Protecting Children from Trafficking
The project aims to evolve a community- based and child centered approach for preventing child trafficking for labour, debt, bondage, etc. through empowering vulnerable children and their communities with improved knowledge on human rights, legal rights, child rights  and capacity building at grass roots level

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Area of work West Bengal       : Nadia, Malda, North and South 24 Parganas Bihar                   : Darbhanga, Madhubani Jharkhand          : Ranchi, Khunti Supported by     : GTIP (Global fund to combat Trafficking in Person)    Duration             :  Two Years

Background
Child labour and trafficking of children for labour are unfortunate realities in India. Social sanctions about sending children to work is a key impediment. Children are also being trafficked for exploitative labour. Several factors such as unemployment and loss of family income, tradition of sending children for work hoping for better economic security, family problems, gender discrimination, exclusion of low castes, ill-treatment, loss of parents, natural calamities and poor rehabilitation of victims increase the vulnerabilities. According to Census, 2001, there are 12.8 million child labourers between the age group of 5- 14 years in India of which Bihar has 1.1 million child labourers, West Bengal has 0.86 million child labourers and Jharkhand has 0.4 million child labourers.
 
Project Objectives

• Create an alert Community proactive in stopping child labour and child servitude
• Improving access to education and skill development opportunities for vulnerable children and victims of forced servitude
• Making vulnerable children aware of their rights and building life skills for negotiating a better tomorrow
• Facilitating linkage between different stakeholders in child education, welfare and prevention of child labour and child trafficking
• Facilitating safe migration
• Capacity building for community led action through formation of safety nets involving village leaders, key influencers from the community and children

Project Activities

• Baseline study to map vulnerable communities, assess prevalence of child trafficking for labour, identify factors leading to trafficking for labour.
• Stakeholder sensitization and consultation with departments of Labour, Employment & Training, SW& WCD, HRD, RD, Panchayat, Police at state/district/block level to develop roadmap
• Interactive street theatre based campaign (25 shows per block) and community meetings to generate awareness on laws against child labour and human trafficking, human rights, care and support services, educational services.
• Capacity building of NGOs, law enforcement officials and grass root workers for strengthening grass root communication mechanism. (One three day workshop per district)
• Workshops with vulnerable children, community, children group, community led action groups to build life skills, awareness on their rights and facilitate access to support services. (Twenty five 2-4 days workshops per district)
• Workshops with local administration, PRI, police and officials of education, child welfare, vocational skill development for developing action plans to facilitate effective utilization of available schemes and opportunities, and enabling safe migration and successful rehabilitation. ( One multi-stakeholder workshop per
Block)
• Facilitating networking & access to services for effective utilization of opportunities like Right to Education, access to available schemes and opportunities for education, livelihood development.
• Monitoring and Documentation

Target Group

Families sending children to work
Families of migrant workers
Children and adolescents working for living
Vulnerable children like out of school children
Vulnerable Communities e.g. areas with high migration
Poor communities lacking income opportunities etc.

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