The Child Friendly Village Planning Programme is an innovative approach initiated in 2006 – 07 to achieve the Millennium Development Goals for children and women in Krishnagiri district. The Krishnagiri District Administration has linked up with UNICEF and NGO partners to accelerate programmes, initiatives and activities that would yield results for women and children.

  Eliminate Female Feticide, Female Infanticide
  Reduce Maternal Mortality
  Reduce Infant Mortality, Child Mortality
  Ensure all babies are delivered in hospital
  Ensure all births are registered and given birth certificates
  Ensure exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months for all children
  Ensure universal consumption of iodized salt by all families
  Reduce anemia among women, adolescent girls and children
  Ensure all children 6-36 months receive 5 doses of Vitamin A
  Eliminate Child labour and ensure all children enroll in schools
  Ensure all children are in good quality schools and master all competencies
  Ensure universal coverage of Protected drinking water supply
  Ensure hand washing with soap after defecation and before eating food
  Ensure universal use of toilets including in all schools
  Eliminate Child Sexual abuse and exploitation & trafficking
  Ensure that all adolescents have HIV/AIDS awareness, and know how to protect against HIV/AIDS
  Ensure access to services of all antenatal mothers attending antenatal clinics where PPTCT centres have been established.

  Facilitate the mobilization of communities, including the most disadvantaged, through a five day participatory exercise
  To help communities to asses their situation related to health, nutritional, education, water and sanitation
  To help them analyse and act collectively to improve the quality of their lives
  To create a strong partnership between communities and service providers
  To build capacity for effective community governance

  Relationship Building
  Inclusiveness
  Effective Communication

  Child Friendly Village Planning that includes community self assessment, demand generation/ behaviour change communication, action planning, convergence.
  Community Level Support Network
  Capacity Building
  Inter-sectoral linkages

  It’s a five day exercise at the village level where communities through various exercises assess and analyze their situation with the help of various participatory tools that include
  Village mapping
  Capacity Building
  Village time line analysis
  Weighing every child under36 years and plotting the growth chart and understanding the concept of growth monitoring and promotion
  Cleaning the village and construction of soak pits, vermiculture units, toilets etc.
  Gender analysis and discussing issues related to women’s empowerment
  Developing the Village Action Plan where focus is on community action

  Handing over the village action plan to the gram panchayat and Village Volunteer Force.
  Capacity Building of Village Volunteers Force.
  Promotion of forums of women, children and adolescent girls
  Development of Community Based Monitoring tools and mechanisms
  Facilitation of inter-sectoral and community-service linkages

  Monthly PLCC meetings are regular.
  Youth and women in forefront - women’s, youth and adolescent groups
  Contributions from community
  Holistic leading to convergence
  Strengthen partnership between community and systems
  Ownership of programme activities
  A strong Data base collected by the community

  A steady increase in all developmental indicators except construction of individual House Hold latrines (IHHL) from a mere 24000 in 2005 to 100000 in 2007.
  There were 11600 out of school children in 2005. But at the end of 2007, there were only 1760.
  The percentage of under nourished children in 2005 was 38%. But by the end of 2007, it was reduced to 20% (Source IVDP survey).
  The consumption of iodized salt was 29% in 2005. But by the end of 07, it was 93%.
  The institutional deliveries were 66 % in 2005. But it has gone up to 93% in 2007.
  Only 6% birth certificates were issued in 2005. But in 2007 it was 95%.
  Decrease in IMR, MMR and SBR