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Child Labour Elimination Programme Vagri community – Status of Education 09 January 2010. Marginalized communities. Large Families Low awareness on need for education First generation school goers High rate of school dropouts Migratory population. Our Strategy.
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Child Labour Elimination Programme Vagri community – Status of Education 09 January 2010
Marginalized communities Large Families Low awareness on need for education First generation school goers High rate of school dropouts Migratory population
Our Strategy Work with the support of the community leader Bringing community together through social mobilization Form Self-Help-Groups (HiH -1) and empower women by making them financially independent
Poongavanam – Residential Bridge Camp for out-of-school children • Poongavanam – Residential Bridge Camp for out-of-school children Balwadi run by Hand in Hand
Challenges • To work with culture, dialect and • attitude of vagri community • Sustaining the interest of the children • Getting continuous support from the • parents • Follow-up after mainstreaming, due to • the migratory nature of the families • Fear of inter-community marriages • often barrier to education • Girl children taken out to school to take • care of the younger siblings
Learnings • Lesser school dropouts when they stay in residential campus • Parents need continuous motivation to keep their children in school • Community needs awareness on educating the girl child
Thank You Visit us http://www.hihseed.org/