressing the preventive aspect also along with curative option with regard to these children. We felt that it is imperative for us to address the issue of prevention of children from coming on to the streets in order to complete the continuum of care for these children. Available data support and the rich experience gained during the long period of working with children and their families confirmed that children who are orphans; who have single parent; who have both parents but both involved in daily wage earning are devoid of care and parenting and therefore highly vulnerable and at risk of leaving their home and landing on streets. It is observed that while the parents are at work, the children who do not go to school loiter in the neighborhood the whole day. As they grow up their loitering does not restrict to their neighborhood alone and it extends beyond that. It is easier for such children to think in terms of staying on their own on streets with other peers.
