Discussion Guide for "Young Stars of India" video

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After viewing “Y oung StArS: indiA’S working Children S peAk out,”

use this guie to research the chil labor issue in Inia, reect on how the vieo ipacte you,

recall what you learne, respon in tangible ways, reach out with lie-changing help, resolve to

ollow Go’s Wor, an rely on His gooness an power.

Research

» An eStimAted 317 million Children between ages 5 an 16—20 percent

o the total worl population in this age group—were econoically active in the year

2004. (Source: International Labor Organization (ILO), “En o Chil Labor Within Reach,” 2006)

» there Are 218 million Child lAborerS ages 5 to 17 worlwie. That’s

14 percent or 1 in 7 chilren in this age group worlwie who are chil laborers.

(Source: ILO, “En o Chil Labor Within Reach,” 2006)

» At leASt 1.2 million Children are trafcke annually or chil labor.

(Source: ILO, “En o Chil Labor Within Reach,” 2006)

“Young Starso India ”

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P AG E 2 O F 6

» between 1994 And 2004, 35 percent o the population in Inia was living on less

than a ollar a ay. (Source: UNICEF)

» Children in indiA uner the age o 14 outnuber the entire population o the

Unite States. Chilren uner 14 ake up 3.6 percent o the total labor orce in Inia.

Accoring to the Inian census o 1991, there are 11.28 illion working chilren

uner the age o 14 in Inia. (Source: Inian Ebassy)

» ArtiCle 32 of the united nAtionS Convention on the Rights o the

Chil (UNCRC), which Inia signe in 1992, provies that the governent shoul

protect chilren ro work that is angerous or ight har their health or their

eucation.

» the government of indiA is working to enorce laws that keep chilren in

school. In 2008 the Inian Parliaent passe the Right to Eucation Bill, which akes

ree an copulsory eucation a unaental right or all chilren between the ages o

6 an 14. (Source: www.southasia.oneworl.net)

» the indiAn government aces a shortage o teachers, any o who alreay

exhibit only low skill levels. Furtherore, Inia lacks the eucational inrastructure—

in both existing schools an new ones that ust be built—necessary to carry out its

plans. (Source: www.southasia.oneworl.net)

» the Adult literACY rAte in Inia between 2000 an 2004 was 73 percent or

ales an only 48 percent or eales. Between 1996 an 2005, priary school

attenance rates were 79 percent or ales an 72 percent or eales.

(Source: UNICEF)

Refect » imAgine life AS A Child living in povertY in bAngAlore, indiA.

You know that you ight not eat i you o not work, but you also believe that

eucation will help you buil a better lie in the long ter. What woul you prioritize

(obtaining oo, supporting your aily, staying sae, builing your uture, setting asie

leisure tie, etc.) in eciing how to balance the nee to work with the nee to learn?

What sacrifces woul you have to ake?



P AG E 3 O F 6

» the unCrC CAllS on governmentS to protect chilren ro work that is

angerous or harul to their health. It is ifcult, however, or Inia to enorce chil

labor laws, an any chilren are exploite, even ae into slaves. To you, whichstory or iage ro the vieo best captures this injustice? How oes it ipact your

thoughts or eelings on the issue o chil labor?

Recall » the video linkS the chil labor proble in Inia to the country’s inaequate

eucation syste. What other probles in Inia are at the root o exploitative chillabor? To what extent can Akbar’s group aress these root probles?

» world viSion workS to bring chilren in Inia together an provie the with

basic skills in orer to prepare the to enter ainstrea schools. Why is eucation so

essential or these chilren, an how is it a eans to reoring or ening chil labor?

» whAt, ACCordi ng to the video, is the anger in chilren pursuing oney

at a young age?

» whAt Are Some of the rightS or which Akbar an the Yelenakshatra Chil

Labor Association are fghting?

Respond

»one Young worker SAId joining Yelenakshatra Chil Labor Association has

helpe hi to better unerstan his rights. Another celebrate the act that groupebers ha successully pressure the governent to close an illegal alcohol shop in

the area. How has Go use Akbar’s vision o “chilren helping theselves” to achieve

change? What are soe ways you can regularly contribute to a goo cause on a sall

scale like the chilren in Akbar’s group i?



