Dackana Community Home Based Care

To provide care, support and rehabilitation to the chronically ill while withdrawing and preventing their children from going in worst forms of child labor by providing educational material and psycho social counseling support. This is done by identifying children who are found at stone crushing sites, helping their parents crush stones manually, which vice is very dangerous for parents and children as they are susceptible to contracting tuber culosis (TB) from dust inhaled during the crushing process. The crushed stones are sold to nearby community members constructing houses who prefer buying from these unregistered dealers as they are very cheap, selling at less than 1 US dollar per whe... read more To provide care, support and rehabilitation to the chronically ill while withdrawing and preventing their children from going in worst forms of child labor by providing educational material and psycho social counseling support. This is done by identifying children who are found at stone crushing sites, helping their parents crush stones manually, which vice is very dangerous for parents and children as they are susceptible to contracting tuber culosis (TB) from dust inhaled during the crushing process. The crushed stones are sold to nearby community members constructing houses who prefer buying from these unregistered dealers as they are very cheap, selling at less than 1 US dollar per wheel burrow, compared to those who are registered and only sell in bulk to big constructing companies per tonne.