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Futures:
Provision of effective day care for young
children is essential as it provides support to
both mothers and young children. Lack of
proper day-care services (crèches) is, often,
a deterrent for women to go out and work.
Expanding quality childcare can yield
multi-generational impacts by promoting
equity and improving women’s employment
and productivity, child outcomes, and over-
all economic development.Recognizing this,
the Government of Karnataka introduced
"Koosina Mane," an initiative to pilot 62
crèches in Gram Panchayats, aligning with
the National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act (NREGA) and the Women and Child
Development (WCD) Department.
operational. Each district is actively Empowering Mothers and Nurturing
involved in worker training, aiming
for immediate crèche operations
post-training.
CRISP's Role:
CRISP will provide valuable field
insights on crèche operations,
worker training, service demand,
convergence between departments,
and overall crèche functioning. The
team plans to conduct process moni-
toring, attending weekly review
meetings to address challenges and
recommend adjustments.
Scale-Up and Budget Allocation: Anticipated Impact: Jointly organized by CRISP and CRISP's orientation serves as a
With a target of establishing 4000 crèches by As the initiative unfolds, CRISP's department officials, the orientation crucial foundation for Fellows,
the end of the current financial year, Karnata- involvement ensures effective imple- provided an in-depth overview of the equipping them with insights for
ka allocated 40 crores in the annual budget mentation, contributing to the Department's rural initiatives. impactful roles in the social
2023-’24. CRISP was assigned the responsi- success of Koosina Mane in trans- sector.
bility of conducting concurrent evaluation of forming childcare and fostering Key sessions covered Rural Libraries,
the pilot crèches. The team presented its holistic development in Karnataka. Rural Crèches, Solid Waste Manage- During the month-long field
recommendations, which were integrated ment, and the Grama Aroya initiative. immersion, CRISP members
into the implementation of the expansive remain engaged with Fellows
phase involving 4000 crèches. Fellows received guidance on through regular Video Confer-
Research Methodology and effective ence calls, providing guidance,
Current Progress: time management strategies answering queries, and trouble-
As of December 22, 2023, 3117 crèches have tailored for their field immersion. shooting issues.
set up infrastructure, 11,153 workers com-
pleted training, and 891 crèches are already The Mercy Mission Fellowship The orientation empowers
Program, born in response to the Fellows to contribute meaning-
COVID-19 pandemic, offers a fully to their respective roles,
year-long experiential learning initia- enhancing their skills and knowl-
tive within the social sector. edge within the social sector.

The Karnataka CRISP Team led
a comprehensive orientation
program on December 7th
and 8th, 2023, for the third
cohort of Mercy Mission
Fellows. The 14 selected
Fellows are currently undergo-
ing field immersion as part of
their Fellowship under the
Department of Rural Develop-
ment and Panchayat Raj.

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