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Q: How do you select your beneficiaries? A: In CINI’s project area covering villages and slum areas, care is taken to include poor women and children. Identification is made easy with the help of community members and CINI staff who belong to the same area. Q:
What does CINI do?
A: CINI provides and facilitates nutrition, health, education and protection services to poor and marginalized children and women in villages and slum areas in West Bengal and Jharkhand states of India. Q: Where does CINI operate, where is it based and how many people do you cover?
A: CINI implements projects in the states of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. We cover over 2 million people in these states with headquarters in Kolkata, West Bengal with unit offices in other states..
Q: How do you ensure health of children in your programme?
A: Children receive age appropriate immunisations against tuberculosis, measles, polio, tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough. Their parents are taught simple hygienic measures to prevent transmission of infections, low cost nutritious diets and getting their children treated for infections from the nearest health centre. They are visited at home by CINI trained health workers and their progress is monitored on parent retained health cards. Families are encouraged to drink safe water, use sanitary toilets and sleep in insecticide treated mosquito nets to prevent malaria and dengue.
Q: How do you ensure nutrition in children in a poverty situation?
A: Adequate nutrition during pregnancy is ensured by teaching mothers to eat well to deliver babies with birth weight above 2.5 kgs. After delivery, exclusive breast feeding is promoted to ensure that the child is supplied with antibodies to prevent childhood ailments. Low cost and home available foods with emphasis on home grown vegetables, protein sources from home raised poultry, fish from the local fish ponds are promoted instead of status foods purchased from the stores. The importance of frequent feeding and improving quality of foods is emphasised.
Q: How do you ensure that the child goes to school?
A: Parents and family members are trained to prepare children to enter school, by CINI trained workers using teaching and learning materials. The parents are guided to the nearest school to get their children enrolled and regular follow up is made both at school and at the family level to ensure that they remain in school.
Q: How do you ensure that the child does not end up as child labour or is not trafficked?
A: Parents are motivated to get the children enrolled in local schools. CINI trained workers follow up with parents at home and motivated to keep them in school. Keeping children in school is the best form of protection.
Q: Does CINI have FCRA account?
A: Yes.
Q: Are contributions to CINI tax-deductible?
A: All donations to CINI are eligible for Income Tax exemption under section 35 AC and 80G of IT Act 1961. Q: How do I make a donation?
A: You may donate on line through our website, or by sending a cheque or draft in favor of “Child in Need Institute” and sent to CINI International Unit, 23/44 Gariahat Road, Kolkata – 700029, West Bengal, India. An official receipt will be sent to your address. A bank transfer is also possible and you may contact cini.international@cini-india.org for bank details.
Q: What are the donation options that I can give to?
A: Please click on the link http://www.cini-india.org/help.asp. Q: Can I visit my sponsored mother or child?
A: We welcome visits to your sponsored child and will be happy to plan this if we receive your travel plan. Your stay can be arranged at the CINI guest house in our campus, located in the outskirts of
Kolkata. Q: Can I send Gifts to my sponsored mother or child?
A: We prefer to receive donations instead against your preferred gift, which will be purchased locally and given to the child. A “thank you card” will be sent to you on behalf of the child. This is to avoid loss in transit by mail.. Q: How is the money spent in the sponsorship programme?
A: Please click the link to see how we spend money for Adopt a mother and Save Her Child Programme http://www.cini-india.org/where_money.asp and Educate a ChildProgramme http://www.cini-india.org/where_money1.asp. Q: What reports/acknowledgement will I receive for my donation?
A: Periodic reports with photos will be sent for sponsorship programmes. Project reports as agreed to will be sent periodically, when mutually agreed to projects are supported. Receipts and tax exemption certificates will be provided as and when required. Q: Can I contribute by Credit Card?
A: Yes you can contribute using your Credit Card. Q: Can I make a gift sponsorship on behalf of another person?
A: Yes! We will be very happy to “gift” a mother through our “Adopt a Mother” or “Educate a Child” sponsorship to your designated family member, friend or colleague at work and send reports regularly. This can be sent on a birthday, anniversary, Christmas, Diwali or Puja.. Q: Can I view progress reports of my mother and Child online?
A: Yes. We will send your unique password and the current updated report will be available on our website www.cini-india.org. Q: For how many years can I sponsor my child?
A: A sponsored child may be sponsored up to 14 years. For further details please contact us at
cini.international@cini-india.org. Q: Can I visit the beneficiary or project if I go to india?
A: You will be always welcome, one month notice is preferable to visit a beneficiary.
Project visits may be organised with a shorter notice. First time visitors are welcome every Thursday morning (except for public holiddays) to CINI main
campus by 10.00 to visit the Thursday clinic and get an overview of activities.
Q: What is the source of CINI’s Funding and the total budget?
A: CINI receives its funding by raising donations from the community it serves (10%), from the state and central government of India against grants for projects (15%), CINI’s own fund raising efforts in India and internationally (10%) and from national and international donors (65%).
