How Can We Help Stop Child Labour?

1. How We Can We Help Stop Child Labour?

2. DONATE ONLINE • Join World Vision India’s Childhood rescue interventions and send children back to school. Donate online to make a difference. Child labour is widely prevalent in India. It is illegal for any child below 14 years of age to work. World Vision India considers any child who is out of school as a potential child labourer. Child labour is a social evil. It deprives a child of a happy childhood and a good life. Join World Vision India to rescue children and send them back to school. Donate online towards childhood rescue. • Read some of the stories mentioned below to understand the stark reality of child labour. All names changed to protect identity. • Ravi discontinued his education in 2019, four months after enrolling in Class 12 at the age of 17. Despite being encouraged to go back to school, he stood firm on his decision. To add to it, schools were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, making Ravi conveniently forget about school and education. “I've lost interest in education; I'm not sure why”, says Ravi who now works at a stone quarry.

3. CHILDHOOD RESCUE • Mani had always aspired to become an IAS officer. Now, paying back the debts of the family is his priority. Although Mani regrets dropping out of school, he finds solace in the fact that he is being of help to his family. He is determined to help his two younger brothers to complete their education. He does not want them to make the same decision. • Although Mani, his brother and his father are working hard to repay the loan for more than seven years, they haven’t even have repaid half the debt.  • Child labour is a never-ending vicious cycle. Once in it, there is hardly a way out. Help parents understand the importance of education and encourage children to go to school. Join World Vision India’s Childhood rescue interventions and send children back to school. Donate online to make a difference.

4. BACK TO SCHOOL When Mani was 14 years old the family was struggling to pay off their debts. It was around that his mother abandoned the family. His father and elder brother are daily wage labourers working hard to pay off their loans. Seeing his father and brother struggle, Mani was overcome with guilt. Therefore decided to work to help the family repay the loans. “My day starts at 6 am every day and ends at 1 am”, says Mani. Babu makes the best decision After six months of working hard in a textile shop and a cotton mill, Babu quickly realised that working at such a young age was not as easy as he imagined it to be. Babu underwent immense physical and mental exertion at his workplace. His father is an alcoholic who is abusive towards the family. Babu decided to discontinue his studies after Class 9 to support his family. But he soon regretted his decision. Babu participated in World Vision India's life skills training programme where he understood the importance of education. After being counselled by the staff, he realised he still had time to pursue education. Babu has enrolled himself in an ITI (Industrial Training Institute) college near his village. He is hopeful of a good future. Like Babu, there lakhs of children who want to turn away from child labour and start afresh. Join World Vision India’s Childhood rescue interventions and send children back to school. Donate online to make a difference.

5. Children like Ravi are drawn to the youth in the village who work at the quarry and splurge their earnings on themselves. What may seem appealing now will only be detrimental in the end. The pandemic has made things worse for children like him. After schools closed, education is completely out of their minds. Join World Vision India’s Childhood rescue interventions and send children back to school. Donate online to make a difference. Mani works hard to repay his family’s debt Join us. Together for children. For change. For life.