21 bonded labourers rescued from kinnaur

A case of exploitation of migrant labourers from Madhya Pradesh at an upcoming power project in Kinnaur has come to the fore. Labour officer, Kinnaur, Munish Sood has rescued 21 labourers, residents of Bara village in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh, from the 1,000-MW JP power project coming up at Karchamangtu, in Kinnaur district.

Sources said the labourers were beaten and forced to work for more than 12 hours a day in tunnels of the project without any proper facility. They had injury marks and one of the labourers Kailash had to be hospitalised.

In their written statements before the administration, they alleged that they were brought from their village on a plea that they would be employed in Delhi. A middleman, Umesh, brought 26 labourers to the project about a month ago. At the JP power project, the labourers were working for contractor Ravinder Negi. They were made to work in extreme harsh conditions at the site and were beaten in case they protested against the maltreatment. However, matter came to the fore after five labourers managed to flee from the site. They reported the matter to the Shivpuri District Magistrate, who wrote to the Kinnaur DC for rescuing the labourers.

Kinnaur DC Priyanka further directed the labour officer yesterday to carry out the raid. The labour officer reached the site yesterday night and found labourers being forced to work in poor conditions. He rescued and brought them to the district headquarters around 2 am. Since the case is related to JP Company, most officials were found evading the issue.

The Kinnaur DC declined to comment on the matter. She said the statement in the matter would be made only by the district public relation officer. The labour officer said he was not authorised to comment.

Allegations have also been levelled against the police for adopting a soft attitude in the case. It had been alleged that the police had earlier given a clean chit to the project authorities on the issue of bonded labour. Kinnaur SP YS Pathania said they had issued a clean chit to the project authorities on the issue of child labour allegations. It was earlier alleged that child labourers were working as domestic helps at the project.

General Manager (HR), JP power project, Brig Uppal, when contacted on phone, feigned ignorance about the entire matter. He, however, assured to look into the matter and get back on phone within an hour. However, when contacted later, he said, “We have five working sites. I have contacted people at three sites and nothing had happened there. However, I could not contact the other sites due to communication problem and so cannot comment if any problem had taken place there.”

More than 1 million rupees as rehabilitation package for rescued trafficked bonded child labourers

High Court Judgment Transformed into Action

New Delhi, 22^nd July 2009. The recent Delhi High Court judgment against child labour on a petition filed by Bachpan Bachao Andolan(BBA) is beginning to show its effect. In just 5 days after a recent rescue of 66 trafficked children, on BBA’s application, the Sub Divisional Magistrate of Kanjhawala, New Delhi , Mr. Ranjeet Singh expedited the rehabilitation, investigation process and provided Release Certificates under the Bonded Labour Abolition Act 1976. The police had rescued the children on the complained made by BBA.

This Release certificate entitles family of each child with monetary compensation Rs. 20,000, enrollment of children in National Child Labour Programme (NCLP), house under Indira Awas Scheme and other benefits under various government social welfare schemes. Thus, these 66 rescued trafficked bonded labourers would get a rehabilitation amount of more than Rs. 10 lakh and 32 thousand (1.32 million).The rescued bonded child labourers were trafficked from Sitamarhi, Darbhanga, Samastipur, Begusarai, Supaul, Motihari, Deoghar districts of Bihar.

While talking to Mr. Kailash Satyarthi, Founder, Bachpan Bachao Andolan in the government recognized short stay home run by BBA, Mukti Ashram, 10 years old Junaid (name changed) said that “one year back my chacha (village uncle) gave Rs 700 to my father and said that your son will study in a madrassa (Muslim school), as well as also assisting with some minor work. But I was forced to work in the shoe making industry, and when I complained they threatened me. The contractor had beaten me with scissors for not completing the work in one day.” He also informed that he was made to work for twelve to thirteen hours daily, and when he failed to give satisfying results he was beaten-up. He said, “We were always locked up in the room so that we could not go out and talk to anyone but if we really pleaded then an adult would accompany us”.

Mr.Kailash Satyarthi, founder of BBA said that “We have observed that there are various group of traffickers in the name of registered NGOs and placement agencies who are working in Delhi and Bihar. They cheat poor parents bring their children to cities and force them to work as bonded labourers. BBA has already written to the Chief Mininster of Bihar to take action against such traffickers”.

