(iii) Train and mentor the care-mothers to understand the emotion and physical needs of children and support the mothers and the children in times of need
(iv) Develop simple guides on sex education for different age groups and train care-mothers to follow the guide. Also provide direct orientation the children as per the age group.
(v) Counsel individual children and/or groups of children depending on the situation
(vi) Write pedagogical plans for children with learning and/or behavior problems and share this with all staff, tutors and schools.
(vii) Maintain good relationship with the schools of the children and attend parent/caretakers meetings at school
(viii) Guide children during daily activities. Guide children in sport and recreation.
(ix) Organize and re-organize the homework structure depending on the needs of the children and as per the class requirement
(x) Make a long term plan and implement activities to ensure an inspiriting future for the children after they leave the LBHC.
(b) It is a Part Time or Full Time job for a period of 1 year and it is subject to renewal depending on the assessment of the need after the one-year term. The Counselor & Mentor is required to be physically present in the Centre.
(c) She will be reporting primarily to NBJK hierarchy and Interim-Manager Sustainability.
(d) She will have a say in the working of the Caregivers / Mothers. The Counselor in cooperation with the mothers will be overall responsible for the psychological and social wellbeing of the children.
(e) Her performance will be assessed regularly by the Interim Manager Sustainability or SKB independently and / or in collaboration with Program Manager of NBJK.
Development Management Consultants (DMC)
The children village Lord Buddha Home for Children (LBHC) is the initiative of the Dutch Foundation: Stichting Kinderhulp Bodhgaya/Child Welfare Bodhgaya Foundation (SKBWB). The foundation offers a wholistic development of orphans and deserted children in and around Bodhgaya, Bihar state, India. Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra (NBJK) is the local partner NGO in India who directly executes the project, oversees and manages the LBHC.
The children village facilitates accommodates now 70 children, boys as well as girls, in small family houses for 10 children each. The children are raised by their "foster" mother. A small health centre, a place for vocational training and a community hall are part of the children village. The health centre and the vocational training centre are also available for the local community. The buildings are surrounded by a play yard, a sports field, a kitchen garden and a flower garden. There is also a guesthouse on the campus.
The major activities of the project are: accommodation, educational provisions, vocational training, and basic health care. Other activities are meditation, sport, and music teaching that completes the wholistic development of the children.
Since 2012 the foundation, the local NGO partner and advisors have been in the process of envisioning LBHC for its sustainability and effective management of its core business, the health centre and the vocational training centre. An evaluation has taken place in 2013 with the following overall objective: Seeking independent advice for the future (i) capacity need for the mothers/care-givers, (ii) governance and (iii) to make (the core business of) the LBHC (children) independent from the Dutch Foundation in 2020 with grants from India. In this way it's important to say that by starting the health centre (in 2011) and the vocational training centre (in 2012) the agreement between the Dutch Foundation (SKBWB) and the local partner (NBJK) were that the local partner should start a process for the sustainability for the two centers: for the medical centre from 2014 and for the vocational centre from 2015.
The major findings, analysis and recommendations of the evaluation report shows that suitable steps must be made from now on for a course correction in the future plan for the LBHC. The suitable steps such as the time-bound target to be achieved with indicators, analysis on the achievements or problems for course corrections, long-term plan for the vocational training or medical services, mobilization of local resources, team approach, building good communication between the local NGO and the foundation, good female counselor for mothers & children, manager for sustainability measures etc
The boards of the Dutch Foundation and NBJK have its concerns and commitment for the good running of LBHC and to sustain the institution
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