Referral
The CPI has developed good contacts with a number of government and non-government organizations, child rights activists and philanthropist. The CPI does not have in house facilities to provide long term care support to the rescued children. If the rescued child needs long term shelter and support services, CPI refers the child or family to reputed care giving organizations and also connect the family with existing social protection and welfare programmes that provide cash transfer, education grants, scholarships, free/subsidized education, healthcare, loans, vocational skills trainings, enterprise development trainings etc.
Referral to care giving organizations
Post-rescue psycho-social counselling and support The rescued children residing in CPI mostly belong to under privileged, destitute background and have experienced trauma, exploitation or abuse. The CPI provides her/him psychological counselling and medical care to help recover from any trauma, fears, anxiety, anger, stress and disruptive behavioral problems and to ensure ongoing safety and well-being. This could include therapy, educational support, and regular check-ins by a social worker or case manager.
1. Edhi Foundation:
The Edhi Foundation is another prominent non-profit organization in Pakistan that provides shelter and basic necessities to destitute children, women, and elderly people.
2. Pakistan Sweet Homes:
Pakistan Sweet Home is an orphanage for abandoned children across the country providing basic necessities of life including education, home, & healthcare.
3. SOS Children’s Village:
SOS Children’s Villages is a non-profit organization working for the welfare, education, and upbringing of orphans in Pakistan. It runs orphan homes in Lahore and multiple cities in Pakistan.
4. Rozan:
Rozan is an NGO working on emotional & mental health, gender, violence against women and children and reproductive health of adolescents. Rozan Counselling Helpline 0800 22 444, 0333 5500 0401 provides a non-judgmental and confidential space to everyone, where they can call and share their concerns related to emotional and mental health, Violence Against Women (VAW), and girls and Child Sexual Abuse (CSA). Along with telephonic counselling, Rozan also provides in-person, online, and email counselling services and organizes counselling camps in communities, shelter homes etc.
5. SAHIL:
Established in 1996, Sahil, non-governmental Pakistani organization has been working for the protection of children, especially protecting children against sexual abuse. Their work involves research, awareness raising, legal support, advocacy, trainings of schoolteachers on preventive measures against child sexual abuse. Sahil is the only organization, which compiles and publishes annual statistics on child sexual abuse (CSA). Sahil is recognized as effective and influential organization, advocating for the safety and welfare of children against the threats of sexual abuse.
6. SPARC:
6. Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child is a Pakistani independent non-governmental organization dedicated to protecting the rights of children through awareness-raising, advocacy supported by research, service delivery and human and institutional development.