Mr. R.S.Chaurasia, Chairperson, BBA said that “the recent judgement given by Delhi High Court clarified the roles of various departments and agencies in the rescue and rehabilitation of child labourers. In the case of these 66 children, the Delhi Police has started investigation of the employers and going to fine Rs. 20,000 per children to these employers. The amount thus collected will be submitted to Child Welfare Fund and will be given to these children apart from the rehabilitation package. We are glad to see that the judgement and directions given by the High Court have been followed sincerely and we hope that this trend would be maintained in the future as well.”

बजट में बाल और महिला

बीते हफ्ते छह जुलाई को वित्तमंत्री प्रणब मुखर्जी द्वारा संसद में पेश किए गए वर्ष 2009-10 के आम बजट की लैंगिक पहलू से समीक्षा भी बहुत जरूरी है। यूं तो महिलाओं के लिए आयकर की छूट सीमा एक लाख ८क् हजार से बढ़ाकर एक लाख 10 हजार की गई है।

तीन साल में निरक्षता दर घटा कर आधी करने का लक्ष्य जरूर रखा गया है और ब्रांडेड आभूषणों को उत्पाद शुल्क से छूट देने की भी घोषणा की गई है। लेकिन अहम सवाल यह है कि क्या जेंडर बजट या लैंगिक बजट के दायरे में सिर्फ आयकर छूट, आभूषण, रसोई गैस, रसोई के अन्य उपकरण, सौंदर्य प्रसाधन सामग्री, साड़ी आदि ही आते हैं? ऐसा नहीं है लेकिन पितृसत्तात्मक समाज व्यवस्था में सुनियोजित भ्रम के तहत यह प्रचार आज भी जारी है। यह भ्रामक प्रचार करने में सरकारी मशीनरी, मंत्रीगण व मीडिया सभी शामिल हैं।

6 जुलाई को वित्त मंत्री प्रणब मुखर्जी ने लोकसभा में बजट पेश करते हुए कहा, ‘अध्यक्ष महोदया, मुझे आशंका है कि सोने और चांदी पर सीमा शुल्क बढ़ाने संबंधी मेरे प्रस्तावों से महिलाओं के मध्य मेरी लोकप्रियता कुछ हद तक कम होगी, इसलिए मैं ब्रांडेड आभूषणों को उत्पाद शुल्क से पूरी तरह से छूट देकर इससे उबरने का प्रस्ताव करता हूं।’ ऐसे देश का वित्त मंत्री, जिसकी राष्ट्रपति व लोकसभा अध्यक्ष महिला हैं, के इन शब्दों में महिलाओं के प्रति पारंपरिक सोच झलकती है।

महिला सशक्तीकरण के दौर में महिलाओं को आभूषणों के जंजाल में फंसाए रखना अफसोसजनक ही कहा जा सकता है। एक दैनिक अखबार ने यहां तक छाप दिया कि इस बजट से लड़कियों की मनपसंद सैंडल पहनने की मुराद पूरी होगी और ब्रांडेड गहने सस्ते होने से वे अपने शौक पूरे कर सकेंगी। दरअसल जेंडर बजट के कंसेप्ट को गहराई से बिना समझे अक्सर पत्रकार महिलाओं पर बजट के प्रभाव का आंकलन करते समय रसोई, आभूषण, आयकर, वस्त्र, सैंडल, सौंदर्य प्रसाधन के आगे कुछ नहीं सोचते।

जबकि महिला सशक्तीकरण, स्वास्थ्य व सामाजिक विकास सरीखे सरोकारों का संबंध बजट से है। भारत लिंग आधारित बजटिंग नामक अध्ययन में इस बात पर विशेष बल दिया गया कि नागरिकों के बीच समानता को संवर्धित करने के अतिरिक्त लिंग समानता अर्थव्यवस्था के लिए लाभदायक हो सकती है। अर्थशास्त्रियों व महिला आंदोलन के दबाव के कारण नौवीं पंचवर्षीय योजना (1997-2002) में हर मंत्रालय व विभाग को अपने बजट का 30 प्रतिशत महिलाओं पर खर्च करने का निर्देश दिया गया था।

