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			ECHO-Balagrama is the name of ECHO's Rehabilitation Center which is located in Sumanahalli, Bangalore. Children who successfully complete their transitional period in our Transitional Home come to live in Sumanahalli. The staff of ECHO thoroughly discusses the path the inmate wants to follow. Whatever the path, we’ll always look for the best interest of the child. ECHO's staff counsels all the children to  help them improving their lives.
		Our younger inmates are encouraged to go to a nearby regular school, whereas elder inmates can write the Karnataka Open School exam to pass their S.S.L.C. For those who are less interested in studies we provide vocational training in various trades such as tailoring, printing, ITI, leather making, etc. ECHO's best known vocational program is the Traffic Police Assistant Program. Other opportunities ECHO provides are passing of the driving license and computer courses. Just like in our Transitional Home children participate in cultural programs and help gardening. Furthermore the boys attend Bala Panchayat every Sunday to discuss their behavior in the previous week and to look for ways to improve their life in the week to come. After vocational training ECHO’s staff helps the boys with job placements. Only after completing one or more of the rehabilitative measures the inmates are reintegrated to family or society. At this point ECHO helps with home placements and even thereafter ECHO’s staff visits the juvenile in order to prevent him from falling back into the former life-style that brought him in trouble.
		ECHO-Balagrama also participates in the National Child Labor Project (NCLP) by giving basic education to 50 children from hazardous working areas. This secures them basics learning skills and protects them from child labor. The children are stimulated to attend normal school for a better future.
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