Education and a Safe Childhood

Hasina Praveen- age 10, Rabina Praveen- age 9, Khusbu Praveen- age 12, and Aswa Praveen, age 8 years are all children in the village of Yogitanr, Giridih Block. All four of them are enrolled at the primary school in the village.
In the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic led to the closure of schools. The pandemic has also affected the lives of daily wage workers and small businesses. This compelled these girls to work as daily wage workers at a brick kiln to support their families.
Jago Foundation is rendering its services in the village with the support of CRY Kolkata and doing regular sensitization on Child Rights and Protection. Few children of Bal Sabha informed the Childline and Jago Foundation about the girls. Without wasting any time Nilam Devi, field volunteer of Jago Foundation consulted the UPS Yogitanr teachers, Rina Devi & Sehnaz Bano, and also a SMC member.
They visited the parents of the girls and lastly visited the owner of the Brick Kiln. First they sensitized the parents of those girls regarding the importance of education and also the Child Labour Act . They also informed the brick kiln owner of the consequences of hiring children. The Mukhiya and Ward members were also taken in good faith and were supportive of the issue.
After the visit, the parents and the brick kiln owner realised the mistakes of involving children in labour. All four girls are now back to school and have also joined a study group. Jago is also trying to liaise with their parents to introduce them to Government Schemes