DAY CARE CENTRES

IMCARES DAY CARE CENTRES PROVIDE FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN LIVING IN SLUMS IN MUMBAI AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

CHILDREN LIVING IN ABJECT KIND OF POVERTY, IN THE SLUMS, ARE LEFT TO THEMSELVES ALL DAY LONG IN UNHYGIENIC CONDITIONS IN SMALL AND CONGESTED HOUSING MADE OF PLASTIC, TIN SHEETS AND OTHER RECYCLED MATERIALS. SEXUAL ABUSE IS RAMPANT AMONG THESE CHILDREN. THE OVERALL GROWTH OF CHILDREN LIVING IN SLUMS IS SEVERLY STUNTED DUE TO LACK OF PROPER NUTRITION, UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT, LACK OF OPPORTUNITIES AND THE BELIEF IN FATE.

THE IMCARES DAY CARE CENTRES ARE A BLESSING TO CHILDREN LIVING IN SLUMS. COMMITTED IMCARES WORKERS RUN ACTIVITIES SUCH AS PRE-SCHOOL SESSIONS, AFTERNOON STUDY CLASSES AND CATER A WHOLESOME MEAL TO CHILDREN IN THE DAY CARE CENTRES. OVER THE YEARS IMCARES HAS CARED FOR THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN IN THE SLUMS OF DHARAVI, MAHIM, MANKHURD AND KANDIVALI IN MUMBAI.