Project People’s Oragnisation for Rural Development (PORD)
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Total Amount Donated
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Donation Goal
$50,390
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Target Goal
Campaign Story
About the project
Children in Annamayya district, Andhra Pradesh, often drop out of school and start working due to inadequate preschool education infrastructure. While boys are mostly engaged in labor, girls are pushed towards early marriage, posing a significant risk to their health and future. There is a significant number of dropouts in both primary and secondary schools.
Making a difference
CRY America’s Project PORD works towards improving children’s retention in education by monitoring Anganwadi Centres (AWCs), forming Children’s Collectives, and reintegrating school dropouts. The project also strengthens child protection mechanisms by working closely with village-level protection committees to reduce instances of child labor and child marriage.
The way forward
● Transform 6 Anganwadi Centres into Model Anganwadis.
● Mainstream 60 dropout children (aged 6–18 years) into schools.
● Monitor 48 Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) and conduct Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) training for 45 AWCs.
● Strengthen 5 School Management Committees by sensitising them about their roles and responsibilities.
● Ensure the transition of 449 children from Grade 10 to Grade 11 and 287 children from Grade 12 to higher education.
● Remove 30 child laborers from work and mainstream them into formal education.
● Stop or avert 25 child marriages through coordinated efforts with stakeholders.
● Strengthen 5 ward-level Child Protection Committees to reduce instances of child labor and child marriage.
● Conduct 2 child labor rescue operations with support from the labor Department.
● Sustain 41 Children’s Collectives and implement Year 1 and Year 2 life skills modules in 56 villages and 11 hostels.
● Implement the Parents’ Module covering 300 parents from urban slums.
2022 Plan Highlights
● Mainstream child labor into schools.
● Enrolling 450 children in children’s collectives.
● Preparing 10 Anganwadi teachers in their school readiness program.
2021 Grant Disbursed = $39,586
Project Impact
366
Children aged 3-6 years transitioned from pre-school to primary schools
566
Children aged 3-6 years enrolled in pre-schools
97
Drop out children aged 15-18 mainstreamed in school
678
Children cleared their 10th and 12th boards
41
Children removed from labor
12
Child marriages stopped
692
Children trained in Year 3 Life Skills
4,882
Children linked to social protection programs
822
Parents trained in Parent’s Module
Last year’s disbursed grant for Jan ‘25 to Dec ‘25: $59,812
This year’s approved budget for Jan ‘26 to Dec ‘26:
Piyu’s return to education
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