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Bal Mitra Gram Child Friendly Village

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Bal Mitra Gram Child Friendly Village

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    1. Bal Mitra Gram (Child Friendly Village) Building a child friendly society

    3. Welcome to the world of BMGs.. a world where children walk shoulder to shoulder with adults

    5. 317 villages across India 28,812 children withdrawn from work and enrolled in school More than 300,000 children empowered & retained in school Training, Capacity building and empowerment of over 800,000 community members on rights & duties Impact/Outreach

    6. Why BMGs? Villages- the biggest source of child labour and trafficking, BMG prevents children from entering the labour force right at the source Ensures free, compulsory, meaningful and quality education for all Provides opportunities for growth of village through development of children alongside the community Ensuring access to government legislation and policy, schemes and human rights through capacity building of youth, women, etc. Promotes accountability in governance, through the children’s panchayat (assembly), capacity building of youth, women Promotes values of equality, justice, rights and democracy Education- cross cutting theme for development Low investment cost - USD 6000/ 2 years/ village (app.)

    7. Where are the BMGs ? Child labour/ illiteracy prone states – e.g., Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh Trafficking prone areas – e.g., Bihar Areas of social conflict – Bihar/ Jharkhand border, Nepal (through replication) Economically/ socially backward areas – e.g., tribals in Karnataka

    8. Spread of BMGs

    9. Implementation Plan – How? Identification of area using specific indicators Meetings with Community Leaders Survey /collection of household information on socio-economic status, development initiatives, child rights status, etc.) Withdrawing children from all forms of work Enrolling all children in school and ensuring their retention Formation of a democratically elected Bal Panchayat (children’s assembly) Formation of BMG Advisory Committee of community leaders and elders to ensure sustainability Training and capacity building of community groups.

    11. Innovation Unique model - Community driven and owned Child - centric community development through education Active participation of the children Rights based community mobilisation & empowerment Promotion of equality regardless of caste, gender and community Sustainable as part of socio- administrative/ governance set up Convergence of various Government schemes and programmes Changing malpractices like corruption, child marriage, domestic violence at grassroots level through children’s voices Flexible/ adaptable model with local governance set up Thus, promoting social inclusion & inclusive democracy where beneficiaries are change-makers

    12. Replication/ civil society capacity building - World Vision, replicating in various area development programs in India - Backward Society Education replicating in 240 villages in Nepal - More than 150 NGOs trained on BMG model in various states - General public and village community leaders in several villages around project areas

    13. Scaling Out BMG Model’s biggest strength- flexibility-customized based on geography, culture, needs assessment, etc.: - Concentration on income generation programs for mothers in Nepal - Promotion of Ethical Trade through supply chain monitoring in mica mining in Jharkhand - Economic empowerment of resettled tribal population in Karnataka - Government adapted the BMG Model in districts of Rajasthan and Bihar with changes

    14. Monitoring - To access every child every month and ensure access to education and rights

    15. Testimonies “I am waiting for the day when my entire constituency becomes a child labour free, child friendly district and we can dream of building a child friendly nation.” - Ravi Verma, M.P. President, National Coalition on Education; Convener - Parliamentary Forum on Education (2008) “Sustainable change can only be brought by changing the mindset of society from the bottom up and ensuring the value of democracy - BMG has shown us the way of change for future.” - Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary, President Backward Society Education, Nepal (2009) “BMG is a best practice model in preventing and eliminating child labour through education.” - Winrock International, Circle Project (2007)

    16. Future plan Income generation plan in BMGs for women and youth for economic empowerment, self-employment, for even broader outreach, inclusion and sustainability.* International conference to increase recognition and replication in India and other countries Training of civil society: Over 150 organizations trained on child rights till 2010. More planned in future. Scaling up and scaling out of the BMG model of development Strategy being finalised, pilot to start in 5 villages of Rajasthan if AVA wins the GDN Award

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