Introducing Goodwill Social Work Centre,Madurai,India

08/03/09J.Christopher Daniel 1
Introducing ………….
‘Our concern every child’’

To profess and practice ‘GOODWILL SOCIAL WORK’ as a
philosophy, a practice mode and an approach, which is
preventative, rehabilitative and developmental in perspective and
based on the principles of scientific humanism in line with the
professional social work model.
It combines social philanthropy, professional social work and social
development. ‘GOODWILL SOCIAL WORK’ is inclusive where
children, youth, men and women participate in the social and
economic life of their communities. It attempts to treat the
symptoms through social protection, remove as far as possible the
barriers to better social outcomes and tackle the root causes
through social investment. It is committed to a particular set of
professional values of social work including respect for worth and
dignity of every person, the client’s right to self-determination,
confidentiality, advocacy and social action that promotes justice.
08/03/09

1.GoodwillSWC is an Indian Non-Governmental organisation
registered as a Society/Charity under the Tamilnadu Societies
Registration Act 1975 ,Govt of Tamilnadu &Foreign
contributions(Regulation)Act,1976, Ministry of Home Affairs,Govt
of India.
2.Renewed registration in 2016 under Foreign Contribution
(Regulation) Act 2010,Ministry of Home Affairs,Govt of India.
[Registration Number 075940124]
3.It is duly registered under section 12-A {b} of the Income Tax Act,
Government of India

Goodness in all we do for the community
Overflowing with love, compassion, and peace
Outpouring care for others, especially
children, youth and their families
Dutifulness in helping others to help themselves
Willingness to serve the poor and downtrodden
Integrating professionalism in social work practice
Linking itself to serve locally and globally
Lighting up the face of the less fortunate and the
unfortunate

Executive Committee
Executive Director Honorary Secretary
Administrative Staff Project Staff
Volunteers

 Founder- Director : Dr.J.Christopher Daniel
M.A., Ph.D., (Social Work)
 Former Professor of social work and Human
resources management, Madurai Institute of
Social Sciences, Madurai, India
 A Social Work/HRM Academic turned Social
Entrepreneur
 GLI Networker, Member of IAB-Global Links
Initiative(UK) and GLI’s Tamilnadu
Representative in India (2006-2009)
 Winner of UnLtdWorld(UK) BRIC Awards 2009

 To promote the overall development of children, youth and women in
rural and urban areas in India, who are socially and economically
deprived.
 To provide family centred home based intensive services for children,
youth and women in dysfunctional families in slums and backward
areas in India.
 To sensitise rural and urban children and women on various
environmental issues and concerns through education, training and
communication.
 To create public awareness on the rights of the child and women and to
work for the promotion, protection and defense of children’s and
women’s rights.
 Focus on education sponsorship; home based care and school
placement for children in dysfunctional families; referral services to
children for problem children; family counseling; environmental
education for children and children and women rights education.

1. Family Focus International,Australia
2. Oz-Child , Children Australia
3. For Children Australia Inc, Australia
4. SIMAVI,The Netherlands
5. Population Concern, United Kingdom
6. PANDA Software(Security)International,Spain
7. JSS- Ministry of HRD, India
8. Ministry of Rural development, Governmen of
India

9. ART VENTURE , Singapore
10. IDRC,Ottawa,Canada
11. Joh Oakley & Kerr,USA
12. DuPont South Asia Limited, USA
13. The Malian Foundation, Australia
14. The Funding Network, United Kingdom
15. Global Links Initiative(GLI), United
Kingdom

1. Intensive family preservation program for children in dysfunctional
families, Madurai, India
2. Community Technology Services for children,youth and young
women:A CSR Panda IT Aid Award winning project 2006
sponsored by Panda Software International Spain
3. Global Links Initiative (UK) and Goodwill Social Work
Centre(india) - NGO networking partnership initiative" in
Tamilnadu,India
4. [GLI,UK]-Goodwill [India] partnership initiative:non-formal
employment training project for children and youth,Madurai,India
5. National wasteland development (Govt. of India)
6. Environment education for children( IDRC ,& Dupont)
7. Integrated family life management (Population concern)
8. Holistic health community programme ( SIMAVI)

9. GLI (UK) – GOODWILL,GLI’s Tamilnadu
networking partnership
10. NGO management and capacity building
(The Funding Network and GLI(UK))
11. Children’s rights through artwork (Art
venture, Singapore)
12. Corporates-Goodwill Social work Centre: Cross
sector collaborative projects 1998-2013

 Types of Family support services :
› Educational support
› Sponsorship and school and home placement
› Childhood enrichment programmes
› Crisis intervention and Counseling services
› Parent Education & Support Services
› Resourcing and Advocacy

