IPER carries out regular and planned programmes on advocacy and awareness building through exhibitions, camps, and meetings.
Conference
IPER started the ‘Asian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect’ with the First one in Kolkata in 1991 and the fourth again in Kolkata in 1996 while the second, third and the fifth and sixth ones were held in Pakistan, Malaysia, Hongkong and Singapore. IPER also organized the ‘Children 2000AD Conference’ in 1999 in Kolkata with more than 11 countries participating in the Four-Day programme.
Seminars and Workshops
A number of National and Regional Seminars and Workshops are carried out in the past for caregivers, counsellors, social workers and other personnel. The major
Theatre Workshops were organised for children and young girls from the area.
Exhibitions
IPER holds exhibitions every year with pictures, posters and hand-outs on different social issues such as child labour, domestic violence.
Research
In keeping with its basic philosophy that research must be the basis of all programmes and innovative
measures IPER undertook a number of research studies in different subjects at different times.
The studies and researches were mainly conducted on different social issues like street children, child
labour, delinquent children, state of Drug Addiction in India, juvenile delinquency, case study on SMM
Home at Liluah,parental effectiveness training manual, training manual for teachers, parents and
caregivers on dealing with traumatised children, training manual for formal school teachers.
IPER has also conducted several research studies on children like ‘Psycho-social Impact of their Occupation
on the Ragpickers’, ‘Psychological Degeneration of Girl Children Smuggled Across the Border’, ‘Impact of
Family Violence on Children’. Another study known as ‘Humanising Child Labour’ has been published by
IPER in the form of a book. In 1996 IPER in collaboration with Childhope Asia (Philippines) brought out a
study on street children
Child Guidence and Counselling
Psychometric Assessment
IPER is carrying out psychological testing and assessment for both children and adults. Testing is done for:
Assessment of Intelligence
Personality Traits
Interest and Aptitudes
Creativity
Social Maturity
Learning Abilities
Counselling
Counselling is also carried out with children, adults and families for
Learning disabilities
Problem behaviours
Drug addiction
Alcoholism
Marital discord
IPER Clinic
Health care is a very important need for the children who are in a high-risk condition. IPER runs regular Clinics both static and mobile for children and women. Along with medical check-up and treatment to those who are ailing, immunization pre- and post- natal care are also given.
A regular Children’s Out-patient Clinic is run for three days a week, Mother and Child Health Care Programme is run for the underprivileged women once a week. IPER is regularly participating in Pulse Polio Programme with the support of the Health Department of the State government.
Special cases like asthma, tuberculosis, severe forms of mal-nourishment are also taken care of by long term treatment. Cases of burn, accidents and other accidents are either treated at the clinic or referred to hospitals when necessary. Pathological investigations and other types of investigations are also provided.
IPER Swadhina~A Programme on Women
Empowerment
IPER launched a Vocational Training Programme for Young Women in Distress in the year 2001 the Year of Empowerment of Women. This was done to give the girls a chance who are compelled to work as domestic maids a better life and earning.
The objectives of the programme are
To impart certain basic skills to young girls above 14 years and women so that they can develop a future of self-reliance and lead an economically independent life.
To improve the economic condition of the families by providing vocational skills to the mothers so that they are no longer forced to send their children to work
To enable the women be decision makers in the family, community and larger society
The training is being imparted in the following skills
The cutting, stitching and embroidery
Fabric painting
Paper based products
Jute based products
Soft toys
Handicrafts with different items as handmade paper, broken glasses, throw away fabrics, boards, etc.
A one-year course on Beautician has been introduced from 2009 as the girls demanded the course which was found to fetch employment easily.The display of the products of the unit is being promoted through exhibitions and display at the Centre . A few are working in Beauty Parlour and earning a much better salary than they can expect from household work.
Most important is that they have earned RESPECT and DIGNITY which their mothers and elders never got in their life.
The sale of the products of the unit is being promoted through exhibition-cum-sale during Poila Baishakh [Bengal New Year Day] and Durga Puja [the Autumn Festival of Bengal]. Other NGOs and women entrepreneurs are also invited to sell their products, thus giving everybody a platform to showcase their creativity and sell the same.
Apart from this IPER Swadhina products like file covers, bags, etc are appreciated by different organizations like UNICEF used the same for their workshops.
