Child Welfare Council, Punjab is registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 on 6th March 1962. Hon. Governor of Punjab is the President of the Council by virtue of his status and Wife of the Governor is the Vice-President of Child Welfare Council, Punjab. The management and day to day affaires of the Council are being looked after by its office bearers and members of Executive Committee.
The Council is running various projects for the welfare of children from its own resources in the State of Punjab i.e., Vani School for Hearing Impaired at Patiala, a Computer Training Centre, a Library and a Nanny Care and Home Nursing care courses at Bal Bhawan, Mohali, Evening Schools at Gurdaspur and Faridkot districts. Recently CWC has also initiated an effort to help the COVID affected children who lost their parents in the pandemic. With the help of generous donors, CWC wishes to help the children to complete their education and support them in future for vocational training. The Council is also running 3 Integrated Child Development Services Projects (ICDS) at Sidhwan Bet (Ludhiana), Bathinda and Tarsikka (Amritsar) where more than 624 Anganwadi Centres are being administered by the Council.
The Council has its branches i.e. District Child Welfare Councils with Deputy Commissioner as President and wife of DC as Chairperson. Besides there are a few active social workers and activists who are involved in the implementation of various programmes of the Council. The Council has started model creche centres focusing on improvement of Health and Education of Children in the State of Punjab. These centres cater to the requirement of health, nutrition, pre-school activities and learning through play-way etc. Providing better day care facilities to children directly helps in bringing more women to the active work force. Each centre admits 25 children in the age group of 3-6 years.
All these projects are being run by the Council from its own resources i.e. getting donation, selling of greeting cards and promoting income generating activities. Recently, CWC, Pb. has started a Project 'Mental Health' for school going children to create awareness about Mental Health Issued.
Besides, the Council is running Vani School for Hearing Impaired at Patiala wherein children with disabilities like autism, intellectual disabilities and hearing impairment are being looked after which was constructed 2006.