Milestones

Initially, Ankur functioned through individual homes in the city, each with 10-12 children and a house-mother. Between 2005 and 2008, we grew from one such home to three; and in 2009 July, we moved to hostels in our own campus, off Bannerghatta Road – a joyful day for Ankur!

Current strength
The current strength of Ankur is 46 children.

Staff – All resident

1 Boarding-in-charge, 1 Administration Officer, 1 Vigilance officer, 2 Nurses, 4 house mothers, 14 assistant house mothers

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Extra-Curricular

Music, Dance, Theatre, Art & Craft, Spoken English classes, Computers

Sports activities(evenings & weekends)

Basketball, football, badminton, cricket, running, swimming

Immunizations

Vaccines to be given to children from birth to age 5:
 

The vaccine plan at Ankur, covers all of the above.

• 16 children have completed 50 % of the vaccination plan

• 30 children have completed 100 % of the vaccination plan

Parent visits

• Parents visit the children once a month on designated days.

• 89% attendance of parents

Home visits

• Children visit and stay with their families, twice a year for a period of 1-2 weeks each, during school vacations.

• 95% of children visited their homes till May 2010

Staff Training / leisure

• Yoga & Meditation classes

• Spoken English classes

• Weekly group counselling sessions by qualified psychologist

• Individual counselling sessions (where required) by qualified psychologist

• Weekly health, hygiene & work management classes by doctors & other professionals

• Fortnightly day-offs - for leisure (apart from paid leave)

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