CINI Chetana Resource Center is the training wing of the Child in Need Institute established in 1980 with the aim of providing appropriate and effective support services to the work of CINI through a range of training activities. The focus is on Health Management through the Life Cycle Approach. The center was later registered as an independent body in 1989.

Services provided

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Training Needs Assessment 
Training module and manual development
Delivery of training programmes
Resource material development
Training consultancy

The Target Groups

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Training is offered to health and development functionaries from all levels of both government departments and non-government organizations. The training ranges from a few days to several months in length.

Thrust Areas

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Training on behalf of CINI. More...
Reproductive and Child Health including: 
Adolescent sexual and reproductive health issues
Male involvement in reproductive health
Behaviour Change Communication
Health and nutrition
Effective Parenting in Early Childhood Development
Counselling training on HIV / AIDS
Community Needs Assessment

CCRC has a multi-disciplinary, highly committed faculty team specializing in Social Anthropology, Food and Nutrition, Child Development, Social work, Sociology, Education, Human Development, Mass Communication, Adolescent Reproductive Sexual Health and Women's Health Issues.

Experts from CINI, CINI ASHA, and CINI ARC are often called upon for consultation. In order to customize training to the needs of the client group, external consultants are also used, if required.

NOEL CARROLL Training Centre, a new feather in CINI Chetana Resource Centre's crown, is a state-of-the-art training centre with training facilities comparable to the best in Eastern India. It was formally inaugurated on October 16, 2003 by John Oshea, of GOAL.


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The four storied building with all modern amenities is also suitable for conferences, workshops and other congregations. This will not only streamline the efforts of qualitative training, but also facilitate accommodating demands of more and more training programmes.

Facilities currently include
Large air-conditioned conference room for thirty participants with flexible sitting arrangement and modern training equipments.

 

 

Fully equipped 5 large classrooms with modern audio-visual aids.
Spacious library cum reading room.
IEC material display room.
Lift and generator facilities.
Canteen facility managed by a professional caterer.
Excellent accommodation with all standard facilities for residential training.
Community hall with recreation facilities.
Administrative offices.
Guest-suites with most modern amenities.

Facilities being developed include
Automated library cum documentation centre.

 
Electronic learning capacity

"Good training is not the art of putting ideas into people's heads, but of drawing ideas out"

Training Needs Assessment
Each training programme is designed on the basis of the needs of the client group
CCRC draws on the experiences of CINI when designing training programmes
Training programmes take into consideration national initiatives as appropriate

The training style

All training offered by CCRC is participatory in nature and based on best practice in adult learning methodologies. The participants are guided through the stages of:
Self analysis
Acquisition of knowledge
Development of skills
Change in attitude
Change in behavioral practice

Training methods
Presentations with audio visual aids



Group discussions
Brainstorming
Buzz groups 
Role Play
Games
Case studies
Simulation exercises
Field training

Training currently provided
Reproductive and Child Health training for health care providers
Skills training for health workers
Managing community health programmes
Child growth and development
Effective Parenting
Non-formal education techniques
Orientation on community health for doctors and nurses
Safe delivery and neonatal care for Traditional Birth Attendants
HIV/AIDS counselling skills
Orientation on informed choices and contraceptive use
Rights of the Girl Child
'On the job' vocational training in Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics
Orientation on adolescent reproductive sexual health issues
Adolescent programme management
Women empowerment
Training of Trainers at all levels on a range of health issues

Medium of Instruction
English
Bengali
Hindi

CCRC has over 20 years of training experience. Main achievements:

CCRC has disseminated training to over 18,000 field level functionaries from both Government and Non-Government Organisations
Personnel trained by CCRC are presently at every level of ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services) from District to Block in West Bengal)
CCRC acts as a mediator between the Central and State Governments of India in developing new training strategies
CCRC facilitated the implementation of new policies in ICDS, including the micronutrient initiative and "Meena" - a communication tool relating to the girl child issue.
As a member of the Technical Resource Group (counselling training on HIV/AIDS) under NACO (National AIDS Control Organisation), CCRC has been able to contribute to developing a training module for best practice in HIV/AIDS
CCRC is the only NACO sanctioned training centre in the Eastern Region of India offering counselling training for HIV/AIDS
CCRC is a member of Sishu Vikash Prachesta (SVP) - a platform for Government and Non-Government Organisations to share experiences and develop strategies for ICDS training
CCRC has long standing relationships with networking/funding organisations achieved through capacity building of partner organisations.

The ninth five-year plan made provisions for the Central Government to acknowledge NGO contributions in social welfare activities. This has been done by the Department of Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) conferring MNGO status on selected eligible NGOs. These MNGOs in turn maintain a network of Field NGOs (FNGO) in the districts, along with the Advocacy and IEC activities, for awareness generation on RCH issues (like safe motherhood, quality care for infants, immunization, counseling on STI/HIV etc.).

The basic objective of this MNGO-FNGO network was institutional capacity building to promote the Reproductive and Child Health programme of the Government of India. For the effective implementation of the RCH programme in the 10th five-year plan the concept of Regional Resource Center came up.  More

If you require any further information regarding training and resource materials / brochure (PDF format), our contact details are:

Village & PO Amgachi
Via Joka, District: 24 Parganas (South)
West Bengal 700 104
India
Phone : +91 (033) 497 8240 / 8354
Fax: +91 (033) 453 6359
Email: Click here