यह समझना होगा कि बजट महिलाओं की जिंदगी को कई तरह से प्रभावित करता है। यह महिला कार्यक्रमों के लिए आवंटित बजटीय अनुदान के जरिए प्रत्यक्ष रूप से महिला विकास को प्रोत्साहित करता है व कटौती से महिला सशक्तीकरण के अवसरों को कम करता है। मसलन सरकार वर्ष 2009-10 के जिस आम बजट को सामाजिक समावेशी व समतामूलक बजट बता रही है, उस बजट में महिलाओं की नोडल मिनिस्ट्री के बजट में कटौती कर दी गई है।

पिछले वर्ष 2008-09 के बजट में यह रकम 466.5 करोड़ थी, जो घट कर इस वर्ष 2009-10 के आम बजट में 385.13 करोड़ रह गई है। कामकाजी महिलाओं के लिए हॉस्टल निर्माण की राशि में ५क् फीसद कटौती की घोषणा भी सरकार की नीयत पर सवाल खड़ा करती है। यह रकम 20 करोड़ से घटा कर १क् करोड़ कर दी गई है। एक तरफ सरकार ने सरकारी नौकरियों में महिलाओं की कम भागीदारी के मद्देनजर महिलाओं को प्रोत्साहित करने के लिए हाल में एक मुहिम शुरू की है, जिसके तहत विभिन्न महकमों को महिलाओं को नौकरियों में प्राथमिकता देने और रिक्तियां निकालते वक्त विज्ञापन में सरकारी नौकरियों में महिलाओं को मिलने वाली एक दर्जन विशिष्ट सुविधाओं की जानकारी प्रचारित करने संबंधी आदेश जारी किए गए हैं।

और दूसरी तरफ कामकाजी महिलाओं को हॉस्टल जैसी बुनियादी जरूरत के लिए संस्थागत सपोर्ट में कटौती करना यह दर्शाता है कि सरकार ने महिलाओं की इस जरूरत को कितने सतही तौर पर लिया है। इस बजट में न तो विधवाओं के लिए विशेष योजना की घोषणा की गई और न ही महिला किसानों के लिए कुछ खास है। इंदिरा आवास योजना के नाम पर जो रकम बजट में आवंटित की गई है, उसे महिलाओं के खाते में डाल दिया गया है। इसे जेंडर बजटिंग कैसे कहा जा सकता है, क्योंकि ग्रामीण गरीबों को सस्ते मकान मुहैया करने वाली यह सरकारी योजना पुरुष व महिला दोनों के लिए है।

दरअसल सरकार ने वर्ष २क्क्५ के बजट में पहली मर्तबा जेंडर बजटिंग स्टेटमेंट को शामिल किया था, लेकिन सरकार ने जेंडर बजटिंग के लिए जो प्रणाली अपनाई है, विशेषज्ञों ने उस पर सवाल खड़े कर दिए हैं। सेंटर फॉर बजट एंड गर्वेनस एकाउंटेबिलेटी नामक गैर-सरकारी संगठन ने महिलाओं को लाभ पहुंचाने संबंधी 21 सरकारी योजनाओं का आकलन किया और पाया कि सरकार ने पुरुषों को लाभ पहुंचाने वाली योजनाओं को भी 100 फीसद महिला लाभार्थी वाले विशेष कार्यक्रमों के मद में डाल दिया है जैसे इंदिरा आवास योजना, एकीकृत बाल विकास योजना व स्वास्थ्य व परिवार नियोजन कार्यक्रम आदि। इसमें कोई दो राय नहीं कि जेंडर बजटिंग कई गलत पूर्वानुमानों पर भी आधारित है।

बच्चे, गर्भ निरोधक व परिवार नियोजन, सामाजिक कल्याण संबंधी नीतियों/योजनाएं खासतौर पर महिलाओं के लिए ही हैं -हमारे बजट ऐसा ही बताते हैं। राष्ट्रपति प्रतिभा पाटिल ने महिला सशक्तीकरण के जिन खास कार्यक्रमों व लक्ष्यों पर फोकस किया, उन्हें हासिल करने की दिशा में सरकार ने इस बजट में वित्तीय उत्तरदायित्व को पूरा नहीं किया है।

घरेलु कलह में प्रताडित बच्ची मुक्त

छोटा शिमला के एक व्यवसायी परिवार में एक लड़की पारिवारिक कलह और पैसों के खेल के कारण पिछले सात सालों से प्रताडित हो रही थी! जिसे अथक परिश्रम के बाद विगत रविवार ५ जुलाइ को अंततः मुक्त करवा लिया गया!

