Care is taken to provide training in various skills so that the street and working children are equipped to be integrated in the mainstream society.

Children’s Development Bank (CDB)

It is an instructional institution meant to develop entrepreneurial and management skills among street and working children. CDB was founded by Butterflies, New Delhi and Jeeva Jyothi is a partner organization promoting this in Tamil Nadu. It is an alternative cooperative banking system, managed completely by children. Savings account, loan schemes called ‘Welfare advance’ and book keeping are fully managed by the children themselves. CDB enables economic empowerment of street children.

Children’s clubs

provide motivation and awareness on issues of child rights and empower the children to educate their friends and parents. 122 such Clubs are functioning in the three areas. (Chennai-31; Redhills-17 and Pulicat-74)

Children’s Parliament

To educate children on their rights and responsibilities, Children’s Parliament meets once in a week in each area. They discuss local problems and chalk out policies and programmes to tackle them. It is a micro level democratic exercise for children.

Other capacity building measures include training in Media, Journalism, Radio broadcasting, Making of a Documentary film and News paper.