Monday, March 16, 2009

What can we make ??

We fight for our rights at home for almost everything from late nights to going out with friends. We chat about human rights with our parents, teachers and friends. But child labour?? Child labor is common in some places,sorry in many places of world.

I want to tell you all, my way to avoid and eradicate child labour.

This is a try to say some thing which is more useful than this blog. Please hopefully move forward from here.. I don’t have anything personal against anybody so please don’t take anything that I might say personally.. My only aim is that something constructive takes place at the end of it all..

What can we make ??


1. Don’t employ them. Let them study - Children who work normally cannot afford three meals a day, how can they afford books, uniform and the fees?
2. Give them a livelihood and a proper atmosphere for studies - How would we give them a livelihood and what is a proper atmosphere for studies and how would we achieve it?
3. Removal of poverty - Good, but how?
4. The government is not doing anything. - What are we going to do? Why can’t we force governments to do something about it?
5. Joining politics - Sure, but if we don’t have a plan, how are we going to achieve it?
6. Provide free education - will that alone help given the economic condition of the families? Is this support to NGOs/UNICEF which already have some programmes of this kind or on the grass root level like we ourselves volunteering to teach/provide books, etc on a weekly basis to the immediate society around us?
7. Voting - but what after that? Are we ready to take the govt. to task on such issues? If yes, how?
8. AW-WA - I’m in the dark on this. What is this exactly? How can we help?
9. Charity is not a solution. Removal of inferiority of economic and psychological status. - Anything regarding the inferiority complex of an educated unemployed youth?
10. If its only we who can do something, what are we planning to do?
11. Kids don’t want to study - Is our education system up to the mark? What after studies - unemployment?
12. Eradicate poverty and illiteracy - Cool. How?
13. Take action against institutions who employ children - Why can’t we take it up with the govt. to pass a law on provision of education to children employed by institutions, that way, a win-win situation?
14. Make the rich children work and the poor study - I like the idea, but too idealistic, very impractical.
15. Corruption - Let’s say a law was passed to give 75% (or any other percentage) reservation to those under the poverty line in educational institutions, would others agree? (given the huge uproar against the reservation for backward caste(s) not too long ago) Also, if given, how many of them would return to do something for the upliftment of their own neighbourhoods / how do we ensure that they do? (We certainly can’t prevent brain drain.)
16. Debate?? Exaggerate?? Is this all what this topic is about? If yes, I’m definitely at the wrong place.
17. Social activists, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights - Good. To make the government take notice we need credibility - How many of us are ready to take up the responsibility/collective responsibility.
18. Migration from other states? - Dude, this is our country, our people. And so what if they are from other countries. We should be proud to live in a nation that offers something better than other nations. (Will we say then outsourcing of jobs to India and China is bad?)
19. Stop people in our neighbourhood from employing kids as servants - Would we help around our own house to lessen the load on our parents / will we pay them more if the parents of poor children worked and sent their children to school?

Is this generation going to cry about what cannot be done and repeat the mistakes of past generations? Or are we going to create a more responsible society? We live in probably a golden age of technology and communication - spreading awareness is much easier. Are we up to the task? A revolution is required and not just an awakening. We require a structured, responsible and professional approach. Ideas, implementation within a given time-frame are the need of the hour.

Are we ready? Are we willing?


Please RESPECT CHILDREN N GIVE THEM THEIR RIGHTS!!!

Well we need to focus on the great issue that every child who is out of school is a child labour, it eradicate this problem we need to go on with “improvement” where its starts from “I” Stop paying to rack pickers or child beggars, instead you can negotiate some social organization near to you for their rehabilitation. If you even cant do it then call at nearby “100? phone No. as child labour is a punishable crime. Well Identify the child labour and Contact at the nearby social organization. Well it also need your support to Improve yourself… Try not to say any filthy language or abusive words for them in front of them it will help them learning good language at least.

Don’t .. think as “India mein Muft Ki advice Bhut milti Hai”… I hope u all have seen the Reliance Mobile Ad.

Not that everyone here are in the category.. but at least we have began and thats really something commendable … So people ..if you don’t have really time to spend on this social activities .
Don't give them money also…Yes it will lead them to be corrupt … better option to give them food .. please .. I think we can do that time in our precious free time’s.at any time if you see these children feel emotional and please help these kids… not with the money buy something to eat instead.

The Global March Against Child Labour is a movement to mobilise worldwide efforts to protect and promote the rights of all children, especially the right to receive a free, meaningful education and to be free from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be harmful to the child’s physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development.

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