रविवार को चाइल्ड line शिमला के संयोजक शफीकुर रहमान खान के नेत्रित्व में वीरेंदर पाल और देवेंदर कुमार की टीम ने न्यू शिमला पुलिस स्टेशन के सहयोग से ने बच्ची को छोटा शिमला से अपने संरक्षण में ले लिया

दुसरे दिन बच्ची को सी डब्लू सी के समक्ष प्रस्तुत किया गया, जहाँ से उसे अस्थाई शेल्टर की व्यवस्था दी गई और उसके पश्चात् बच्ची को चाइल्ड line के पूर्व प्रयास से जुवेनाइल कोर्ट में पूर्व की लगी तारीख के अनुसार पेश किया गया, जहाँ से बच्ची को उसकी इक्षानुसार उसके चाचा के साथ भेज दिया गया, माननीय न्यायधीश ने मामले की गंभीरता को देखते हुए अलग से घरेलु हिंसा अधिनियम के तहत अलग से मुकदमा दर्ज किए जाने का आदेश दिया है! चाइल्ड line शिमला पुरे मामले को नजदीकी से देख रहा है

केस संख्या ६९८२

(केस अभी नही लिखा गया है )

World Day against Child labor 2009

World Day against Child labor 2009

FAMOUS ENGLISH poet William Wordsworth once said, “The Child is the father of the Man.” With the time, the quote lost its significance and now hardly anyone cares about the saying of Wordsworth. Gruesome fact is that today the wealth of parents decide the fortune of the children whether they will enjoy the luxurious amenities or work from the childhood to earn bread. Nowadays children have been used for domestic work, mining, agriculture and other hard works. Besides, millions of children work for long hours in factories, mostly in dangerous conditions. These children are unaware about the liberty of childhood and suffer from the cruel trend generated by civilised society.

For those unlucky children living in misery, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has declared June 12 as World Day Against Child Labour, which is observed across the world. Sadly the day is not popular as Valentine Day, Friendship Day or other celebrated day, but the concerned people across the world give importance to this day and observe with great enthusiasm. Non-government organisations, human right activists and other social welfare organisations work at their best to spread awareness among common people related to child labour.

According the ILO estimate, about 165 million children between the ages of five and 14 are involved in child labour across the world. Usually each year on World Day Against Child Labour, the ILO focusses on one of the ’Worst Forms of Child labour’ listed in Convention No 182. Like many countries in the world, child labour condition is also very bad in India. World’s second largest most populated country, India has the highest number of child labour of the world. Despite the strict laws, the child labour is increasing day-by-day in India. A number of reasons are behind the huge number of child labour in India. Poverty and illiteracy are the main reasons behind the increasing number of child labours in India. Generally poor parents encourage their children to earn money by working instead of sending them to school. Traditionally, girls suffer more from boys, as parents prefer the boys to send school and send girls to work for household works. At the same time, rich people and owners of factories never think about the health and freedom of the children

Seeing the continuous growth in the number of child labour across the world the United Nations (UN) and the broader international community have set up the Millennium Development Goals. The community has set the target that by the year 2015, all boys and girls will complete a full course of primary education with gender parity. However, these targets cannot be fulfilled unless the factors that generate child labour and prevent poor families from sending their children to school are addressed.

Significant In 2009

The World Day this year marks the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the landmark ILO Convention No. 182, which addresses the need for action to tackle the worst forms of child labour. Whilst celebrating progress made during the past ten years, the World Day will highlight the continuing challenges, with a focus on exploitation of girls in child labour.

Around the world, an estimated 100 million girls are involved in child labour. Many of these girls undertake similar types of work as boys, but often also endure additional hardships and face extra risks. Moreover, girls are all too often exposed to some of the worst forms of child labour, often in hidden work situations.

