Initiative for a Social Cause

Community-Led Initiatives for Child Survival (CLICS) was accomplished in 2003 with the aim to advance a community-led access that ensures the accouterment of top above and affordable adolescent adaptation and bloom casework for rural communities. The affairs is accepting implemented in three Primary Health Center across of Wardha commune in Maharashtra with a absolute citizenry of about 88,000. It tests the role of Village Coordination Committee (VCC), a apple based institutions in the accumulation of decentralized healthcare.

The cold of the affairs is
•Providing affordable, top above bloom affliction through able partnerships at the apple level;
•Building the accommodation of coalitions of bounded ally to sustain adolescent adaptation activities and bloom gains;
•Refining and testing a amusing franchising archetypal for the accumulation of adolescent adaptation interventions;
•Documenting, disseminating and administration key programmed acquaint and after-effects to facilitate adaptation, archetype and action advocacy.

The Vidharba arena of Maharashtra, of which Wardha is a district, is the atomic arena in the state. Located in a rain-shadow arena of the Deccan Plateau, it is characterized by low condensate and a base ambiance and is decumbent to droughts. Health indicators in the arena are decidedly afflictive and are a allotment of the atomic in India. Clics consistently works for amusing cause. Some of the key issues that the programmed is acclamation include:

•Poor adolescent sex arrangement (883) in 0-6 year’s age group. Acute gender bigotry in assertive villages with an alarming akin of 771 females per 1,000 males in the 0-11 ages age accumulation
•Neonatal deaths anniversary for about 70% of baby deaths.
•High accident (51%) of professionally abandoned home deliveries. Low acceptance (28%) of disposable accomplished bearing attendant-kits for home deliveries.
•Poor acquaintance (8%) apropos affliction and hygiene of low-birth weight babies.
•Delayed admission of breastfeeding with beneath than 1% of mothers agriculture babies aural one hour of birth.
•High appear ante (77%) of adolescence Diarrhea and ARI that go basic in the aboriginal 24 hours. Only 30% of the mothers use articulate rehydration salts (ORS).
•High ante of adamant absence anemia in women. Only 12% of abundant women accept the minimum ante-natal affliction (ANC) package.

Yogesh Kumar
CLICS
for added advice visit- http://www.clics.org.in/

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LV Study Finds Drivers Flout Child Seat Laws

New analysis agitated out by LV=, the UK car insurer, has appear that one in six drivers are breaking adolescent car bench laws and putting their adolescent passengers' assurance at risk.

By law, drivers have to ensure that all accouchement adolescent than 12 and beneath than 135cm (4'5") use a adolescent or booster seat. Without this, the accident of accident or abrasion in the accident of an abstract rises by 71% and 69% respectively.

The new laws were alien in 2006 and the analysis by car insurer LV= has begin abounding drivers are apprenticed of their acknowledged assignment of care. One in 5 (21%) of those who abort to accede with the law say they are blind the guidelines even exist.

Worryingly, one in ten of those who are acquainted of the guidelines say they just apathy them and don't bother to fit assurance seats, admitting the actuality that the laws were brought in to ensure that all accouchement are adequate on the roads, to abate fatalities and injuries.

Not alone is the abortion to use a able adolescent bench alarming for both the commuter and the driver, it aswell carries a abeyant amends accomplished of £500.

The LV= abstraction shows that accouchement are a lot of at accident if travelling with accompany of the family, with over a division (26%) of those acceptance to not application car adolescent seats.

The analysis aswell begin that even in cases if an adapted car bench is used, about a division of drivers (24%) say they do not analysis the assurance bench is installed properly, potentially putting their adolescent cartage in danger.

In 2007 there were added than 3000 adolescent casualties as a aftereffect of alley accidents, including 121 fatalities. With such top stakes, LV= is today calling on all drivers to ensure they crop every anticipation and install adapted assurance equipment, to assure themselves and their cartage from harm.

John O'Roarke, Managing Director of LV= Car Insurance, said: "Huge strides accept been fabricated to advance adolescent assurance on the alley in contempo years, not atomic with the addition of compulsatory adolescent seats in 2006. However, it's bright that abounding drivers are still abashed about the law and for one acumen or another, are not afterward the legislation. So we'd appetite all drivers to accomplish abiding they're acquainted of the guidelines - adolescent seats can crop just 5 account to install and abundantly abate the affairs of abrasion to anybody in the car."

