Child Line Project – Namco – National Mother and Child welfare Organisation

Child Line Project:

NAMCO has been functioning as the ‘collaboration’ agency for Thiruvarur district since 2015. CHILDLINE is a 24 x 7 toll free number that receives calls from anyone from the district for helping the children in any form of distress. Despite the efforts of many stakeholders, even in the present times, there are families that force their children into marriages or drop them off from schools and enrols them into some form or industry for labour; on the other hand, due to not so conducive environment in homes, children turn to notorious practices of using drugs, alcohols and get addicted; they are lured by fantasies and runaway to cities and towns that are completely alien to them and get trapped into anti-social networks. Some children are forced into begging, some into bonded labour and a few are sexually abused. NAMCO has been involved in rescue, rehabilitation and repatriation efforts. As the CHILDLINE ‘collaboration’ agency, NAMCO is at the fore front of any such reported incidences of violence against children. On an average, NAMCO has saved more than 400 – 500 children in a year.

Latest Projects

Education Program

Education is indispensable to economic development and poverty eradication. Acquired basic skills such as reading, writing and numeracy, have a documented positive effect on the incomes of the marginalized populations. No economic development is possible without education. A balanced education system promotes not only...
Programming Strategy

NAMCO employs a multi-pronged approach to poverty reduction. It strives to address both causes and effects of poverty, which are often vicious, and perpetuating poverty endlessly. NAMCO has identified five sectors that are critical in helping communities overcome the challenges of poverty. Yes, it...
Health Program

For the poor, health is the foundation for their sustainable livelihoods. A majority of the poor are dependent on their physical labour activities for their livelihoods. Also, good health forms the basis of their access to other basic necessities of life like education, livelihoods...
Livelihood Program

Often, the livelihood strategies and activities of poor people are diverse and complex. Agriculture and other natural resource-based activities play an important role for rural households, but they may also diversify into other activities, some of which are linked to agriculture and the natural resources sector,...