On this World Day call for:

• Policy responses to address the causes of child labour, paying particular attention to the situation of girls.
• Urgent action to tackle the worst forms of child labour.
• Greater attention to the education and skills training needs of adolescent girls - a key action point in tackling child labour and providing a pathway for girls to gain Decent Work as adults.

Girls and Child labor

Large numbers of young girls labour in agriculture and in the manufacturing sector, frequently working in dangerous conditions. A major sector of employment for young girls is domestic work in third party households. Oftentimes this work is hidden from the public eye, leading to particular dangers and risks. The extreme exploitation of girls in the worst forms of child labour includes slavery, bonded labour, prostitution and pornography.

Girls face multiple disadvantages

Most child labour is rooted in poverty, often associated with multiple disadvantage. Socio-economic inequalities based on language, race, disability and rural-urban differences remain deeply entrenched. Girls can face particular disadvantages due to discrimination and practices which allocate certain forms of work to girls. Many girls take on unpaid household work for their families, usually more so than boys. This work may include childcare, cooking, cleaning, and fetching water and fuel. Girls often also have to combine long hours of household chores with some form of economic activity outside the household presenting girls with a “double burden”. This can have a negative impact on any opportunity for school attendance and can present a physical danger to girls.

Girls still disadvantaged in education

Millennium Development Goal 2 calls for all children to complete a full course of primary education by 2015. Millennium Development Goal 3 has a target of eliminating gender disparity both in primary and secondary education. However globally some 75 million children are still not enrolled in primary school. For every 100 boys in school, there are only 94 girls and girls in rural areas are particularly disadvantaged. Gross enrolment at secondary level in developing countries is 61% for boys and 57% for girls. In least developed countries the figures are 32% for boys and 26% for girls. It is clear that in much of the developing world huge numbers of girls are failing to access education at post primary level.

Girls may often be the last to be enrolled and the first to be withdrawn from schools if a family has to make a choice between sending a boy or girl to school. Girls’ access to education may also be limited by other factors, for example the safety of the journey to school or lack of adequate water and sanitation facilities.

Without access to quality education, girls drift into the labour force at an early age well below the minimum age of employment. It is therefore vital to extend secondary education and skills training for girls and to ensure that children from poor and rural households can access this provision.

On this important day, we should at least think about the possible ways to stop the child labour and save the children who are future of nation. We should create awareness among the parents that children need a good quality education and proper training for acquiring the skills necessary to succeed in the labour market. Last but not the least, those who hire children for work should think whether they will allow their children to do the same work. If such thinking will develop in the society then the evil of child labour can be removed from the world.

World Day 2009: Give girls a chance: End child labour

The World Day Against Child Labour will be celebrated on 12 June 2009. The World Day this year marks the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the landmark ILO Convention No. 182, which addresses the need for action to tackle the worst forms of child labour. Whilst celebrating progress made during the past ten years, the World Day will highlight the continuing challenges, with a focus on exploitation of girls in child labour.

Around the world, an estimated 100 million girls are involved in child labour. Many of these girls undertake similar types of work as boys, but often also endure additional hardships and face extra risks. Moreover, girls are all too often exposed to some of the worst forms of child labour, often in hidden work situations.

On this World Day we call for:

• Policy responses to address the causes of child labour, paying particular attention to the situation of girls.
• Urgent action to tackle the worst forms of child labour.
• Greater attention to the education and skills training needs of adolescent girls - a key action point in tackling child labour and providing a pathway for girls to gain Decent Work as adults.

Girls and child labour

ILO standards require that countries establish a minimum age of employment (generally 15 though developing countries can set the age at 14). They also require that children (including adolescents aged 15-17) are not involved in work designated as a worst form of child labour.

However in many countries of the world, girls below the minimum age of employment can be found working in a wide range of occupational sectors and services and often in the worst forms of child labour.

Large numbers of young girls labour in agriculture and in the manufacturing sector, frequently working in dangerous conditions. A major sector of employment for young girls is domestic work in third party households. Oftentimes this work is hidden from the public eye, leading to particular dangers and risks. The extreme exploitation of girls in the worst forms of child labour includes slavery, bonded labour, prostitution and pornography.

