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CINI at 38
CINI celebrated 38th years in serving children, adolescents and women in need on February 1, 2012, in the Science City Auditorium, Kolkata. The two-part event observed the celebration of the 38th anniversary of CINI. The first part of the event was an open to all program to rejoice the foundation da..More
37th Foundation Day
On 1st February 2011, Child In Need Institute celebrated the 37th Foundation Day in the Institute’s main campus located at Daulatpur, Pailan, 24 Parganas (South). The one day celebration was marked by the presence of many eminent personalities; who came from far and wide to grace the occas..More
On Top of Botom of the World
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, one of the patrons of CINI UK has climbed Mount Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica at 5.00pm local time on 4 January 2011, to help raise money and awareness for CINI. Kudos to Lord Forsyth for his expedition and our gratification for supporting us. ..More
Eastern Bulls, Kolkata gets associated with CINI
Eastern Bulls, the Royal Enfield Motorcycle owners' club of Eastern India, became associated with CINI on 18th April 2010. About 25 members of Eastern Bulls spent half a day with the urban deprived children at CINI half way house. They played with the children, showed them a short movie and had lunc..More
Play your part to promote safe motherhood
Kolkata, March 11th, 2010:, Child In Need Institute (CINI), the State partner for the White Ribbon Alliance (WRA), India, a forum of Government, NGOs, CBOs and the individuals, shared a common platform today to promote Safe Motherhood in a Strategy Planning Meeting held at CINI Monobitan. ..More
Ms. Cherie Blair's visit to CINI
Ms. Cherie Blair, wife of former UK Prime Minister Mr. Toni Blair visited CINI on 12th January 2010. Ms. Cherie Blair spent some time with the children of CINI’s girls half way house. She also visited CINI’s drop in Centre at Sealdah Station. During her visit to the slums where CINI works , sh..More
Visit of Director General, NACO, K. Sujatha Rao
Director General, NACO, K. Sujatha Rao along with the project Director of West Bengal SACS and other officials visited CINI to assess the status of some of the projects funded by NACO (like STRC, ICTC)...More
Sabuj Repatriated at Bangladesh- in day light
First time in Murshidabad- CINI, Nodal CHILDLINE in repatriation at Bangladesh Child In Need Institute (CINI), Murshidabad has been continuing dialogue with CWC and JJB and with police department for taking appropriate measures for repatriating Bangladeshi children from Government homes ..More
Divisional Meet – CINI, Bandhan
CINI, Bandhan unit had its divisional meeting organized in Jagarani Hall at CINI Headquarters, Pailan. The participants were the Asstt. Director Dr. Rumeli Das, Programme Manager, Programme Officers, and all other departmental heads and staffs of TI, STRC, trainers of AWW, SGSY and Care and Support ..More
WORLD AIDS DAY OBSERVATION
World AIDS Day was observed by CINI-Bandhan, at CINI Gate and in front of the Shanti Tuberculosis Control Society’s Gate on 1st December 2009, by setting up stalls for awareness generation among common people regarding modes of transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS. Miking, distribution of leaflet..More
CHILDRENS’ DAY CELEBRATION (for the Children of Sex-workers)
Childrens’ Day was celebrated for the children of sex-workers in Baruipur and Budge Budge field under the TI programme. TI (Targeted Intervention) Programme runs with the objective of HIV/AIDS intervention among the Sex-workers in 4 red-light areas of Baruipur, Budge Budge, Amtala and Bagirhat of So..More
Mid Term Review
Interact Worldwide hereby invites proposals from competent organizations to undertake a Mid Term Review of “PRAYASH” and “Community Partnerships”-developmental projects based in Jharkhand and West Bengal. To know more about "PRAYASH" click here to ..More
Advocating for children’s right to education
In partnership with the Kolkata Primary School Council (KPSC), CINI ASHA staff took part in a city wide enrolment drive to get children admitted into schools. We joined hands together with the education authorities, local teachers and community members, to create awareness in 11 municipal wards to ..More
YARS –Changing Young People’s lives