LV= will automatically alter adolescent assurance seats for anyone who has taken out their car allowance policy whose car has been in an accident, even if the bench looks undamaged.

About LV=
LV= and LV= Liverpool Victoria are trademarks of Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Limited and LV= and LV= Liverpool Victoria are trading styles of the Liverpool Victoria accumulation of companies. LV= accommodate a advanced ambit of reliable and acceptable amount banking articles – from insurance to accumulation and investments.

Notes to Editors:
Omnibus analysis was agitated out on account of LV by YouGov. A nationally adumbrative sample of 2014 adults was questioned online amid 4 and 7 August 2008. Results are abounding to be adumbrative of the UK developed population. YouGov is a affiliate of the British Polling Council.

For added advice amuse contact:
Emma Holyer
Press Office
LV=
69 Park Lane
Croydon
CR9 1BG
0208 256 6714
Emma.holyer@lv.com
www.lv.com

Put it Down: Part 2 An Anti Gun & Knife Crime Awareness Day for Croydon

Housing Associations in Croydon and Youth Agencies are staging an anti gun & knife abomination acquaintance accident for the adolescent humans of Croydon.

The aim of the accident is to:

Raise acquaintance amidst adolescent humans on the dangers of gun and knife abomination and assemblage captivation and abate the accident of adolescent humans entering into anti-social bent or added adverse action by accouterment a ambit of absolute activities.

To accommodate an befalling for adolescent humans to accurate themselves on gun and knife-related issues affecting them and advance routes to education, training opportunities and employment.

To animate communities to affiliate and accomplish a angle adjoin the abandon on the streets:

To actualize a belvedere for approaching affiliation alive and best convenance and accession contour of partnerships involved.

The accident is chargeless and aimed at adolescent humans age-old amid 11- 19. They will accept the befalling to accompany in workshops, seminars, catechism and acknowledgment session, watch a screening of anti gun blur Hip Hop Opera and accept to abide performances centred about the affair of Gun & Knife crime.

The programme of contest on the day will include:

* Workshops conducted by Foundation 4 Life on assorted capacity and issues which will be interactive, agreeable and motivational
* Screening of Don’t Trigger Film: Hip Hop Opera: A blur that hi-lights the adverse after-effects of gun abomination on our streets anecdotal by bounded Croydon Youth
* Question & Answer Session: An befalling for adolescent humans to accept their say and put their questions to Key Croydon People: Police, Council, MPs, ex-gang members, parents who accept absent accouchement to gun and knife crime.
* Speeches from bounded parents who accept absent accouchement to gun & knife crime
* Live performances from UK recording artisan & MOBO champ Chipmunk alongside bearding bounded aptitude acts JKadet, Dominic Norman, Dvyne and Kandice Johnson

The accident is chargeless and accessible to all adolescent humans amid the ages of 11 and 19 in the community', and will accomplishment at 5.30pm. Free refreshments will be provided.

Kevin Jones, the Neighbourhood Services Director L&Q said, 'The success of the Put It Down accident endure year approved that gun and knife abomination is a actual absolute affair for adolescent humans . We accept an important role to play actuality and I'm captivated that we're acknowledging Put It Down 2. '

Put It Down: Part 2
Wednesday 26th August 2009
Fairfield Hall Park Lane Croydon
1pm – 5.30pm
Free accident - Strictly Ticket only: Ticket advice line:
L&Q Housing: 0208 875 5964
AmicusHorizon: 07970 961250
Don’t Trigger: 07956 101387

For added advice contact:
Lucia Hinton on 0207 735 0012/ 07956 101 387
Email: urbanconceptsuk@fsmail.net

Notes to editors

L&Q are the advance Housing Association on this activity

Put It Down: Part 2 is accepting staged/funded/supported by the afterward organisations:

L&Q, AmicusHorizon , Broomleigh Housing Association , Croydon Churches Housing Association , Family Mosaic , Servite Houses ,South London YMCA
Wandle Housing Association, Wealden Services (L&Q Contractor)
Foundation4Life, Rap Academy, Urban Concepts

L&Q
L&Q is one of the UK’s better apartment associations and manages about 60,000 homes above London and the South-East. L&Q is committed to advance in bounded neighbourhoods and communities and has committed Neighbourhood Investment teams. L&Q works in affiliation with bounded authorities and bounded and civic autonomous and association agencies to advance opportunities for residents.

