June to September 2016 · child labour by running Residential Special Training Centre (RSTC) for child labourers and long-time dropouts and to implement Social Mobilisation Program

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EliminationofChildLabourandRestorationofLostChildhoodthroughResidentialSchoolinThiruvallurDistrict,TamilNadu

JunetoSeptember2016

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Origin

HoistGroupandHand inHand India (HIH)entered intoaMemorandumofUnderstanding

(MOU) through a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) project to support elimination of

child labour by running Residential Special Training Centre (RSTC) for child labourers and

long-time dropouts and to implement Social Mobilisation Program (SMP) in RK Pet,

ThiruttaniandPallipetblocksofThiruvallurDistrict.

ProjectObjectivesHoistGroupprojectwillfocusonthefollowingobjectives:-• Toenrolthechildlabourersandlong-timedropoutsbetween6-14yearsofageinthe

RSTCandpreparethemforschooling.• Toenroll/mainstreamalltheoutofschoolchildrenintheformalschoolsintheproject

blocks• To monitor functioning of local schools effectively through active participation of

communitystakeholderslikepanchayatpresidentsandelectedrepresentatives• To improve the awarenesswithin the community on child rights, children’s education

andgenderequality• Toenhanceandsustainthecommunity participation inprotectionofchildrightsand

childdevelopmentthroughsocialmobilisationProjectOutputsReport(June–Sept2016)

S.No Deliverables Outcome/BeneficiariesI ResidentialSpecialTrainingCenter(RSTC) 1. RSTCenrollments 472. MainstreamingofChildren 57II SocialMobilisationProgramme(SMP) 1. GovtSchoolEnrollments 48732. WorldDayAgainstChildLabour 24303. CRPCmoduleIItraining 10234. EducationEnhancementDay 25565. ProgramforMissingChildren 1606. Culturalprogram 7507. ChildMarriageAwarenessprogram 2500


1. ResidentialSpecialTrainingCentre

We are happy to inform that the ResidentialSchoolrunbyHandinHandIndiaatDhamaneryVillage in Thiruvallur district has been shiftedout, to a hired premises with state-of-the-artfacilities at Kaverirajapuram, Thiruvallur in July2016. The new facility has larger ground areacomprising of classrooms, kitchen, andplayground.The schoolhouses62childrenandfacultymembers,whomonitorthestudents.

SchoolCapacity

S.No BlockName Boys Girls Total1 RKPet 8 3 112 Pallipet 10 5 153 Thiruttani 11 15 264 Puzhal 10 2 125 Cholavaram 13 10 23Total 52 35 87

NoofChildrenMainstreamedfromRSTCtoGovtSchoolS.No BlockName Boys Girls Total1 RKPet 6 2 82 Pallipet 7 5 123 Thiruttani 7 10 174 Puzhal 5 2 75 Cholavaram 9 4 13Total 34 23 57


NewStudentsEnrolled

S.No BlockName Boys Girls Total

1 R.K.Pet 7 2 92 Pallipet 9 6 153 Thiruttani 9 2 114 Puzhal 4 1 55 Cholavaram 4 3 7Total 33 14 47

Note:-Fifty-sevenoutof87childrenweremainstreamedintogovernmentschool.Fifteenelusive children were encouraged to re-register in government schools near theirresidenceandanotherfifteenchildrencontinuetostudyintheRSTCOutofthe57children,mainstreamedintoregulargovernmentschools,37wereenrolledinschoolsnear theirhomes,while21othershailing from incapacitated families (poor socio-economiccondition)wereregisteredintothegovernment-runfreehostels.CLEPfieldstafftrack the performance of themainstreamed students and interactwith their teachers, atregular intervals, to gauge their performance. Thanks to the SocialMobilisation ProgramunderwayinThiruvallur,thefieldstaffisupdatedonthestudent’sfamilyconditiontoknowabouttheirsocio-economicstatus.Thefollowingactivitieswerecarriedoutduringthisreportingperiod:-

Independence Day Celebration

Awarenessprogramswereconductedaspart

ofIndependenceDaycelebrations.Various

typesofcompetitionsareorganisedforthe

studentsandprizesaredistributed.Atotalof

70childrenparticipatedintheannual

program.Governmentofficials,panchayat

president,CRPCmembers,Teachers,HM,

parentsandchildrenparticipateonthisday.


