AGS – post Tsunami situations – CCLCAP Project inception
After Tsunami, the Combating Child Labour in Coastal Andhra Pradesh - CCLCAP project took an inception as a proactive measure to reduce the impacts of calamities on children in the pell-mell of relief operations of Tsunami. The Project is being implemented by NGOs of coastal Andhra Pradesh under the aegis of Academy of Gandhian Studies – AGS supported by Plan International (India).
The major objective of CCLCAP project is to prevent and eradicate the problem of child labour by providing appropriate socio economic safety net to the children and their families
Children’s started their journey from Village, Mandal, District to State level…
As a part of Community Institutional set up, the formation of children groups made in all the 217 operational villages. To develop the linkage between Village level institutions and State, the Mandal level children groups have emerged with the active children from the village level groups and it lead to the district forums, as a result, 11 District children forums formed a state level Children’s forum named “Andhra Pradesh Raashtra Baalala Vedika” to address the child labour issues collectively.
Andhra Pradesh Raashtra Baalala Vedika – A State level forum for children– Its Inception
In the context of protecting Child Rights, to address the issue of child labour effectively in the State of Andhra Pradesh; Village, Mandal and District level child federations have formed with the children across the Plan India implementing areas with its supported Projects like Child Trafficking & HIV AIDS Prevention in Andhra Pradesh - Combating Child Labour in Coastal Andhra Pradesh - CCLCAP in 8 districts of Coastal Belt with the collaboration of other Plan supported projects.
The child representatives from District level forums formed a State level forum named “Andhra Pradesh Raashtra Baalala Vedika” - A State level forum for Children in order to address their issues especially Prevention of Child Labour and to fight against violation of their rights.
So far… the Children’s forum takes part in several campaigns to hear their voice at National level
§ A state and National level campaign conducted in order that to raise the child issues of Right to Education and Eradication of Child labour along with the National Commission for Protection Child rights.
§ State level campaign conducted successfully on Election manifesto, the children have pressurized the political parties to incorporate their issues in their party’s agenda, they have taken written consent from them and made a collective campaigns all over the state
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