Girls face multiple disadvantages

Most child labour is rooted in poverty, often associated with multiple disadvantage. Socio-economic inequalities based on language, race, disability and rural-urban differences remain deeply entrenched. Girls can face particular disadvantages due to discrimination and practices which allocate certain forms of work to girls. Many girls take on unpaid household work for their families, usually more so than boys. This work may include childcare, cooking, cleaning, and fetching water and fuel. Girls often also have to combine long hours of household chores with some form of economic activity outside the household presenting girls with a “double burden”. This can have a negative impact on any opportunity for school attendance and can present a physical danger to girls.

Girls still disadvantaged in education

Millennium Development Goal 2 calls for all children to complete a full course of primary education by 2015. Millennium Development Goal 3 has a target of eliminating gender disparity both in primary and secondary education. However globally some 75 million children are still not enrolled in primary school. For every 100 boys in school, there are only 94 girls and girls in rural areas are particularly disadvantaged. Gross enrolment at secondary level in developing countries is 61% for boys and 57% for girls. In least developed countries the figures are 32% for boys and 26% for girls. It is clear that in much of the developing world huge numbers of girls are failing to access education at post primary level.

Girls may often be the last to be enrolled and the first to be withdrawn from schools if a family has to make a choice between sending a boy or girl to school. Girls’ access to education may also be limited by other factors, for example the safety of the journey to school or lack of adequate water and sanitation facilities.

Without access to quality education, girls drift into the labour force at an early age well below the minimum age of employment. It is therefore vital to extend secondary education and skills training for girls and to ensure that children from poor and rural households can access this provision.

Decent Work and development by educating girls

Education for a child is the first steps towards obtaining Decent Work and a decent livelihood as an adult. Research has proven that educating girls is one of the most effective ways of tackling poverty. Educated girls are more likely to have better income as adults, marry later, have fewer and healthier children, and to have decision making power within the household. They are also more likely to ensure that their own children are educated, helping to avoid future child labour. Tackling child labour among girls and promoting their right to education, is therefore an important element of broader strategies to promote development and Decent Work.

The World Day Against Child Labour

The World Day Against Child Labour aims to promote awareness and action to tackle child labour. Support for the World Day has been growing each year. In 2009 we look forward to a World Day that is widely supported by governments, employers and workers organisations, UN agencies and all those concerned with tackling child labour and promoting the rights of girls.

• We would like you and your organisation to be part of the 2009 World Day.
• Join us and add your voice to the worldwide movement against child labour.
• For more information contact ipec@ilo.org.

Driven From Delhi, Beggars Clog Shimla

Parul sood,

Hindustan Times

With the capital under surveillance a head of commonwealth games child beggars, many from up, Bihar, find Himachal a safe haven.

Shimla February 5। A major trafficking ring is pushing street children into begging, Shimla child line coordinator Shafiq-ur- Rehman khan said while talking to Hindustan Times about the increasing number of child beggars in the state।

“There is a major network behind child trafficking and the children have been diverted to Shimla from Delhi, where child begging is at its peak, ahead of preparations for commonwealth”. Shafiq alleged.

There days Delhi is under close surveillance and these children, many of whom are from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, find Himachal Pradesh safe. However even though child begging has assumed mammoth proportions in the state ,both the stakeholder and the administrations have turned a blind eye to the problem .Shafiq feels the biggest hurdle in finding a solution is the fact that the authorities concerned have a regional approach regarding such children.

The first question any one involved in rehabilitation efforts asks is.” where is the child from.” in these circumstances ,the best they can do is book the children under the begging act and send them to the Justice Board in Una.the police have done much so far but has adopted a humane approach towards the problem.

According to Superintendent of Police R.M.Sharma,”begging is a social issue and the society as a whole must come forward to find solutions to it.” The Police cannot do anything alone ,he says as the procedure for juveniles forbids them from confining the children to the police station .he does not have data regarding these children or if they have ever been act booked under the begging act either.

