Reply to question 1: How is it financed?

The first part of our model ‘prevention’ is funded by Jharkhand Educational Project Counsel (JEPC). JEPC funds Net Schools for Hard to reach children or children from migrating parents. These children are most at risk to trafficking.

The second part of de model Advocacy and Rescue operations or funded by ATSEC India.

The last part of the model Rehabilitation is funded by small ad hoc donations and grants and secondly by financial means derived from own resources (e.g. home grown vegetables and merchandise)

The total amount of money available for 2006/7 was 6 lakhs. The contribution of own resources from BKS fund was approx. 2,5 lakh! The BKS fund is generated by

A) Commercial Courses provided by ex-rehab warden and teachers to other wardens and teachers in Jharkand. (Rs. 35.000)
B) Vegetable growth in the gardens for own food supply, maintained by children of Kishori Nikatan (Rs. 40.000)
C) Membership fees from local communities (Rs 1.5 lakh)
D) Children of Kishori Niketan are making greeting cards, candles and cloth as a fun activity and for development of skills. These items are sold during trade fairs by BKS staff. (R.s 25.000)

These earnings are for education, clothing and food and other necessaries for the survivors at Kishori Niketan.

Reply to question 2: How does BKS outstand other organizations

BKS was the first NGO to identify ‘Trafficking’ in Jharkhand as a major problem (1998). Following BKS took initiative to sensitize and train governmental officials in combating trafficking. From that point BKS took management responsibility of all actions against trafficking under their umbrella, including prevention trough education, advocacy trough workshops, rescue operations, rehabilitation trough shelter homes and community repatriation trough counseling. Implementation the actions BKS includes all stakeholders in society; Government, national NGO’s, field NGO’s, community/religious leaders, teachers and even rehabilitated survivors. So, in a state of Jharkhand where the trafficking rates are among the highest of India BKS managed introduce a comprehensive model to combat trafficking that includes horizontal and vertical partner system that boost synergy to higher levels.

Within this holistic approach BKS introduced a new concept of shelter homes. Its concept is innovative because,

• It is run by survivors who understand the problem better then anybody else;
• It has an open system that enables survivors to get in contact with the communities to develop life skills;
• Children are involved indecision making at their shelter homes
• The shelter homes are one of a few in Jharkhand
• BKS established the shelter home to convince the government the need for rehabilitation.