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{{Short description|Indian non-governmental organization}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name = Child in Need India<br />Child in Need Institute
| image = Cini2011.png
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| abbreviation = CINI
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| formation = {{start date and age|1974}}
| type = [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]]
| purpose = Promote sustainable development in health, nutrition, education and protection of child, adolescent and woman in need
| headquarters = [[Kolkata]], [[India]]
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| leader_title = Secretary & Founder Director
| leader_name = [[Samir Chaudhuri]]
| leader_title2 = Chairman of the Governing Body
| leader_name2 = Kalyan Mandal
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| num_staff = 1291<ref name="about-c">{{cite web |url=http://www.cini-india.org/Br_about.asp |title=CINI: About CINI |accessdate=2011-11-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126164935/http://www.cini-india.org/Br_about.asp |archivedate=26 November 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref>
| website = {{URL|https://www.cini-india.org}}
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'''Child in Need Institute''' ('''CINI'''; also '''Child in Need India''') is a [[Humanitarianism|humanitarian]] organisation promoting "Sustainable development in health, nutrition and education of children, adolescents and women in need" in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cini-india.org/about.asp#Mission |title=The Child in Need Institute(2008), About CINI |access-date=2008-02-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080204075810/http://www.cini-india.org/about.asp#Mission |archive-date=4 February 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref> With its headquarters based in [[Kolkata]] (the then Calcutta), the CINI operates in some of the most poverty stricken areas in India. Its international arm, Fondazione CINI International, is based in [[Verona]], Italy.

The CINI was founded by a [[Pediatrics|Pediatrician]], [[Samir Chaudhuri]] in 1974 and is involved in many community development-focused projects in India, addressing the underlying social causes of poverty, and collaborates with the Indian government and other local and international [[Non-governmental organization|NGOs]]. CINI focuses primarily on health, nutrition, education 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 actively involved in projects in other countries within the continents of Asia and Africa, in cooperation with both [[aid organisation]]s 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://socialwelfare.delhigovt.nic.in/Pdf/award4cw2007.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165121/http://socialwelfare.delhigovt.nic.in/Pdf/award4cw2007.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="last accessed 8th February 2008">WADIA, J (2006), The cycle of life [online]. Available at: {{cite web |url=http://www.tata.com/0_our_commitment/community_initiatives/tata_trusts/articles/20060614_cycle_life.htm |title=Tata Group | Corporate sustainability | Community initiatives | Sir Dorabji Tata and Allied Trusts | the cycle of life |accessdate=2008-02-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080204034736/http://www.tata.com/0_our_commitment/community_initiatives/tata_trusts/articles/20060614_cycle_life.htm |archivedate=4 February 2008 |df=dmy }} (last accessed 8 February 2008)</ref>

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.<ref name="about-c" /> CINI cooperates with [[Save the Children]], [[UNICEF]], [[CARE (relief agency)|CARE]], the UK [[Department for International Development]], the [[World Bank]], the Indian government, and private corporations such as [[KPMG]].

== History ==
CINI emerged in part from the work of its founder, Samir Chaudhuri, who began his medical career working in the [[village]]s and [[slums]] of [[West Bengal]] in the 1970s. His professional collaboration with Sister Pauline Prince, an Australian [[Sisters of Loreto|Loreto]] nun and nutritionist, and Rev Fr John Henrichs, Belgian [[Society of jesus|Jesuit]],<ref name="last accessed 8th February 2008"/> led to the Child In Need Institute's foundation in 1974. CINI has gone on to become one of the leading humanitarian NGOs in India.<ref>COPAL PARTNERS (2006), "Child In Need Institute (CINI) Child Welfare and Development" [online]. Available at: {{cite web |url=http://www.copalpartners.com/Library/PDF/charity_reports/CINI_Final_Report.PDF |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-02-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902190902/http://copalpartners.com/Library/PDF/charity_reports/CINI_Final_Report.PDF |archivedate=2 September 2009 |df=dmy }} (last accessed 7 February 2008)</ref>

In 1998 CINI was recognised as a [[National Mother NGO]], under the Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) program by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.<ref>CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT, INDIA (2007), "Health and Environment Newsletter from the Centre for Science and Environment" [online]. Available at: {{cite web|url=http://www.cseindia.org/html/healthnews/may-june05/may-june05.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-02-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070716213705/http://www.cseindia.org/html/healthnews/may-june05/may-june05.pdf |archivedate=16 July 2007 |df=dmy }} (last accessed 7 February 2008)</ref> That same year it was also recognized as a collaborative training institute by the [[National Institute of Health and Family Welfare|National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW), New Delhi]],<ref name="last accessed 8th February, 2008">CINI INDIA (2008), About CINI [online]. Available at: {{cite web |url=http://www.cini-india.org/about.asp |title=CINI | About CINI |accessdate=2008-02-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080204075810/http://www.cini-india.org/about.asp |archivedate=4 February 2008 |df=dmy }} (last accessed 8 February 2008)</ref> and now constitutes the largest training facility in West Bengal for training health workers in nutrition, safe motherhood, and HIV awareness. This training facility was extended from CINI's own staff training centre to teach workers from other NGOs and the government.<ref name="CINI UK 2008">CINI UK (2008), "Maternal Health Report", forthcoming</ref>

The organisation has twice been awarded the National Award of Child Welfare by the [[Government of India]]. In 2007, Chaudhuri received the World of Children Health Award for making "a significant lifetime contribution to children in the fields of health, medicine or the sciences."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/usa_41742.html |title= UNICEF and US Fund host World of Children 10th-anniversary awards |author= |date= 8 November 2007 |publisher= [[UNICEF]] |accessdate= 2011-11-13 | quote = }}</ref>

==Funding==
CINI's projects are funded by grants from other aid organisations, international organisations and governments. CINI additionally receives funding from private corporations and individual donors in India and abroad. Its cooperation partners include corporations such as [[KPMG]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://home.kpmg/in/en/home.html|title=Home {{!}} KPMG {{!}} IN|date=2019-04-25|website=KPMG|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref>

==Partnership==
CINI recently formed a partnership with Resource Group For Education And Advocacy For Community Health, a non-profit organisation founded in 1999, to eliminate tuberculosis and make [[Odisha]] and [[Jharkhand]] TB-free by 2025 under National Strategic Plan (NSP).<ref>{{cite news |title=CINI joins hands with REACH to eradicate Tuberculosis in Odisha |url=https://orissadiary.com/cini-joins-hands-with-reach-to-eradicate-tuberculosis-in-odisha/ |work=Orissadiary |date=31 July 2020}}</ref>

==Awards==

CINI or its founder and director [[Samir Chaudhuri]] have received many awards over the years, including<ref name="about-c" />

*2012 BBC [[Radio 4 Appeal]] by Sir [[Mark Tully]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01f8r1f|title=BBC Radio 4 - Radio 4 Appeal, Child in Need India|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref>
*2011 The [[WHO]] Award for Excellence in Primary Health Care, presented to CINI director Samir Chaudhuri by Indian health and family welfare minister Sudip Bandhopadhya at the Taj Palace in New Delhi on 22 December 2011.
*2008 [[Ellis Island Medal of Honor]] Global Humanitarian Award awarded to Samir Chaudhuri

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.cini-india.org/ CINI India]
* [https://cini.org.uk/ CINI UK]
* [https://ciniaustralia.org/ CINI Australia]
* [https://ciniitalia.org/ CINI Italia]
* [https://www.ciniusa.org/ CINI USA]

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