Shelter, Protection, Education and Development
for Youth (SPEDY), Dindigul
 The
present population of Dindigul, Tamil Nadu
is 19,80,000 (nineteen lakhs eighty thousand)
and is growing daily due to industrial and
commercial activity. Mostly, children are
sent to town by desperate parents in search
of job thereby earn for the family. With
no family support, these children work in
teashops, restaurants or small industries;
textile spinning mills, tanneries, clean
shoes or resort to rag picking to earn few
rupees. Some children turn to begging and/or
petty theft. Before commencing SPEDY, there
was no such service to assist homeless street
and working children and no efforts to reintegrate
them to their families.
SPEDY was started in 2000 to take direct
action in assisting the identified need
of street and working children in Dindigul
for vocational training and enable them
to move out of their precarious existence
on the streets into a situation which offers
safety, stability and improved employment
prospects. SEEDS aims to uplift the present
condition of street and working children
who are pushed to unsafe occupation and
aimless life.
The objectives are
- To raise the status and self-worth
of street and working children in Dindigul.
- To improve the quality of life and
opportunities for such children.
- To work in conjunction with the children,
governmental and non-governmental agencies
and to develop appropriate strategies
and services for street children.
- To raise awareness on child rights
amongst the wider community.
The activities include drop-in center,
vocational training, job placements, non-formal
education and sponsorship and reintegration
to the families.
Quantitative Information
on SPEDY, Dindigul
- No. of adolescents/youth contacted
through the project are 5446 children,
out of which 731 used the services of
SPEDY shelter and 645 children were counseled
to education, skill and personality development.
- Vocational Training undergone were
251 young persons (166 young men + 85
young women) on Dress Making Trade (DMT),
Welding Trade (WT) and Plumbing and Wiring
Trade (PWT).
- In health care services, 71 medical
camps were conducted and 866 referrals
were made in 5 years. Inter personal counseling
on health issues were given to 365 children
and 101-group awareness sessions were
conducted to the children.
- Non-formal education to 548 children.
- 18 Child Protection meetings were conducted
with the children in the center.
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