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CINI, or the Child in Need Institute, often known internationally as Child in Need India, is an international humanitarian organisation aimed at promoting "sustainable development in health, nutrition and education of child, adolescent and woman in need" in India.〔THE CHILD IN NEED INSTITUTE (2008), About CINI (). Available at: http://www.cini-india.org/about.asp#Mission (last accessed 8 February 2008)〕 The India-based Child In Need Institute is headquartered in Kolkata (Calcutta) and operating in some of the poorest areas in India, whereas its international arm Fondazione CINI International is based in Verona, Italy. Founded by pediatrician Samir Chaudhuri in 1974, CINI is involved in several major community development focused projects in India, driving at the underlying social causes of poverty, and collaborates with the Indian government and other local and international NGOs. CINI focuses primarily on the issues of health, nutrition, education and protection of children and mothers. To date its activities have reached around five million people living in the states of West Bengal and Jharkhand. The organisation is also increasingly involved in projects in other countries within Asia and Africa, in cooperation with both aid organisations and UN agencies. CINI shares its approaches with other organisations working in related fields, especially smaller, locally based, community NGOs. CINI has twice been awarded the Indian Government’s National Award for Child Welfare.〔http://socialwelfare.delhigovt.nic.in/Pdf/award4cw2007.pdf〕〔WADIA, J (2006), The cycle of life (). Available at: http://www.tata.com/0_our_commitment/community_initiatives/tata_trusts/articles/20060614_cycle_life.htm (last accessed 8 February 2008)〕 CINI has around 1300 employees. Its activities are supported by independent national associations in a number of countries, and by Fondazione CINI International in Italy.〔 CINI cooperates with Save the Children, UNICEF, CARE, the UK Department for International Development, the World Bank, the Indian government and private corporations such as KPMG. == History == CINI emerged in part from the work of its founder, Dr. Samir Chaudhuri, who began his medical career working in the villages and slums of West Bengal in the 1970s. His professional collaboration with Sister Pauline Prince, an Australian Loreto nun and nutritionist, and Rev Fr J. Henrichs S. J.,〔 lead to the Child In Need Institute’s foundation in 1974. CINI has gone on to become one of the leading humanitarian NGOs of India.〔COPAL PARTNERS (2006), "Child In Need Institute (CINI) Child Welfare and Development" (). Available at: http://www.copalpartners.com/Library/PDF/charity_reports/CINI_Final_Report.PDF (last accessed 7 February 2008)〕 In 1998 CINI was recognised as a National Mother NGO, under the Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) program by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.〔CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT, INDIA (2007), "Health and Environment Newsletter from the Centre for Science and Environment" (). Available at: http://www.cseindia.org/html/healthnews/may-june05/may-june05.pdf (last accessed 7 February 2008)〕 That same year it was also recognized as a collaborative training institute by the National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW), New Delhi,〔CINI INDIA (2008), About CINI (). Available at: http://www.cini-india.org/about.asp (last accessed 8 February 2008)〕 and now constitututes the largest training facility in West Bengal for training health workers in nutrition, safe motherhood and HIV awareness. This training facility was extended from CINI’s own staff training centre to teach workers from other NGOs and government.〔CINI UK (2008), "Maternal Health Report", forthcoming〕 Having grown from humble roots, CINI's work has achieved increasing recognition. The organisation has twice been awarded the National Award of Child Welfare by the Government of India. In 2007, Dr. Chaudhuri received the World of Children Health Award for making "a significant lifetime contribution to children in the fields of health, medicine or the sciences." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Child In Need Institute」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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