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  OUR VISION AND MISSION
  VISION :       Empowerment of children in difficult circumstances by ensuring Human Rights and Diginity.                                     MISSION :       To promote and protect the rights of children in difficult circumstances and empower them through….                     Advocacy, reformation, rehabilitation, education and reintegration.                     Prevention and rehabilitation of street and working children from getting into crime.                     Networking with various stakeholders zat National and International levels.                     Research and Documentation of Juvenile rights and its violation.                     Lobbying and advocacy for rights of the juveniles.  
 
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The Transitional Home was started on 4th April 2001. The home accommodates up to 50 boys who are confronted with the legal system for a period of a few months. ECHO believes that a proper home is indispensable in grooming up children and hence takes effort in placing the children to their respective families after home visits and discussions with the parents. Only when a child is refused entry to his family he comes to ECHO's Transitional home. Since ECHO's foundation till March 2008 more than 760 children stepped into this home from different places in Karnataka.

The activities in ECHO's Transitional Home are aimed at preparing the children to face the world outside. ECHO doesn't believe children consciously commit crimes. It is their environment, like poor economic background or family situation, which force them to disobey the law. Therefore the children in conflict with law and children in need of care and

protection undergo rehabilitative programs to return into society as empowered citizens of the country.

In order to achieve reformation, the boys follow a structured day program. Every morning starts with music and physical exercise like jogging and yoga practice to maintain the body and to provide peace for the soul. The children help in gardening and feeding the home birds. This learning makes them to become responsible and aims at increasing their self. 
After self wash and breakfast the inmates attend non-formal education in our institution, like Karnataka Open School, or formal education in a nearby school. Education is the foundation for a good future and therefore we give much importance to it. The classes continue after lunch until playtime starts. In the evening school-going children get additional coaching to help them with their studies.

Every Sunday the children conduct Bala Panchayat (Child self governance) with their peer inmates. They discuss the previous week and look for ways to improve their life and behavior in the week to come. The aim of Bala Panchayat is to provide opportunity for them to take responsibility of their actions. On Sunday evenings the inmates are encouraged to organize various cultural programs,
where they can show their talents. ECHO's staffs provide the boys with specialized counseling to help them with goal motivation and personality development programs.   These activities help the children to prepare for their return to society.  Once the boys successfully complete their transitional period, they are shifted to ECHO’s Rehabilitation Centre.
 
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