Ensuring Basic Child Rights

DAM is a strong advocate of “Child Rights”. It has its own fully-functional Child Protection Policy and Code of Conduct in service for all its projects & programmes. AMCC is envisioned to fortify the child-right pillars of UNCRC- right to survival, the right to protection, the right to development and the right to participation as well as human rights of the most vulnerable & disadvantaged children. Ensuring basic child rights through the programmatic components is the main objective of the institution. 

Safe and Long-term Accommodation

AMCC provides full residential accommodation with modern living standard and appropriate security in our own 325 acres large & dedicated residence located in Panchgarh.

The residential setup accommodates children in two separate dormitories based upon their age groups. All supporting utensils are provided to the children to make their living comfortable. At the same time, the inhouse staffs who provide 24 hour services to these children also receive  accommodation facilities so that they can support these children better.

Maximum security, cleanliness and child-friendly practices are ensured inside the residence, containing enough space to support all the activities of AMCC in a eco-friendly & peaceful environment.

Food and Cloths

Age specific five-time nutritious foods are provided to all children having provision of special diets on special occasions. Age and gender appropriate cloths are provided including school uniforms and supporting accessories.

Health

AMCC have dedicated paramedics to provide regular health assistance and education to the children. Their BMI track is kept on regular basis and they are also provided dedicated health checkup to prevent major health issues. Still, if children come across any serious injury or emergency treatment requirements, they are taken to the Sadar Hospital for better treatment. Specially able children are provided with referral services after assessing their disability. 

AMCC also provides children reproductive/sexual health orientation, health awareness workshops and disciplined self-care training  

Necessary Group & Individual Counselling

To cope up with the developmental services better, we provide children different types of counselling. Among them, we have trauma counselling, general & psychosocial counselling, individual counselling, career counselling etc. 

Children living in AMCC require continuous motivation and friendly environment to continue their stay in the children city. Hence the full-time counsellors need to approach children with much sensibility and recreationally to ensure their recovery. If any child is found to be in discomfort, the care giver will give more time and efforts to that child to overcome the situation. Special counselling arrangements are made all the way from the enrolment of a child up until they get reintegrated into the society. I other words, counselling is on of the key programmatic component to keep the whole environment of the Children City joyful and harmonious. 

Education

AMCC provides free education to all children up till they turn 18. AMCC have it’s our primary school to support the education of class on to five. The NCTB (govt.) curriculum is followed in the AMCC curriculum. For high school education, children are sent to the community schools where they attend Secondary School Certificate (SSC), Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) and other board examinations. Regular assessment and progress monitoring under  Multi-grade and learners centered teaching learning process is an inbuilt component of our pedagogy system. 

In addition, AMCC provides specialized education on health, hygiene, sanitation, discipline, human rights, self-protection, culture and civic responsibilities etc. Various co-curricular and leadership activities- Student Council, Talent Hunt, Joint Management System, Scout etc. are in function. Teachers are provided special training to facilitate these activities and to make certain maximum developmental accomplishment.

Children have a rich library, a computer lab and adequate supplementary materials available to their selves in AMCC. Also, AMCC have currently initiated works of its own high school where ICT classroom facilities and multimedia support in all classrooms will be ensured.

Support for higher study

Efforts will be made to create linkages with the Open Universities and for admission into the Public Universities to ensure continuation of their study.

Support for vocational skills development and career counseling 

Vocational skills training are provided as supporting education along with individual academic streams as per their interest, previous knowledge and skills. DAM has it’s own VTI to provide short-term courses via referral services.  Vocational training is provided to the elder children of AMCC. In addition, for the 18+ children, after completion of their training, are mainstreamed into the society through different job placement and self-employment arrangements. AMCC have established an active linkage with potential job market, prospective employers and entrepreneurs. There will also be need-based provision for seed money under micro finance credit scheme to support the developmental requirements of these children in a sustainable way.

To align their academic choices with their career goals, children are provided individual academic and career counseling session. To keep them motivated, their progress is evaluated and shared accordingly by mind mapping the future milestones.

Encompassing exciting activities to develop children’s creativity, leadership and inner potential

AMCC have multiple programmatic components to amplify children’s creative, leadership and other livelihood skills. To engage children better into the decision making procedures and to create governance, AMCC have established a Joint Management System where children get to share their opinions and suggestions regarding their need and the services we provide. Also, they take the accountability to be part of AMCC’s every initiative & decision making situation. 

Children participate in club activities and are groomed to take part in various inter & intra-level competition. Under the Seven Programmatic Clusters, (Competency based General Education; Health Services & Education; Counselling & Career Counselling; Talent Hunt; Agricultural Education; Ethics & Religious Education; Vocational Education) children of AMCC comprehensively work on different aspects of self-development in a disciplined system. Cluster leads, using ample resources, help children to routinely work on their progress and to measure their career & co-curricular milestones with specific cluster indicators.

Staff training and orientation

Regular orientation and basic training on Code of Conduct (CoC), AMCC Standard Operating Principles, Child Protection, Child Rights & Child Development, Multi-grade Teaching Learning, ICT, Gender & Civic Education, Ethical Education, Caregiving, Seven Clusters & JMS implementation, digital case management, Counselling & Motivation,  career counseling, Life skills etc. are provided to all AMCC staffs and JMS child representatives. The training & orientations are scheduled and systematically programmed according to the DAM strategic milestones & AMCC training manuals & orientation guidelines.

Social Reintegration

Apart from safeguarding the rights of street children, AMCC takes initiative to integrate the missing/lost children to their families. Through a long and difficult process including family investigation, identification and handover process.

Children whose family couldn’t be traced, AMCC takes authority to mainstream those children sustainably into the society through skill-development training, job placement & entrepreneurial engagements. For that purpose, AMCC utilizes it’s external financial & communication resources regularly. 

Advocacy & Partnership

To ensure children’s safety into the community & to fight against streetism, AMCC continuously runs local and national-level advocacy campaign to seek fruitful partnership with the like-minded development partners, stakeholders, government organizations and other related agencies to have their full attention toward ensuring best interest of children. 

Parents /Guardians gathering

Children pf AMCC are mostly street children, having single parents/local guardians who are traced through our family investigation process. To ensure sustainable development of children when they leave AMCC and provide necessary guidance for that purpose, AMCC holds annual Parent/guardian meetup where parents are individually counselled and notified of their children’s need. There, they also get to share their feedbacks with AMCC team. Guardians are also invited in the special events (sports and cultural activities) we hold.

Children who have families identified, once in a year get to visit their families until they et reintegrated. Other’s are also provided to local foster families to explore family-like environment.

Special Support

Apart from the mentioned services, AMCC provide referral services to the service recipients according to their needs. Among them, we have VTI enrolment, rectification services to those children who have a past record of involvement in any crimes and other antisocial activities in cooperation with legal support and skill development cooperation between other wings of DAM.