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Concept and editing: Prabhat Kumar Jha

Co-editor: Lakhmi Kohli

English translation by: Ms Meena Srinivasan.

Cover drawings and Illustrations by: Leena Mankeekar

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Thanks to: Disha Vihar, Aman, Koshish, Paridhi, Baliga Trust, Ankur, Bhumika Vihar, Sarthi, Pes, Centre Direct, MSEMVS, HCESCO,GVSTK

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Children’s Participaion – Responsibility of Everyone

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When the course started she found that she was the only girl in the course but she was determined to finish what she had started. With the support of the Pratham Team she completed the training and was given a placement in a PACE Hotel where she did well. She has been offered a job paying Rs 8000 a month and a free meal. Sneha is now able to contribute financially to the family and is excited about her career in the Hospitality industry.

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Youth Volunteers from tdh partner organisation Bhoomika Vihar came in contact with him, and invited him for the first meeting of the youth group. He had no idea what the meeting was about
but out of curiosity, he decided to attend it. In the first meeting he didn’t get much of an idea, but he understood that if he attended the meetings, he would surely learn some new things. He
didn’t want to be left behind the other boys in his village, who were part of the youth group. The meeting and interactions with the youth group members and youth volunteers gradually gave
him new insights. During their chats and interactions, his negative attitude towards women were cleared. He began to feel that his mother and sisters were being treated badly even violently.

Regular interactions with youth group members convinced him how the gender-based violence and discrimination is not only harmful for the women, but for the men as well. He decided to take
small steps to bring about a change in himself. He started treating his mother, sisters with respect and helping them in the daily household chores, like cleaning of house, clothes and utensils. He
was mocked by the male members in the family, but he persisted. He started objecting to the behaviour of his father and brothers with the female members. He also spoke to his other male
friends in the community about what he was learning in his group and the need for gender equality. Although changing oneself is challenging Premchand’s determination is taking him on
the right track and his initiatives are geared firstly towards making his family a better place for both male and females where there is respect for female members, and then gradually taking this
to the larger community.

Recognizing his constructive contributions in addressing gender-based discriminations in his locality, he was given an award by the project and his story was printed in a newsletter prepared
by youth.

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The Childline team of RLHP in Mysore India, found Shoyeb selling fruits on the street and enquired with his parents about his education. Though the parents assured them that he would be continuing his education once the school starts, the RLHP team sensitized the parents that sending him for work even during the holidays is not acceptable as per the rights of the child. Further the team assured the parents that they could seek the help of RLHP if they found it difficult to send children to school in the coming months or required any alternate sources of income. And Shoyeb started going back to school….

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Synergy Sansthan, in collaboration with TDH France, has been working with the Gond tribal communities in 10 villages, including Amba, to enhance their education and nutritional well-being. Amba village experiences severe water scarcity, in spite of three tube wells and two dug wells. The primary reason behind this issue is the lack of proper management of these water sources by the government authorities. The regular breakdown of pumps and high fluctuations in electricity supply further exacerbate the problem. As a result, the water supply to the village is disrupted, and community members are compelled to travel long distances to fetch water. Women and young girls bear the burden of water collection, often sacrificing their education and other activities.

In May 2023, the water scarcity issue again came to the forefront when women expressed their struggles in collecting a small amount of water for domestic use. The Synergy Sansthan team and women members of the group-initiated discussions to find a solution. During the meeting, action points were identified to address the water scarcity issue. A list of action points was prepared and assigned to different group members. Initially, a letter was sent to the gram panchayat (local government body) requesting the installation of low voltage pumps. This was not possible for the local government due to limited funds. The women members then approached the public engineering department and within ten days, all three high voltage pumps were replaced with low voltage pumps.

The availability of water has had a significant impact on the village community. Women are now relieved of the additional burden of water collection, allowing them to focus on household work and have sufficient rest. Children have more time to dedicate to their studies and play. The gram panchayat has assured the maintenance of the pumps whenever required, ensuring sustainable access to water for the community.

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Sohail lives in poor housing conditions and is being brought up by his grandmother. At home, as in
the Centre, Sohail is a great help to her in taking care of his siblings and looking after the house.

Sohail likes to spend as much time in the Centre as is possible. He believes that since his
association with the centre, his personality is developing because, as he says, “everyone here
understands me very well. They all love me…and I am able to look at myself differently” .

The Coronavirus Pandemic in 2020 was a global disaster for almost everyone, but the ones to
suffer most were the poor and marginalized communities and especially the children from these
communities. School systems closed down and when they did resume partially it was mostly
with online programmes which excluded the poorer sections who did not have access to smart
phones and other facilities. Many of these children were forced into child labour.

This is the story of how 300 school going children belonging to poor families engaged in
agricultural labour or working in the mines near Mirzapur, were able to beat the odds of
continuing their education. They did this with the help of a Misereor-aided project in Uttar
Pradesh through an alternative mode to online classes. The Youth Federation of the project
heard about classes being conducted through loudspeakers in Chhattisgarh and decided to
replicate this in their villages. They planned an educational programme for children from the
3rd-8th Standards using loudspeakers and with the youth as peer educators. They raised funds
for the equipment with the first ‘class’ run in the open, outside the CRRC Project centre and
eventually were running 2 batches in 10 villages. This helped to keep 300 children within the
school system and the enterprise was much appreciated by the families of the children, the
community as a whole and village and school authorities as well.

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