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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 to March 2006 more than 420 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 a poor economic background or family situation, which make them 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 this 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 with gardening and feeding the home birds. This learning makes them to take care of others and gives them self-esteem because they feel responsible. 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. School will proceed after lunch until playtime starts. In the evening school-going children get additional coaching to help them with their studies.
		Every Sunday the children attend 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. On Sunday evenings the inmates organize a cultural program, where they can show their talents in singing and dancing. ECHO's staff give the boys 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 Center.
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