› Health promotion programmes
› Micro financial assistance to select families
› Job search and placement
› Material assistance to families
› Harm minimization programme for
alcohol/substance abusing parents
› Networking with local support systems During the
period 1991-2003

Intensive family support services (Oz-Child

 Two-wheeler mechanism unit for boys &tailoring
unit for girls
 262 children and youth successfully completed
 Collaboration with Jan shikshan sansthan (JSS)-
Ministry of human resources development,
Government of India (Madurai office)
 180 male and female youth from dysfunctional
families employed
 Typewriting training unit for the village youth

 Community technology centres for children and young
women in low and moderate income communities
 Training components:
› Class instructions
› Practical sessions
› Field placement training
› Job placement.
 Theory (25%), practical (65%) and life enrichment
education (10%).
 Field visits for placement/on the job training
 Follow up

Non-formal employment
training for youth (Oz-Child)

 10 villages in the Narikudi Block, Kamarajar District, Tamil Nadu,
South India.
 To sensitise the rural women and develop knowledge and skills on
primary environmental health care
 To create an awareness among rural women on acquiring vocational
skills
 Family Life Management training
 Savings and Credit management
 Participation in environment conservation
 Health training & vocational training and income generation training
› pre and post –evaluation research study
› analysis indicated the effectiveness of the training programme organised
for the target population.

 Basic holistic health community groups
 Health advisory committee comprising 20 medical specialists,
health workers, medical social workers
 Rural health care centre
 Health records and registers
 Health orientations training programmes
 Refresher courses for project workers
 Booklet covering various health themes
 Environmental education centres
 Puppet shows, street theatres, film show etc were group discussions,
community meetings and child-to-child programmes
 Media intervention
 Evaluation meetings

Objectives
 To inculcate knowledge in rural children the
ecological traditions of the local community
 To create participatory training for children to learn
about the principles of children’s rights in the
environment, explore their environmental rights and
identify their environmental needs and issues.
 To promote children’s access to environmental
media to arouse natural curiosity
 To prepare children to share environment
information with others on a child-to-child and
child-to-community basis.

 Environmental education
 Participatory training in eco-action
programmes
 Media interventions (traditional and
modern methods)
 Field study and exposure visits

 Bio-diversity
conservation contests
for children
 Animal welfare
education and
communication
 Nursery raising
 Tree planting
 Formation of Eco-
Media Clubs
 Poster Exhibitions
 Environmental
awareness contests
 Green Rallies
 Inter village children’s
sports meets
 Free medical check up
for children and their
families.

 A notable achievement is that our centre has
been declared as one of the four winners of
“Panda IT Aid” 2006 Panda Software
International, Spain
 Award for setting up Community Technology
Centres for children and young women in low
and moderate income families in and around
Madurai,India

Community Technology Centres
(PANDA)

7.GLI (UK) – GOODWILL,
Tamilnadu networking partnership

 GLI English page web edition for Tamil Nadu
NGOs undertaken by Goodwill from October
2007
 NGO management and capacity building’ for
GLI Networkers , undertaken during the
period March 2008-July 2008.
 Under the ‘Capacity Building Series 2008-
2009’ training programmes for GLI
Networkers and NGO administrators were
organised in Madurai on a regular basis.

 A Two day capacity building programme on Smart Board
Technology and virtual classroom for GLI networkers, NGO
professionals and School teachers,Madurai,India
 One day programmes on
› Management of Field operations in Development work
› Financial management for NGOs
› Organisational Development: A programme for social
entrepreneurs {GLI Networkers and NGO administrators}
 Basic course on the ‘Fundamentals of project management’:
principles, methods,
practices and skills required for successful project management

 Through ‘Children’s Rights Centre’ for rural and urban children in
and around Madurai, under the aegis of the Art Venture, Singapore
 Children in the age group 7-17, learn, debate, raise awareness and
foster activism about their rights as enshrined in the UN Convention
on the rights of the child(1989)
 Includes folk dances, folk music and songs, drawing and painting,
cartooning, children’s rights mural, floor arts, needlecrafts,
lacework, writing contests and competitions, portrait and figure
drawing and cartooning on computers
 Within a span of three years the project covered 15000 children
from 50 schools located in and around Madurai,Taminadu.India

 Children have been empowered with information
on their rights enshrined in UN Convention on the
rights of the child 1989
 They acquired skills in arts and learn to combine
arts with the study on their rights
 Children were inspired to discover their unique
talents through a variety of hands-on workshops
Outcome of the project

Please visit us online at
http://www.goodwillsocialworkcentre.org

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