All said and done, the problem seems to be snow balling as the administration and NGOs pass the buck the each other. There are many other issues associated with child begging including hooligans, harassment of tourists, abusive language against people and petty theft.

child line on ridge

First time in history of ridge

stall of child line on ridge

thanks to Secretary home of himachal pradesh

भूखा बचपन

केस नम्बर ६११०

बच्चे का नाम अजय
पिता का नाम सोमरा
माता का नाम चन्द्रा
स्थाई निवासी (झारखण्ड)

रहने का स्थान विकासनगर (शिमला)


२४/०३/०९ को १२:३० पम पर १०९८ पर फ़ोन आया और बताया कि बी सी एस मे एक बच्चा है जो कि कुढे-दान से खाना खा रहा है आप कुछ करे चाइल्ड लाइन टीम बी सी एस गई और बच्चे से मिले बच्चे को ऑफिस ले कर आए बच्चा बहुत डरा हुआ था परन्तु कुछ समय के बाद बच्चा चाइल्ड लाइन टीम के साथ घुल -मिल गया और बच्चे को खाना खिलाया और कुछ फल खिलाये kyoki बच्चा एक दिन से भूखा था चाइल्ड लाइन टीम के दो सदस्य पहले विकास नगर गऐ बच्चे कि रहने कि सिथति केसी है पता चला कि बच्चा बहुत ही गरीब परिवार से संबंद रखता है बच्चे के पिता जी कि मृत्यु हो गई है यह तीन भाई है जोकि इससे बढे है माँ ही बच्चे का पालन -पोषण करती है वह मजदूरी करती है घर का निर्वाह बढ़ी मुश्किल से पुरा होता है s

Dial 1098 to help rescue Delhi’s child beggars

New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The next time an innocent little face peers through your car window at a traffic intersection in the capital, begging for alms, reach for your cell phone and dial the welfare helpline number 1098.It’s a Delhi government initiative to rescue child beggars. There are nearly 58,000 beggars in the city, the majority of whom are children accompanied by their parents.

“This practice (of children begging) is a disease,” said Social Welfare and Labour Minister Mangat Ram Singhal. Talking about the helpline, he said the caller would be expected to provide details about the location of the child beggar and continue on his or her way.

The number 1098 was actually started in 1998 as a child helpline, but from February it will be used to draw attention to the problem of child beggars. It will be manned by NGO workers spread over five zones.

Unlike the police helpline, officials would not appear immediately at the place from where a person calls. “Children who are regular offenders would be identified at permanent locations, then the ‘beggar squad’ would pick them up,” Singhal told IANS.

“We hope that eventually we will give more speedy solutions. This is not a permanent solution,” he added.

“We have an adequate number of officials on our beggar squad who can identify the children. If they are orphans, the children will be taken to our child homes or other government institutions where they can avail themselves of hostel and technical education facilities.”

Rules state that a child cannot be separated from the parent, but the department seems to have found a way out as far as child beggars are concerned.

“I am responsible not only for social welfare but also the labour department now…The parents too would be identified and booked under child labour laws,” said Singhal. Begging is illegal in the capital but is widely prevalent.

The government is also planning an exhaustive awareness drive about the helpline to “allow citizens to be directly involved in the project”. The campaign will be popularised through advertisements and radio jingles soon.

Task force formed to abolish child labour in Bihar

PATNA - A task force has been formed by the Bihar government to abolish child labour in the state, a minister said.

‘The state government has constituted a force named ‘Sramik Chetna Sainik’ to help the child labourers employed in the unorganised sector,’ state Minister for Labour Resources Awadesh Narayan Singh told IANS by phone.

He said the task force, comprising NGOs and child welfare department officials, will spread awareness and rescue and rehabilitate any child found working in the state. The step aims to abolish child labour completely from the state.

In October, Labour and Employment Minister Oscar Fernandes informed Parliament that Uttar Pradesh tops in child labour prevention, followed by Rajasthan and Bihar. Maximum number of children in the age group of 5-14 years were rescued and rehabilitated by the states.

According to the 2001 census, 12.7 million children in the age group of 5-14 years were working. About 540,000 children were ‘main workers’, who worked for over six months, while 580,000 were ‘marginal workers’, who worked for less than six months.

Bihar accounts for 8.9 percent of child labour in India.

Annual Report 2008-09

Introduction

In 1998, the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment organized a workshop to determine the need for national phone service for children. It was then decided that the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment would support the replication of CHILDLINE across India in a phased manner.

CHILDLINE launched on June 20^th. 1996 in Mumbai as a field action project of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) after four years of planning with MTNL, NGOs and street youth and children of Mumbai.