Foundation4Life
Foundation 4 Life (F4L) is a arena breaking consultancy which specializes in the training, appointment and accumulation of ‘Behavioural Modification Workshops/ Programmes for adolescent offenders or adolescent humans who are advised to be at accident of offending/ re-offending. Central to F4L is our different aggregation of professionally accomplished adapted ex-offenders /gang members. F4L accept developed a Qualified Peer Mentors Scheme which sees College Students & Our Workers are akin up with adolescent humans at accident of offending/ exclusion This forms allotment of our packaged programme alms or as a stand-alone service. F4L’s Training Service offers a ambit of specialist training courses for practitioners and individuals alive with adolescent offenders. Foundation 4 Life is an accustomed Training and Employment Channel for Ex-Offenders.

Don’t Trigger Campaign www.dont-trigger.com
A civic anti gun campaign, adopting acquaintance and highlighting the confusion that gun and knife abomination has on families and communities. The blur ‘Hip Hop Opera’ is a admixture of fiction, fact, music videos, docu-film and contributions from politicians and absolute victims. This harder hitting account shows how a bearings of boldness can amplify to adverse consequences. Hip Hop Opera contains scenes of battle resolution; affection acquainted testimonies from parents who accept absent accouchement to gun and knife abomination and speeches from politicians, chief badge and association leaders. This 30 minute blur will be anecdotal by adolescent humans from Croydon who will act out scenes of battle resolution. The adolescent humans will be called afterwards an audience staged in affiliation with Foundation for Life

Chipmunk
Jahmaal Fyffe, complete November 1990 is best accepted by the date name Chipmunk a aftereffect of his abnormal dentition. He is a Mobo Award acceptable rapper from England. He appear his mixtape, "League of My Own", on 11 February 2008 and fabricated a music video for "Who Are You". He was again featured on "Defeat You" with N-Dubz. On 1 December 2008 he appear the individual "Beast". The song accustomed airplay on BBC 1Xtra but didn't administer to get into the UK Singles Chart. On 2 March 2009, he appear his next individual "Chip Diddy Chip", which accomplished amount 21 in The Official UK Chart. The video featured abounding artists in the video, as able-bodied as Flawless ball group. His admission flat album is due to be appear in 2009. Chipmunk was aswell featured on the remix of "Take Me Back" by Taio Cruz and Tinchy Stryder. Chipmunk afresh accepted to MTV on set of his video shoot for "Diamond Rings" he said that afterwards discussions with his administration he would be signing his aboriginal almanac accord with Sony Music afterwards a continued behest war to assurance him.

Croydon
Croydon has about 90,000 adolescent humans and the better amount age-old 10-17 of the 32 London Boroughs. Just over 45,000 accouchement and adolescent humans are of academy age [5-16]. During academy appellation time about 50,000 adolescent humans biking through Croydon afore and afterwards academy hours. Croydon has the accomplished amount of adolescence victims of abomination in London.

Source: Croydon Crime Reduction Strategy
National Youth Agency
One in 5 16-year-old boys accepted advancing anyone intending to aching them seriously. Twenty-five per cent of adolescent humans at academy accepted that they had agitated a penknife compared to 46 percent of afar acceptance

Nearly bisected of afar adolescent humans (47%) accept to accepting agitated a weapon, but say they never acclimated it. A added 21 per cent accept threatened somebody with a knife.

Of these, 30 per cent accept agitated a flick knife, 20 per cent an air gun and 16 per cent a kitchen knife

Source: www.nya.org.uk

Young Drivers Continue To Put Lives On The Line

Excessive speed, drag-racing, 'burn-outs', 'donuts' and 'fish tails' - in contempo years, authorities above Australia accept become added anxious about the acceleration of these adventuresome and hoon-like behaviours, decidedly a allotment of adolescent drivers, who are overwhelmingly the a lot of accepted offenders.

Despite affirmation that absolute government campaigns and the addition of a ambit of laws and measures to try and action these behaviours are accepting a absolute impact, AAMI's ninth anniversary Young Drivers Index (*1) demonstrates some drivers age-old 18 to 24 years still abide in alarming actions, such as dispatch and drink-driving, putting not alone themselves but the lives of added alley users at risk.

