I-India History

1991	Prabhakar and Abha Goswami, a professor and teacher at the University of Rajasthan, were asked to conduct research into street children and children of prostitutes. Initially, the emphasis was on research, but it soon shifted to practical care for the children.
1992	Abha Goswami packed school books and toys on a bicycle rickshaw and went to children living by the road. She visited three places a day and thus the School on Wheels program began.
1993	I-India was founded as an NGO (non-governmental organisation) by the Goswamis. With a staff of three and a tiny budget the organisation worked full-time for the well-being of street children.
1994	Child Labour Awareness initiative launched.
1995	Integrated Program for Street Children, funded by the Government of India, started. Nutrition Tracking Program initiation.
1996	Child Inn, a boys home, and Ladli girls home founded. Janshala, a slum school program, started. Breastfeeding promotion campaign launched.
2000	Child Line phone service began. School on Wheels is given its first and second buses. AIDS awareness program launched.
2002	I-India acquires a jeep-ambulance.
2003	The girls home shifts to larger premises and is renamed “Ganga”.
2005	Vocational centre for girls opens under name of “Ladli”.
2006	Vocational centre for boys opens. New temporary shelters for boys and girls open. (Ganga 2/ Child-Inn 2) Learn and Earn program, started. Formation of Shower Bus.
2007	"Annapurna"- Kitchen project for Street Children began. New temporary shelter for boys open at Jhag village.
2008	New temporary shelter for girls open at Bhankrota (Ganga 3). Construction of shelter home and school at Jhag, started. Construction Site School is built.
2009	Official Opening of Shelter Home at Jhag Official Opening of Prem-Pathshala (School at Jhag) Launch of MHV (Mobile Health Van) at Jhag village
2010	Construction of Girls Shelter Home at Jhag Construction of Health Centre at Jhag Launch of "Shwetaark" Project- which includes 10 street centres/schools and 2 School on Wheels. Overall the project is daily reaching 1000 street and disadvantaged children of Jaipur, India. Construction of new dormitory /vocational training room at Child-Inn shelter home Launch of Open Shelter Program for temporary stay and care. Launch of Gudri - a project aiming economical empowerment of women and adolescent girls.
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