P AG E 4 O F 6

» orgAnizAtionS like world viSion an groups like Akbar’s ust be careul

not to exacerbate the coplex proble o chil labor. By avocating to en chil labor,

or exaple, chilren who nee incoe ay lose their jobs an seek work illegally,which coul be even ore angerous. What other approaches ight be estructive to

ensuring the saety an continue growth an eucation o Inia’s chilren?

» AkbAr AdvoCAteS for chil labor reor at the national level (by eeting

with the Labor Coissioner, or exaple), but he also recognizes the iportance o

traveling aroun Inia hisel to train other chil laborers an work at the grass-roots

level. What are the avantages an isavantages o both approaches? What are soe

other ways that Akbar—or even you—ight get involve at either the grass-roots or

national level on this issue?

» AkbAr’S mAture leAderShip sets the bar or other chil laborers. He

recognizes, however, that he cannot act alone. Which o the ollowing groups shoul

be expecte to assue the ost responsibility or ensuring the rights o chil laborers:

the iniviual chilren theselves, chilren’s groups like Yelenakshatra, private

organizations like Worl Vision, the governent an enorcing ofcials, or iniviual

eployers? Accoring to the vieo, who in reality assues the ost responsibility?

What ight your role be in this issue?

Reach Out Consider making a dierence in the ollowing ways:

» prAY or chilren in nee.

»SponSor A Child through Worl Vision. For just about a ollar a ay, you’ll

provie your sponsore chil with access to critical basics, such as clean water,iprove nutrition, healthcare, an eucation. Your gits can help ake a worl o

ierence or one chil in Inia or elsewhere by helping hi or her stay in school an

out o hazarous workplaces. For sponsorship inoration, visit

www.worlvisionresources.co an click on the “sponsor a chil” icon.

» eduCAte YourSelf about the goos you buy. Proucts with an “ethically

certife” label, such as air trae, o not support chil labor.



P AG E 5 O F 6

Resolvedon’t let anyone look own on you because you are young, but set an exaple or the

believers in speech, in lie, in love, in aith an in purity.

— 1 TImOTHY 4:12

I I have enie justice to y enservants an aiservants when they ha a grievance

against e, what will I o when Go conronts e? What will I answer when calle to

account?

— JOB 31:13-14

The righteous care about justice or the poor, but the wicke have no such concern. — PROVERBS 29:7

Look! The wages you aile to pay the worken who owe your fels are crying out

against you. The cries o the harvesters have reache the ears o the Lor Alighty.

— JAmES 5:4

RelyprAY thAt:

god will keep Children in indiA SAfe as they go to work an school, an that

they will fn strength, hope, an rest in hi espite their struggles.

god will Continue to inSpire And equip chilren like Akbar to be “agents o

change” in reoring chil labor, an that his love will continue to rive their oveent an

reach others.

god will ConviCt reSponSible AdultS—ro parents an governent ofcials

to eployers o chilren an iniviuals aroun the worl—to fght both or chilren’s labor

rights an against the root probles causing this issue. with those who staye behin.

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within, please contact Worl Vision Resources.



P AG E 6 O F 6

About World Vision

world viSion is a Christian huanitarian organizationeicate to working with chilren, ailies, an their counities

worlwie to reach their ull potential by tackling the causes o

poverty an injustice. motivate by our aith in Jesus Christ, Worl

Vision serves alongsie the poor an oppresse as a eonstration o

Go’s unconitional love or all people. We see a worl where each

chil experiences “ullness o lie” as escribe in John 10:10. An we

know this can be achieve only by aressing the probles o poverty

an injustice in a holistic way. That’s how Worl Vision is unique:

We bring 60 years o experience in three key areas neee to help

chilren an ailies thrive: eergency relie, long-ter evelopent,

an avocacy. An we bring all o our skills across any areas o

expertise to each counity we work in, enabling us to care orchilren’s physical, social, eotional, an spiritual well-being.

Partnering with Worl Vision provies tangible ways to honor

Go an put aith into action. By working, we can ake a lasting

ierence in the lives o chilren an ailies who are struggling to

overcoe poverty. To fn out ore about how you can help, visit

www.worlvision.org.

About World Vision Resourcesending globAl povertY an injustice begins with eucation:

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