Urban Child Care (Phase III)

Project Duration	2016 to 2018
Funding organization	Aga khan Foundation The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), alongside its sister Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) agencies, has implemented innovative, community-driven solutions to development challenges for more than 45 years. It focuses on a small number of specific development problems by forming intellectual and financial partnerships with organizations sharing its objectives. With a small staff, a host of cooperating agencies and thousands of volunteers, the Foundation reac
Project Goal	To create an innovative and effective model to support the holistic development of the children by improving the quality of child care services.
Project Purpose	Supporting the children of low-paid mothers working living in urban informal settlements through community based daycare services
Project Output	Working mothers got the opportunity to go to their works keeping their children in a secured place. Children are enjoying a nice environment. Individual changes are there, health care is taken appropriately, and there are changes in mentality. Children are learning cleanliness. Getting education and learning relationship development as well as socialization. Skills are being developed, learning good behaviour and approach. Mothers can work now without any tension, children are not neglected, rather well cared etc. Children are more cared which even mothers could not offer. Children are being developed here under a discipline. Children from such working parents are usually deprived of appropriate education and don’t learn early practicing these. But children are getting these opportunities here.
Project working areas	Mirpur Mohammadpur Ashulia Gazipur
Beneficiary/Stakeholder	Direct beneficiary Total 530 Children Direct beneficiary Working Parents Indirect beneficiary Community
Short description	Children are learning cleanliness. Getting education and learning relationship development as well as socialization. Skills are being developed, learning good behavior and approach. Mothers can work now without any tension, children are not n If children were left at home they would be isolated or would stay on roads, many problems might happen. In this way they are benefitted, contributing in the development of their families, community, society and the country
Major Achievements	Urban Childcare Project – Training Phulki has become a brand in the domain of child care provision through its intense expertise in advocacy and capacity building 203 children were enrolled in school and madrasa in 201. Dropout rate from school has reduced and children from day care centers are doing better in school Special need children (children with speech disorder and late child) can express their needs with the support of our centers activity 4-day care centers are now running by the community people in Valuka. Job opportunity has been created for many women from the community as center caregivers and teachers