Child In Need Institute (CINI)
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| Motto | Help the mother, help the child |
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| Formation | 1974 |
| Type | NGO |
| Purpose | Promote sustainable development in health,nutrition,education and protection of child, adolescent and woman in need |
| Headquarters | Kolkata, India |
| Coordinates | 22°26′02″N 88°17′44″E / 22.4340°N 88.2955°ECoordinates: 22°26′02″N 88°17′44″E / 22.4340°N 88.2955°E |
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Director
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Samir Chaudhuri |
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Chairman of the Governing Body
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Sunit Mukherjee |
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Staff
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1291 |
| Website | [1], |
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 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.
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.
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.
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