India: Effectively combating child labour: Misereor

On tea plantations, as domestic help or rickshaw drivers: children and young people in India have to contribute to the family income in many different ways.

Your donation will help children on their way out of exploitation, poverty and violence.

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In the fight against child labour, Misereor relies on a holistic approach. While children need education and training in order to enter a profession that offers prospects, the living conditions of their families must also be improved at the same time so that the children are not forced to work.

In the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, more than 30,000 children work in the glass and jewellery industry. The work is extremely harmful to their health and often leads to eye infections, tuberculosis, asthma or postural defects. The organisation Vikas Sansthan prepares child labourers to attend a state school through non-formal education.

Children in the megacity of Kolkata collect recyclables and sell them on for a few cents.

The programme therefore also helps parents to find work: if they earn enough money, their children can attend school and have better prospects for the future.

Working with toxic substances from a young age drastically reduces life expectancy. Help us to give children a long-term perspective!

Fun and teamwork at the sports competition

School lessons instead of child labour

"You will not benefit in any way from child labour, If you learn and write, you will achieve something!"

Training on gender discrimination

It is a big step for child labourers to move from their familiar working environment to the school system. Mentors from the development organisation SPAN help with the transition from work to school. They accompany the children and support them in catching up with their peers.

Around 150 were freed from child labour last year
Around 400 children are taught in education centres
31 self-help groups offer support to families
50 families are provided with food
Over 400 children and parents have received a free health check-up this year

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With 13 euros, a classroom can be equipped with learning materials (number cubes, alphabet games) for the pupils.

When donating by bank transfer, please state the project number "P30051" in the reference.

Sometimes we receive more donations for a project than was granted to the legal holder of the respective project. The projects listed here are examples of the work Misereor supports all over the world. If donations for a project exceed the amount granted to its legal holder, we allocate the surplus to other projects with a similar concept.

Our local partner organisations

Vikas Sansthan

In the fight against child labour and its consequences, Misereor works in India with the partner organisation Vikas Sansthan, among others. The organisation has been committed to combating child labour since 1994. The employees carry out measures to rehabilitate former child labourers from the glass and jewellery industry and actively campaign for the observance of children's rights.

SPAN

SPAN ("Society for People's Awareness") is a non-profit organisation founded in 1989 that campaigns against child labour and for the poor in the Indian state of West Bengal. Most of the children who are forced to work in exploitative conditions come from the West Bengal region.

Miriam Thiel

Donor Communications

Telephone: +49 241 442506
E-mail: miriam.thiel@misereor.de

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By working closely with parents, we have created economic opportunities that discourage them from employing their children in the glass and bangle industry.

Dilip Sevarthi
Director of Vikas Sansthan

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