Jeevan Aas’s role as an enabler has determined our strategic choices at every juncture – from the fundraising methods we employ, to the nature of our relationship with the NGOs we partner.
Our interventions are designed to include
- Direct action addressing immediate, critical needs
- Community mobilisation linking child rights and local pre-dominant issues
- Stringent planning, monitoring and evaluation both, financial and programmatic
Our partnership takes the form of:
- Grant making:
– We prioritise grant-making basis district-level analysis of child rights indicators
– We identify grassroots NGOs and communities addressing the key issues
Besides partnering organisations, we also partner individuals under the The Rippan Kapur Fellowship programme that was launched in 1994 (it was introduced in memory of our late founder). It seeks to enable motivated individuals starting a career in grassroots development work to make a beginning.
- Capacity Building:
Build perspective and capacity in areas of
– Child Rights
– accountability
– Organisation Buildin
– Gpolicy Analysis
– advocacy
- Community Mobilisation:
We believe this is the most effective long-term solution to the multiple causes of poverty, deprivation, exploitation and abuse that constrain the rights of India’s children. In recent years, we have spearheaded a concerted, nation-wide grassroots campaign in partnership with our supported NGOs that aims to establish:
– Authentic data on the situation of children – infant and child mortality, nutrition, enrolment, availability of functioning schools of at least adequate
quality, child Labour, gender and caste differences.
– Workable models to achieve universal access to primary and elementary education, healthcare, livelihoods and governance combining direct action, community mobilisation and policy influence.
– Nation-wide support from all segments of society for the policy changes including the constitution amendment making education a fundamental right and laws Crelating to juvenile justice.
– Grassroots community mobilisation aimed at ensuring universal access to equitable education through the Common School System and implementation of
policies ranging from land rights through to the right to information.
- Networking And Alliance Building:
The aim of strategic alliances or networks is to facilitate the transfer of learning, build solidarity between partner organisations and influence policy to positively impact the situation of Indian children. In short we interface with local government and other power structures and foster alliances with state, regional, issue interest groups. Through supporting networks, we provide a platform for partners to meet, share and learn from each other’s experiences. This enables the strengthening of field level initiatives. It also acts as a forum for perspective building on macro issues. We are also part of many state level alliances and national issue based alliances like the Campaign Against Child Labour, ECPAT, Donor Agency Network and the National Alliance for the Fundamental Right to Education (NAFRE)