Category Archives: Career in Social Work

Balmiki Dham Centre Contact Point of Salam Baalak Trust

Hello friends…

I am doing my MSW volunteership at the Balmiki Dham. It is located in the Kali Bari. This is an evening based contact point. The timings of this center are 2PM to 5PM. This contact point provides basic education, school education, nutrition, health checkups and other facilities to the community living in the Balmiki Dham.

1098 Child Helpline Number – Toll Free Child Helpline India

Dosto agar aapko ko lawaris bachaa dikhe to turant 1098 par call kijiye….

Us bache ke saath thora waqt gujariye jab tak 1098 ki team na aa jaye….

Maximum 15-20 minutes main task force spot par aa jati hai….

Or haan ye number toll free hai….remember it is 1098

Stop Child Labour

Harish Chandra – Volunteer at Saalam Baalak Trust

Volunteer at Bal Sahyog Delhi

Bal Sahyog is a famous NGO working on the child development. It is located in the central Delhi and providing shelter home to street and poor children.

There are various opportunities to learn using the volunteer. You can learn about the JJ rule, rights of children and other information regarding child care and child development.

With the volunteer at Bal Sahyog, you can find vast information on child physiology. You can play with them. You can teach them various skills like paper craft, handmade craft, music, dance etc. You can also help to make their assignments.

IGNOU MSW Field Work Visit Sample Report – Salam Balak Trust

Date: 15 October 2012   Day: Monday     Time: 10am to 5 PM

Name of the agency: Salam Balak Trust (SBT)

Name of the supervisor: Mr. Santosh Gupta

Plan of the day: Visit to the agency, introduction, get information on programs etc.

Work Done: Volunteer reached at the contact point of SBT located in the Hanunan Mandir, CP. He meets with Mr. Mahesh and Mrs. Seema at this point. Both of these are the staff of SBT and working at the contact points of SBT. Mr. Mahesh is working as a medical social worker while Mrs. Seema is a teacher.

Mr. Mahesh told me to meet with the project coordinator of the contact point. I met with Mr. Santosh Gupta who is the project coordinator of the 2 contact points one is located at the Hanuman Mandir, CP while second is at Valmiki Dham.

I found about they work. Street children program was going on at the Hanuman Mandir contact point. At this point, we have to motivate children about study. Santosh sir told me that there are numbers of children who are drugs addicted and we have to motivate them about not to take drugs. They also admitted children in the nearest drug rehabilitation center where children live for 6 months and then moves to the open shelter of SBT.

Santosh sir also told me about the other contact points of the SBT. He told that there are New Delhi Railway Station, Jamna bazaar Old Delhi, Pratap Nagar, Geeta colony, Seelampur, Dilshad Garden and Vivek Vihar. He also told me about the complete history of the organization starting from when started and how operated.

Then we move to the Valmiki Dham contact point where the formal classes held. I worked with some children in the center.

Observation: In my today’s work I found the activities on the both of the center. I found that children were taking interest in their study.

Plan of the next day: Group activities with children.

I have joined Salaam Baalak Trust as a volunteer

Hi guys

I have joined Salaam Baalak Trust as a volunteer. During the second year study of MSW course, i have to do 45 days traning and I will do it with Salaam Baalak Trust. I am appointed at the contact point located near the Hanuman Mandir, CP and Valmiki Dham near Kali Bari.

The first day of the field work visit was very excited and I find out so many things related to the professional social work.

UGC NET Coaching Centre in Delhi Social Work Subject

Hello friends…

I am preparing for the UGC NET exam. My subject code is 10 and it is a Social Work stream. I am currently doing Master in Social Work (second year) from IGNOU.

I want to join a coaching institute for the UGC NET exam. Can anyone suggest me any good coaching centre in Delhi (North Delhi) for UGC NET exam?

Sonagachi Project Kolkata

Sonagachi is one of the popular red-light areas in the North Kolkata. More than 11000 sex workers are working in this area. There are numbers of authorized and un-authorized brothels in this area.

Sonagachi Project is to promote use of condoms between the female sex workers. Sonagachi Project is managed by DMSC (Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee).

The aim of the project is

  1. Sex workers’ rights advocacy,
  2. Anti-human trafficking and
  3. HIV/AIDS prevention

There are around 51 free clinics where sex workers can go for free check-ups and counselling.