Support-11500-kids-out-of-child-labour-&-poverty
More Information About this ProjectProject Needs and BeneficiariesCaste & religious discrimination results in these families being dependent on bonded labor rolling raw tobacco into cigarettes. Children are at risk through exposure to the tobacco atmosphere in the womb, as infants & as child-laborers (from 7 yrs old). The children are from low-caste Hindu, Tribal & Muslim families who are uneducated, do not own land or have alternative livelihoods.11500 children in the project villages will be helped, along with their families; a total of 40,000 people. ActivitiesProviding an integrated program of education, health-care & livelihood schemes stopping child labor, including provision of access to education (20 pre-school and crèche facilities), mobile health clinics & micro-finance self-help savings groups. Funding InformationTotal Funding Received to Date: £6,397 Additional DocumentationThis project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc). Resources
Why this Project is ImportantPotential Long Term ImpactEach child can access education, proper health care, nutrition, and recreation to enable them to have a childhood free from child-labour and child-marriage, and to support their overall development and the completion of their education. Project Message
"I have to work hard but I think that I will see a different future for Vanita and Rishikesh.Before, I used to wonder ‘what is all this work for?’, but now I see them happy and learning Who is Running This ProjectContact
Steven Murdoch, Project SponsorOrganisation
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For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India. When this Project was UpdatedLast UpdatedThis project was last updated on July 28, 2010. Date Added to GlobalGivingThis project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 17, 2007. Latest Update from the FieldWe're doing good....and there's still more to do.By Steven Murdoch - Project Manager, July 28, 2010 02:45 PM
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