The SBI Foundation (SBIF) intends to engage non-profit organisations registered in India with relevant experience in the domain of Child Care Institutions, Early Childhood Development and Child Sexual Abuse.

Thematic Areas

• Child Development

Interventions

• Intervention 1: Adoption of Child Care Institutions (for children in need of care and protection, street-connected children, orphaned children, children of sex workers, victims of child trafficking/child labor, children in conflict with law and other vulnerable children)
• Intervention 2: Providing Early Childhood Care through Creation of Model Anganwadi Centers-cum-Creches (AWCCs)
• Intervention 3: Combating Child Sexual Abuse through awareness, counselling and legal support

Funding Information

• Intervention 1: Adoption of Child Care Institutions
  • Project Budget: 0.25 - 2 Cr.
• Intervention 2: Early Childhood Care through Model Anganwadi cum Creches (AWCCs)
  • Project Budget: Up to 2 Cr. (for 4 AWCCs)
• Intervention 3: Combating Child Sexual Abuse
  • Project Budget: Up to 1 Cr.

Duration

• Intervention 1: Adoption of Child Care Institutions
  • Project Duration: 2 years
• Intervention 2: Early Childhood Care through Model Anganwadi cum Creches (AWCCs)
  • Project Duration: 2 years
• Intervention 3: Combating Child Sexual Abuse
  • Project Duration: 2 years

Geographic Focus

• Intervention 1: Adoption of Child Care Institutions
  • Preferred Project Locations: Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar
• Intervention 2: Early Childhood Care through Model Anganwadi cum Creches (AWCCs)
  • Preferred Project Locations: Jharkhand, Odisha & Telangana (Informal work settings, remote rural areas with lack of early childhood care facilities, urban slums etc.)
• Intervention 3: Combating Child Sexual Abuse
  • Preferred Project Location: Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh

Eligibility Criteria

• The organisation must have a minimum of three years of experience in Child Protection / Early Childhood Development (Depending on the intervention for which they are applying). The broad scope of expertise required includes:
  • Proven experience in running / working with child care institutions for vulnerable children, including family reintegration, adoption and foster care services.
  • Proven experience in early childhood development related interventions.
  • Proven experience in working with the issue of Child Sexual Abuse.
• A self-declaration (on the letterhead) that the Grantee does not discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, genetic information, citizenship, veteran or marital status, or any other basis prohibited by law
• The Agency should not have been blacklisted by any Government Agency/ PSU/ Central/ State agency or under a declaration of ineligibility for fraudulent or corrupt practices.
• Proposals should be submitted in English language only.

For more information, visit SBI Foundation.

https://www.sbifoundation.in/Request%20for%20Proposals