Celebrate Children's Day By Giving Children a Promising Future

1. Celebrate Children's Day By Giving Children a Promising Future Children’s Day, commemorated on 14th November, spreads awareness of the importance of children’s rights, quality education, and wholesome development. Children from India's underprivileged communities are still denied their fundamental right to attend a proper school and get a good education. After all, education is crucial in assisting a child to broaden their worldview and strengthen their learning curve for a brighter future, especially during the formative years. An estimated 46.24 million children were not enrolled in school as of 2016 (DISE 2016–17 and RGI Census Population Projection 2016). Below are some of the many reasons why enrollment and attendance rates of at-risk children continue to diminish in schools:

2. 1. Many poverty-stricken families choose to engage their children in labour work than send them to school. To feed the many mouths at home, children work in factories of crackers, tobacco, clothes etc, work at dhabas or do domestic work, or get involved in other unlawful businesses. In India, there are around 10 million working children (under the age of 14) as per Census 2011. 2. Innumerable girls are given less attention than boys in impoverished households. They are expected to either work from a tender age or take care of the chores at home and eventually get married and become a young mother. According to Census 2011 data, there are 13 million married adolescent girls in India between the ages of 10 and 19, of which more than a quarter (26%) are illiterate and a further 29% have dropped out of school. Children from low-income families, who never enrol in school or drop out, experience a severe lack of resources in life. This is due to many missed opportunities as education helps grab a stable job with a good salary and its absence leads to deprivation in more ways than one. One can aspire to work hard and prosper when their educational foundation is strong. This is what an occasion like Children’s Day reminds all of us - to support the education of underprivileged children and help them find their true potential. Make a generous contribution to CRY, India’s most trusted NGO, and get a 50% tax deduction under section 80G of the Income Tax Act. Make an online donation now! Source: https://cryngo.livejournal.com/6298.html