Giving Every Child A Healthy Start

Giving Every Child A Healthy Start

“Being a nurse I knew all about pregnancy. However, experiencing anything first hand is always unnerving – as was mine first pregnancy. It was the mMitra voice call and the Sunita didi’s (Project staff) regular visits that put me at ease. They acted as ‘my health...
Childline Case Story

Childline Case Story

System “Staff working on child rights have to be prepared to handle various situations. This is so as children who come in contact with Childline have various reasons to leave their homes with every child having a very peculiar reason unique to that child. Even...
Making ICDS services accessible

Making ICDS services accessible

As the clock ticks 11, you generally see children carrying tiny bags and running towards the ‘Anganwadi’ center.  But this was not the case in Bhurikan Pada,a tribal hamlet at Aarey colony in Goregaon, Mumbai. It does not have an ICDS center. The ICDS center...
Stories of Transformation

Stories of Transformation

Henrietta H. Fore, Executive Director, UNICEF visited Mumbai last month. She was keen to understand the issues and challenges faced by children, adolescents, and young people who lived in urban poor settlements of Mumbai. During her visit Fore...

CCDT Awards

Certificate of Merit’ for its contribution to Social Cause and Empowerment, India Sustainability Leadership Summit 2018 Award for excellent and outstanding working for Orphaned and Vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS, USAID, NACO, Avert Society, 2011 Award for...
Impact Stories | Tina

Impact Stories | Tina

At age seven, Tina had never seen the inside of a school. Her mother was a commercial sex worker in Kamathipura and Tina’s education, health and welfare were severely neglected. When Tina was registered at CCDT’s Residential Care Center, the...