Reach Shillong Ministries encounters in its daily engagement with children, those who are in distressed situations and are in need of care and protection. Distressed situations that children often experience lack of support towards their education, lack of proper food and shelter, no adult supervision during the day, verbal abuse, sexual abuse, working as labourers etc. These situations make children vulnerable to more abuse, drug addiction, sexual exploitation etc. Such children are reported to the Child Welfare Committee of the district and subsequently the decision for temporary shelter or institutionalization is made in the best interest of the child.
To respond to this need, Reach Shillong Ministries have the following projects to cater to such children:
24 Hours Crisis Management Centre
The centre was established on 30th September, 2016, located at Nongmensong with a capacity of 15 beds, for children ages 10 – 18 years, with 4 full-time staff members. This centre function as 24- hour Crisis Management Centres to receive and provide necessary assistance to children in need of care and protection. As a 24
Lawei Baphyrnai Specialized Adoption Agency
In order to facilitate the placement of orphan, abandoned and surrendered children for adoption, the J J Act empowers the State Government to recognize one or more of its child care institutions or voluntary organizations in each District as Specialized Adoption Agency (SAA) for placing children in in-country adoption. RSM has been recognized by the
Lawei Baphyrnai Children’s Home (Boys and Girls)
Lawei Baphyrnai Children’s Home for Boys was established on 19th July, 2008, located at Nongrah, Nongpdeng, Block – D with a capacity of 20 beds, for boys ages from 4-18 years, with 6 full-time staff members. and Girls Home established on 1st October, 2013, located at Mawklot, with a capacity of 10 beds, for girls
Out of School Programme
Reach Shillong Ministries‘s Out of School Programme is an educational programme which aims to make Right To Education a reality in the life of the never enrolled and drop out children, particularly for the under-privileged children. This programme is sponsored by the SSA Department, Government of Meghalaya. Never enrolled and school dropout children between the
Educational Sponsorship Programme
Reach Shillong Ministries also strives to provide education for all, through the Educational Sponsorship Programme. This programme enables those children, whose parents do not have the financial capacity to send them to school, continue with their studies through financial help from individual sponsors.
Open Day Shelters
RSM had opened four Open Day Shelters viz; Iew Mawlong Centre – established on 12th October, 2012, located at laitumkhrah Bomfyle Road, with an average number of 39 children, ages from 2 – 18 years, with 3 full-time staff members. Nongmynsong Centre – established on 3rd March, 2014, Located at Nongmensong, with an average number