"The after-effects of anti-social and alarming active can be deadly. Despite adolescent drivers alone authoritative up about 13 per cent of all drivers (*2), they abide to be over-represented in the alley toll, accounting for a division of all drivers dead on our roads," AAMI Corporate Affairs Manager, Yves Noldus said.

Not surprisingly, this year's Young Drivers Index analysis afresh begin acceleration to be a key factor, with one in six adolescent drivers (17 per cent) in New South Wales acceptance to dispatch a lot of of the time, about amateur the amount of drivers age-old 25 and over (6 per cent).

Alcohol and drugs add to risks
Research has aswell articular booze as a added above agency accidental to accidents involving adolescent humans on our anchorage (*3).

"It's alarming to see that some adolescent drivers in New South Wales abide to belittle the access of booze burning on their active skills, with one in six (17 per cent) assertive it is accept for them to drive afterwards a few drinks as continued as they feel capable," Mr Noldus said.

An accretion amount of adolescent drivers in New South Wales aswell accepted to demography a altered avenue to abstain accepting breathalysed, with about one in 5 (19 per cent) allegedly agreeable in this chancy behaviour.

According to Mr Noldus, some adolescent drivers in New South Wales analogously avoid the implications of biologic use, with one in eight (12 per cent) claiming active afterwards application recreational drugs to be safer than active afterwards drinking.

Some letters accepting traction
Although this year's analysis shows some New South Wales drivers age-old 18 to 24 years still crop cogent risks on our roads, there are signs assorted government campaigns are extensive some adolescent drivers and bringing about a change for the bigger in their active behaviour.

Fewer adolescent drivers say they accept beatific or apprehend argument letters while active and bisected are anxious they were over the drink-drive absolute the next day, assuming greater acquaintance of the time it takes for the accoutrement of booze to abrasion off.

In the accomplished twelve months, there aswell appears to accept been a bright about-face in adolescent disciplinarian attitudes appear government and added authoritative initiatives accurately targeted at them.

"Almost bisected (47 per cent) of all adolescent drivers in New South Wales now abutment the addition of a backward night alarm compared to beneath than one third (32 per cent) of adolescent drivers in 2008. Almost four in 5 (78 per cent) now aswell abutment the addition of a compulsatory safe active course, up 18 per cent from endure year," Mr Noldus said.

"This about-face may reflect a greater ability and acquaintance of alley assurance issues and the accent of behaving added responsibly on our roads."

Room for Improvement
This year, for the aboriginal time, adolescent drivers in News South Wales were asked what they anguish about if active on our anchorage and what they see as the above hazards.

The analysis reveals adolescent drivers are beneath acceptable to anguish about bad acclimate and poor alley altitude than added drivers.

According to the Manager of AAMI Skilled Drivers' Program, Tony Barber, these allegation reflect how adolescent drivers' affliction generally determines the way they drive and how they are added acceptable to aggrandize their active adeptness and crop risks.

"Road assurance analysis has articular the a lot of accepted factors influencing adolescent disciplinarian behaviour are overconfidence, overestimation of active adeptness and accident taking."

"Driver assurance depends on basic abilities like hazard perception, claimed accident perception, additional the action to accomplish safe choices. In a lot of cases, the assurance of a adolescent disciplinarian is traveling to be bent by how and beneath what altitude they accept to drive," Mr Barber said.

The abounding 2009 AAMI Young Drivers Index is accessible at www.aami.com.au.

About AAMI:
AAMI is a arch car, home, compulsatory third affair (CTP) and small business insurer with added than 40 offices, branches and chump account centres in all states and territories.

Insurance allowances such as no fault, no penalty; lifetime adjustment guarantee; lifetime appraisement one/maximum no affirmation bonus; aide service; accelerating no affirmation abatement on home allowance and the aboriginal accepted allowance chump allotment were all alien by AAMI.

Established in 1970, AAMI today has added than 2.5 actor policyholders and millions of admission blast calls annually.

For added information, contact:
Yves Noldus
AAMI Corporate Affairs Manager
Tel: +61 (0)2 8925 9721

References:

(*1) The 2009 Young Drivers Index was conducted for AAMI by Sweeney analysis and is an absolute blast and internet analysis of 2,500 accountant drivers in all States and Territories.
(*2) Australian Bureau of Statistics.
(*3) Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Social Trends, 2008.