Childhood is for learning not for earning…
As per United Nations, child labor is work carried out to the detriment and endangerment of a child, in violation of international law and national legislation. It either deprives children of schooling or requires them to assume the dual burden of schooling and work.
Even the Constitution of India has provision to provide free and compulsory education of all children in the age group of six to fourteen years as a fundamental right.
While national and international laws are in place, many a times we all have personally seen children working as domestic helps or construction laborers.
At India Literacy Project, we believe in being the change we want to see in the world. And towards this, we work with NGO partners across various states to rescue children and enroll them in schools.
We also counsel parents on the importance of education.
In the past two years we have rescued 16 children from getting into the tyranny of child labor.
Also, in the past two years we have resolved 112 child labor issues. Resolving means, the children were already working as laborers, wherein we intervened to counsel the parents to send their children to school.
Here are a few states across which we have worked to rescue children.
Andhra Pradesh – Chittoor, Srikakulam
Jharkhand – Lohardaga
Karnataka – Bijapur, Chikballapura
Odisha – Dhenkanal, Keonjhar
Tamil Nadu – Thiruvannamalai, Tiruvallur
Telangana – Adilabad
India Literacy Project is immensely grateful to its partners in being part of the rescue missions – DREAMS, LGSS-2, PPT, UAC, CRT-2, IRCDS-4.
Here is the child helpline number that can help out 1098.