Q. How much money spent by CINI goes towards administrative costs?
A. Varies from project to project, but not exceeding 15%. Q:
Can we view your income/Expenditure?
A: Yes, from our Annual Report
available on the link
http://www.cini-india.org/Statement_Account.pdf.
Q. How Credible and Trustworthy is CINI?
A. CINI has grown since its inception in 1974 from small beginnings to a National level organization covering over 5 million people in some of the poorest parts of India. The Government of India recognized CINI’s contribution through the National Award for Child Welfare twice in 1985 and 2005. CINI is accredited to The Credibility Alliance, who govern and monitor transparency and effectiveness of NGOs in India. Q: Can I contribute to CINI’s CORPUS fund?
A: We will very much appreciate donations to CINI Corpus Fund, as interest from the invested amount helps to defray expenses towards salaries of core staff, fund pilot projects to benefit children and women and fund raising initiatives. . Q. Can I contribute towards CINI’s disaster relief fund?
A. Yes. CINI has an experienced Disaster Management Team who provides immediate relief. Last year we responded to floods in Bihar and before that for tsunami. Appeals will be made through our website www.cini-india.org .. Q: Does CINI have a work place policy in Gender, Child Protection, HIV AIDS, and HR?
A: Yes. CINI has formulated workplace and staff policies on Child Protection http://www.cini-india.org/CHILD PROTECTION POLICY.PDF, HIV/AIDS http://www.cini-india.org/CINIHIVpolicy as on 140207.pdf and Human Resource http://www.cini-india.org/CINI_HR_policy as on 140207.pdf . CINI is now developing Gender Discrimination policy. Q. How can I be involved?
A. You may join CINI support groups located in India, UK, USA, Italy, Belgium, Holland to sensitize others to prevent the devastating effects of malnutrition, illiteracy, gender discrimination and poverty in children and women in India, and to raise funds to support our activities. You may also initiate such activities in your own country and CINI International will guide you. Please see http://www.cini-india.org/international.asp section for contact details of CINI support groups. Q: Does CINI take volunteers?
A: Volunteers who are willing to contribute to skill building for CINI colleagues in areas such as documentation, data analysis, action research, proposal development and website management are always welcome. Language barriers may lead to communication problems with children and women who speak only Bengali and Hindi. Q. Do interns have to be student in the university or technical school?
A. Yes. See link http://www.cini-india.org/internship.asp. Q: Will there be training opportunities for interns?
A: Yes. After a one -week orientation to all of CINI activities, interns are placed in specific projects for the remaining period of up to 4 to 6 weeks. See link http://www.cini-india.org/internship.asp.. Q. Does CINI offer internships throughout the year?
A. Yes through mutual agreement. See link http://www.cini-india.org/internship.asp Q: Are CINI Interns paid a stipend?
A: No. See link http://www.cini-india.org/internship.asp. Q: Is it possible to do Medical elective at CINI?
A: Yes. Please see link http://www.cini-india.org/internship.asp. Q. Can I help CINI as a member of business/ corporate group?
A. Over the last 3 decades CINI has received support from many business or corporate houses as part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). So join our corporate friends! . Q: Can I do elective/Internship/placement in CINI and how much will it cost?
A: Yes. If selected you will be required to cover a reasonable cost for food, lodging at CINI guest house and local transport. Q. What does CINI stand for?
A. Child in Need Institute - CINI. Q: How many people work at CINI?
A: Our total staff strength is 391 ( 72 Regular 209 Contractual 3 Consultant , Assignment 107 (as on March
2009). Q: What is the best time to visit CINI?
A: Visitors are welcome round the year, mid October to mid February is recommended as it is
cool and sunny. A week’s visit from Monday to Friday is adequate to visit urban areas of Kolkata and nearby villages where most of the projects are
located. Q: Whom do I contact to arrange a visit?
A: Contact the CINI registered charity in your country at the contact address given, or contact CINI directly at : CINI International Unit, india, 23/44 Gariahat Road, 9near Golpark), Kolkata - 700029, West Bengal, INDIA, Phone: 91 (33)246602067, Fax: 91 (33) 24601395,
Email:cini.international@cini-india.org. With prior notice, airport pickup, safe food and accomodation at CINI guest house in Kolkata, on modest charges can be arranged for individuals or groups. Q: Why rich Indians and your own government do not help the poor?
A: CINI receives regular donations from individuals and corporates in India. Both central and state governments collaborate with CINI in giving project grants on training and
HIV/AIDS. Q: Where do I get more information about CINI?
A: The website of the CINI registered charity in your country or visit CINI website www.cini-india.org.
Q: How do we promote CINI among our friends or colleagues?
A: As a volunteer, writing or speaking about our activities, to your friends and colleagues. To be convinced, please visit us in Kolkata and then you will do the job better!.
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| Donations to CINI are eligible for income tax exemption under section 35AC and 80G of IT Act, 1961 |
| Recipient of National Award for Child Welfare, Government of India, 1985 & 2004 |
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