Yojana To Increase Access To Reproductive Health Services (YARS), a project implemented by CINI YUVA comes to an end this August-09. The project catered to the age group of 10-24 years in two Gram Panchayats of Falta Block. Notable achievements during the project include establishment of 6 Drop In C..More
CINI - Sreshtho Samajbandho Pooja Samman 09
To download application form for CINI - Sreshtho Samajbandho Pooja Samman 09 click here for details..More
2009 Grant Competition - Development Marketplace under World Bank (South Asia-Innovate for Nutrition)
The proposal "Universalizing Supplementary nutrition for under 5 children: A Social Business Model of NUTRIMIX production" submitted by CINI was accepted by Development Marketplace under World Bank (South Asia-Innovate for Nutrition) in Dhaka Bangladesh. CINI will receive an award grant of US$ 40,0..More
Study on ASHA reporting mechanism
The ASHA programme is being implemented in the State in different phases in the districts. At present, the programme is being implemented in 235 blocks of the State. Out of these in 22 and 38 blocks the MNGOs have phased out and the ASHAs are working in their individual capacity. From the experience..More
CINI Community College: New Announcement in January 2010
Community Colleges are an innovative alternative system and supplementary form of education, which aims to empower out-of-school adolescents and youths who face barriers in regular system of higher education. It being a job linked- Education Programme through distance mode to impart skills for emplo..More
Road show at IBM DLF building
On 27th and 28 July, CINI organised a road show at IBM DLF building. In the show we have showed a film on CINI and also displayed photos highlighting the activities. The road show was an eye opener for many of IBM employee and was an opportunity to entire into the world of CINI. The show was a ..More
NACO’s initiative to institutionalize training and capacity building of the implementing agencies.
National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) has decided to institutionalize the training and capacity building process with the State Training and Resource Centers (STRC), inorder to ensure the quality, capacity building of implementing agencies by providing uniform, quality training to different cate..More
Certificate course on Leadership Development Programme
To strengthen the group living with HIV&AIDS, CINI supported by ICCO-Netherlands for the period of 2008 – 2010 , designed a certificate course for the PLHAs where they are brought under a pre-designed course and finally certify them to work as a middle line aswell as frontline manager in any NGO/CBO..More
CINI collaborates with other partners to pilot Public Private Partnership(PPP) model
CINI has taken up the responsibility to pilot Public Private Partnership (PPP) model in collaboration with other partners implementing Targeted Intervention (TI) project in high-risk group sited of Jalpaiguri District. This is a result of CINI’s learning of the model (supported by NACO) implemented..More
State Training Development Plan of ICDS
CINI Training Unit had been identified to prepare the State Training Development Plan of ICDS, through bidding process. This is an innovative initiative by Technical Assistance Support Team, supported by DFID. This plan has prepared in collaboration with Dept. of Women and Child Development. T..More
Philippine Senator Maria Anna Consuelo ‘ Jamby’ Madrigal visited CINI
Senator Madrigal on her trip to Kolkata have visited CINI to spend sometime with the children of girls half way house on 22nd June 2009...More
Education Fair
Reproductive Child Health (RCH) Management Course (Jadavpur University) team of CINI Training Unit have carried out their exploration on innovative marketing strategy for their course. The team decided to participate in the education fair at Netaji Indoor stadium on 17th -18th June09, organized by R..More
Launched Community Video Unit on 16th June,2009
The Community Video Unit (CVU) comprises of 8-10 community members who are trained as full-time Community Video Producers. They produce a "Video Film" on different social issues every two months. These films are screened in around 25 to 30 villages (PRAYASH, CP and CWFC field area, Falta block ) on ..More
Fire breaks out - CINI ASHA to the rescue……
Fire breaks out in Darapara area in ward 57 on 14th of June, Sunday. About 60 small homes caught fire and were completely gutted. Initially the woman who first saw the fire was panic stricken and sat down in despair. The fire spread rapidly. All men in the area were out at work. A few women were als..More