Therefore Child-line become national with an identity a common logo, number and color across the country.

In Shimla, CHILDLINE Project was introduced by CHILDLINE India Foundation Mumbai with Himachal Pradesh Voluntary Health Association and Population Research Center (HPU) w.e.f from 31^st March, 2006 with the installation of Toll Free No.1098 at HPVHA Head Office. The Project is supported by Ministry of Women & Child Development.

The Project is sanction for Shimla city and surrounding only and under this, the Toll Free No. 1098 is accessible to all the children who are below18 years.

OBJECTIVES:

• To respond to children in emergency situations.
• To provide the telephonic counseling.
• To respond to children undergoing any sort of exploitation like child labor, street children, child victims of the flesh trade, children in institutions etc.
• To intervene the cases and match the available resources according to case requirement.
• To provide needful facilities like shelter homes, education, medical assistance, repatriation, emotional support and guidance etc.
• To create a structure and environment which ensures the protection of the rights of child as mentioned or ratified in the UN convention on the Rights of the child and Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act, 2000.
• To provide a platform for networking amongst organization and also create a child friendly relation.
• To create awareness among masses about Child Rights & about the activities of Child line.
• To being together Govt. & Voluntary Organization for making the environment & System to work according to the need of time and direct the nation builders toward a more secured path.

Significant in this Year : Achievement Of Childline

In Outreach activity we found a large number of child laborour who were working as hoarse-rider in kufri, we take an initiative and report to labor department but labor department had not any response, in this process we found it’s a matter of child trafficking for labor and drug paddling, we Call a press conference and disclosed the Case, therefore Shimla high court and legislative Assembly are hoist the issue. In presser of Court labor department done three inquires and reported to the court.

Study on rag-pickers

Educational status in Basties.

Study on child begging network in Shimla

And sum of dynamic Cases.

Statistics of Cases.

Statistics of Calls

City :Shimla	April 2008- March 2009
Calls	Gender		Age Group
Intervention	Male	Female	0-5	6-11	12 - 15	16-18	Above 18	Gender Total
Medical Help	10	5	3	1	5	4		15
Shelter	1	1		1	1			2
Restoration (within the country)
Repatriation (outside the country)
Rescue from abuse	4	5		3	4	2		9
Death Related
Sponsorship	3	1		1	2			4
Referred by another CHILDLINE	1						1	1
Missing Children
Child Lost	6	1						7
Parents Asking Help	1	1						2
Emotional Support & Guidance	12	11						23
Unclassified *
Information
Information & Referral to service	5	4						9
Information About CHILDLINE & Volunteers	79	86						165
Supportive calls
Follow up calls: At City Level	14	11						25
Follow up calls: calls for cases from other CLs
Phone Testing								530
Did Not Find\Did Not Intervene
Silent/Confidence building								427
Technical defects
Blank								576
Wrong	220	231						451
One-sided communication
Fun calls
Crank\Fun\Abusive	30	38						68
Chat Calls								228
Others
Personal Calls	61	32						93
Administrative calls								390
Total								3025
* Only those intervention cases which cannot be classified in the given CHILDLINE categories

Innovations in Child line Out-reach

a) Awareness generation among masses by pasting CHL stickers on HRTC buses from May 2008 onwards.

b) Organized few Stalls and other activities(Quiz Games) in local bazaars and mass visiting area of Shimla(Ridge and mall road)

c) Advertisement of Child line through local TV channel.

d) Awareness generation with Municipality and Labor department on Display Centers.

e) Awareness generation in Reporters of Print media,

f) Appointments of Children in few Institutions as a Ambassador of Child line.

g) Meetings with law enforcement officials, journalist and Stack holders of community on Regular basis.

Workshops and other Activities

h) Workshop on Child rights with Media professionals.

i) Workshop on Nutrition with stackholder from community

j) Workshop on Child Trafficking With Police

k) Relation building with several senior police officials and Law Administration.

l) Regular visiting and meetings in Police Stations.

m) Attended a workshop in Lacknow organized by NCPL

n) Attended a workshop in Udaipur organized by CIF

o) Attended a workshop on child adoption organized by Dptt. SJW

p) Meeting with Joint Secretary (GOI) Ministry of women n child Development