Child Nurture and Relief Kashmir (Chinar Kashmir)

We are a non-political and non-profit organisation focusing on improving the lives of marginalised children, women and families. We are based in Jammu Read more and Kashmir and run several innovative programs geared towards education, empowerment, relief work and health care. We have been active in Jammu and Kashmir since 2004 when we started with our pilot project – a home for a group of orphaned boys and girls in Srinagar. We have since grown to include several other programs.

Our mission is to provide means and resources to
children in need to enable them to have basic necessities
of life. We believe in the inherent worth of all the
children and their rights to be nurtured, protected and
given opportunities to develop their full potential. Every
child deserves realisation of self-esteem, to become a
medium to heal, repair, and improve our world at large,
through education.

Our Objective is to;
promote efficient and quality services for children in
need through education, skills, training, consultation,
conferences, publications, research and other lawful
means.
empower children in need with skills and emotional
support through guidance, counselling, and information
dissemination to help them become responsible and
productive members of the society.
assist communities in coping with the orphans by
organizing and maintaining homes for them and
wherever desirable/possible provide assistance at their
own places of residence.
promote and open exchange of ideas, data and
resources within and across systems, that help children
in need and serve as a conduit for that information.

Milestones;
• Intake capacity at CHINAR Kashmir Home increased from 36 to 48.
• Signed an MOU with Edusports to impart sports education to CK Home children. Sports
activities including cricket, football, badminton etc. have become a regular activity at CK
Home now.
• Constructed two meeting rooms in the premises of CK Home to hold parent – teacher
meets.
• With the help of CK, students got financial support at the time of need and they were able to continue their studies, hence able to dream big in their field of interest.
• 3 new centers were opened in the year 2022 making total no. of centers to 12.
• More than 50% of the girls who are trained in our centers start earning their livelihood to sustain themselves and their families.
• Food kits provided to 200 needy families.
•Living expenses provided in the form of monthly monetary assistance to 159 needy families particularly women headed families (widows/divorcees) during winter season (Nov 22 - Feb 23).