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Goodwill Social Work Centre

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Mission
The centre aims to promote the overall development of children, youth and women in rural and urban areas in India, who are socially and economically deprived; to provide family centred home based intensive services to children, youth and women in dysfunctional families in slums and backward areas in India; to sensitise rural and urban children and women on various environmental issues and concerns through education, training and communication; to create public awareness on the rights of the child and women and to work for the promotion, protection and defence of children's and women's rights. It focuses education sponsorship; home based care and school placement for children in dysfunctional families; referral services to children for problem children; family counselling; environmental education for children and children and women rights education. It is operational in service provision, training, advocacy, research an information.
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The Goodwill Social Work Centre has undertaken the following development and research projects for the benefit of children, youth, women and men in rural and urban areas in India. These projects include:

The Intensive Family Service Project (1991 -1997) supported by OZ-CHILD, Children Australia Inc., Australia.
Children in Environmental Education and Communications in Villages (1994 - 95) funded by I.D.R.C, Ottawa, Canada.
Basic Holistic Community Programmes (1993 - 94), supported by SIMAVI, The Netherlands.
Integrated Family Life Management for Rural Women (1993 - 94) supported by Population Concern, United Kingdom.
Environmental Education and Action Programme for Rural Children (1996 - present) supported by US based Dupont South Asia Limited, Madurai.
Micro Enterprise Development Programme for Poor Urban Women (1997 - present) supported by AUSAID - OZ CHILD, Australia.
A study of STD/AIDS education programme among industrial workers in Madurai, India, supported by APAC-USAID, Chennai
Vocational training for working children (Girls and Boys), supported by OZ CHILD-Children Australia Inc
Children's Human Rights training programmes for civil action groups in Tamilnadu, India organized by our Children's Rights Centre