Karnataka State Council for Child Welfare

Aim To work for the development of economically disadvantaged children.

Constituency Served

slum, working and destitute children, 1-16 years


Details of Work

KSCCW with eight district councils has been involved in child welfare for 44 years. It has 50 creches and one mobile creche. It runs two non-formal education (NFE) centres for beginners and school drop-out girls, and six NFE centres for slum and ragpicking children under the International Programme on Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC). It runs a home for destitute children, and has a child sponsorship programme. It provides vocational training to non-school going girls. It has three balsevika training centres; and it is the adoption scrutinising agency for Karnataka.

Fact File

Karnataka State Council for Child Welfare

    Acronym

  • KSCCW

    • Status

  • Society

    • Category

  • Child Development

    • Sub Category

  • Organisations

    • Level of Work of the Organization

  • Local, State

    • Establishment

  • 1955

    • Focus

  • creche, adoption, teacher training, non-formal education, early childhood education, non-formal education

    • Resources

  • newsletter

    • Help Welcome

  • volunteers, books, clothes, toys, donations
Contact Information

Ms Meenakshi Shivaramakrishnan , President , Mon-Sat 10.00-4.30, 2nd & 4th Sat 10.00-1.00
135 Shishuraksha, 3rd Cross, Nandidurg Road, Jayamahal Extn. Bangalore- 560046.
Ph : 23330846, 23568378 ,Email : ksccwblr@gmail.com , Website :http://www.shishuraksha.org