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Gujarat: Child-related Activities of Key UN Agencies

Map of Gujarat
Colour schemes for various projects


UNFPA activities: Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Dahod, Surendranagar, Kachchh

    The UNFPA supported Adolescent Programme is part of the UNFPA Sixth Country Programme of Assistance. It focuses on providing adolescents with practical information on sexual and reproductive health. The project’s goal at the national and state level is to help ensure a healthy and safe development process for adolescents of both sexes, in and out of school. Key strategies include building a supportive environment at the policy and community levels; informing adolescents on health/SRH; building their life skills and promoting service linkages on a pilot basis.


UNICEF activities: Kachchh, Vadodara, Valsad, The Dangs

    In Gujarat UNICEF is currently implementing the Elementary Education Programme in the four above districts. The Elementary Education Programme supports the Government’s SSA initiative by making efforts to: (1) reduce gender disparities; (2) promote access and quality education for children from disadvantaged groups; (3) enhance learning achievements by improving the quality of education; (4) improve and expand educational data and analysis and (5) deliver and document quality education.





 
Last update: 21 March 2005 ^ top