Certificate course in telecounselling
Calcutta University and Child in Need Institute (CINI) organizing one month certificate course at Rajabazar Science College (Mon – Friday, 10 am – 5pm), ELIGIBILITY: Hons. Graduate in education, sociology, philosophy and psychology and pass graduate in psychology. LANGUAGES TO BE..More
Summer Camp at Monobitan
It was a joint venture of Fund raising unit and CINI YUVA to initiate a joyful learning cum funful camp for school students. The event was designed to impart Life Skill education to the students of class V to IX. Our first experience went well for the 28 students of Pretoria High School, Park Street..More
Fourth Review meeting of the MNGO and FNGO Scheme (RCH – II Program)
The 4th review meeting of the MNGOs and FNGOs was held in East Midnapur district of West Bengal. The meeting was a result of a year long process of introduction of new reporting format to the MNGOs and FNGOs of West Bengal. Inconsistency in data was found while implementing RCH-II program funded..More
Repatriation in Bangladesh through CHILDLINE Programme
District Magistrate recommended CINI Murshidabad, as NGO representative during repatriation of 349 Bangladeshi citizens, out of them there were 48 children, 90 women and 211 men. CINI members were present during the repatriation on April and May 2009...More
Cyclone Aila - Case study: Ajit’s story
Cyclone Aila, which struck East India on Monday the 25th May has rendered thousands homeless. As the waters advanced into their homes and fields, people fled with whatever they could gather – typically themselves and their children. Their main source of livelihood is from agriculture and livestock, ..More
Cyclone Aila - Case study: Anant’s story
Ananta Pradhan is desperately looking for dry straw in the debris of his destroyed home. He hopes to use the straw to thatch the roof. CINI’s relief worker kindly explains that he won’t be able to find any straw in the aftermath of the cyclone, as everything has been devastated by the water. At ..More
Devastating cyclonic storm, Aila passed over South Bengal
A devastating cyclonic storm named "Aila" passed over South Bengal with wind speed of over 100kms/hour. In the city of Kolkata, life was brought to a standstill with falling trees, blocked streets and thunder showers, but the effect was devastating in the coastal areas of South 24 Parganas and Medin..More
CINI celebrated Mother's Day along with Meow 104.8 FM and Oxford Bookstore
CINI jointly celebrated Mother's Day on 10th May 2009 at Oxford Bookstore with Meow 104.8 FM and Oxford Bookstore. Both mother and their children participated in interactives games, question answer and won gift hampers...More
Visit of Ipas international team
A delegation of 7 members from IPAS (USA, Nepal and India-Delhi) came on a supervisory visit to the Silli block of Ranchi. The visitors wanted to have a first-hand experience of the Interpersonal Communication (IPC) activities done by the volunteers. The 12 volunteers of the Block conducted IPC acti..More
17th Rotary India Award 2008
The 17th Rotary India Award 2008 was presented to CINI on Monday April 13, 2009 in New Delhi in recognition of CINI's outstanding contribution in reducing the incidence of child mortality and promoting child survival. Mr. Rajib Haldar, Additional Director of CINI was present on the occasion to rece..More
CINI received 17th Rotary India Award 2008
CINI was chosen from many NGO applicants in India for the 17th Rotary India Award 2008. This award is being presented to CINI in public recognition of its unique and unparalleled contributions and the replicable model in combating Child Mortality in India. The selection committee comprised of a Jury..More
Visit of Sister Pauline Prince– Founder member of CINI
Sister Pauline Prince, one of the founder members of CINI visited India from 2nd March to 9th March 2009. She visited CINI on 5th of March 2009 to interact with the retired and present members of CINI. On the occasion of Womens Day she also visited CINI North Bengal to inaugurate Child and Woman Fri..More
CINI’s mission revisited
The Governing Body of CINI in its 134th meeting held on 6th March 2009 has decided to restate CINI’s Mission. The restated Mission of CINI is as below : “Sustainable development in health,nutrition,education and protection of child, adolescent and woman in need”...More