Dr Kalam’s Anniversary Commemorated

StudentsofKaverirajapuramRSTCpaidtributeto

DrAPJAbdulKalamtocommemoratehisfirst

deathanniversaryonJuly27,2016.Several

glimsesfromhislife,achievements,education

andaccomplishmentsweresharedwiththe

children.Atotalof56studentsparticipatedin

thisprogram.

Dental Camp

AdentalcampwasconductedinThiruvalankaduRSTCwiththe

supportofKarpagaVinayagaDentalCollege.Thecampaign

aimedatenhancingtheoralhealthofthestudents.Ageneral

check-upwasconductedbythedoctorsandthosedetected

withdentalissueswerereferredtolocalhospitals.Atotalof

72studentswerebenefitedfromthiscamp.

Fire Safety Training Program

Thefiresafetytrainingprogramwas

conductedbyHandinHandIndiaat

KaverirajapuramRSTC,toeducatethemon

thepreventivemeasurestobeobservedin

thecaseofanemergencyandfirstaid

treatmenttobegiventhereof.Theaimwasto

developateam,trainedinfireemergency

planproceduresandwillingtoenforcefire

safetyandpreventionmethodsduringan

emergency.Policeofficialsfromthefiredepartmentandstationmasters,RSTCteachersandnon-

teachingstaffwerepartofthisprogram.Atotalof65membersbenefittedfromthistraining

program.


First Aid Training Program

ThefirstaidtrainingprogramconductedbyHandinHandIndia

atKaverirajapuramRSTCaimstoeducatethememberson

howtobraceafireemergency,toincreasesafetylevelsand

providequickmedicalhelp.Themainobjectiveoftheprogram

istoprovideimmediatecaretoapersonwhohasbeeninjured

orhasfallenillbygivingimmediatemedicalassistance

Teacher’s Day Celebrations

AspartoftheTeacher’sDaycelebrationat

KaverirajapuramRSTC,abookletTheBeaconsofLight,

compilationoftheexperiencesbytheRSTCTeacherswas

released.Severalgamesandicebreakerssessionswere

organisedforthem.Theculturalteamalsopresented

songsinappreciationoftheteachers.

Vinayaka Chathurthy Celebrations

Community Engagement

SocialMobilisationProgram(SMP)involvesaprocess

ofbringingthecommunitytogethertoaddressissues

thataffectthem.Aspartofthisinitiative,awareness

campaignswereorganisedandcommunitysupport

structuresweredevelopedtosustainoutcomesinall

threeprojectareas.

ThestudentsandteachersalsocelebratedVinayakaChaturthiatthecampus,withaspecialeveningpooja

conductedinthepremises


School Re-opening and Welcome Program

Thewelcomeprogramforschoolchildrenwasorganisedto

encouragethosewhohavebeenenrolledrecently.The

welcomeprogramhelpsparentsexperiencetheambienceof

theschoolandgettoknowtheteachers,whowouldbe

trainingtheirkids.Someoftheeminentmemberswhowere

partofthisprogramincludedtheVillageAdministrative

Officer,PanchayatPresidentandtheCRPCmembers.Around

404participantswerepresent.

World Day Against Child Labour

Every year Hand in Hand India and Ch i ld Labour E l im inat ion P rogramme (CLEP )

observes the World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) on June12,withaseriesofprograms.

Thisyear,inlinewithUNICEF’stheme‘ENDCHILDLABOURINSUPPLYCHAINS’,severaleventswere

organised including organising child protection committee training, awareness rallies, oath,

signaturecampaign,humanchain,culturalawarenessprogramanddistributionofIECmaterials.The

program was well supported by the district collectors and the district Magistrate. Around 2,430

members participated in the program, which was mutually planned with the support of Labour

departmentandDistrictchildprotectionunit.

CRPC Module 2 Training

In a bid to empower the Child Right Protection

Committee,andtosecuretherightsofchildren,

HandinHandIndiahascreatedtrainingmodules

on various issues including child rights, about

ChildLine India foundation, Child helpline 1098,

Child Protection, POCSO Act. The objection of

the trainingwas to educate the CRPCmembers

on thevariousacts, laws related to child rights.

Over 83 programs were conducted in various

locationswithaparticipationof1023members.


Kalvi Valarchi Nal (Education Enhancement Day

InremembranceoftheformerTamilNaduChief

Minister Kamarajar, every year his birthday is

celebrated as Kalvi Valarchi Nal on July 15 to

highlight the importance of education. The

event, jointly organised byHand inHand India

field staff and CRPCs encourages students to

hold on to education informs them about

several schemes such as Mid-day meal, free

schooluniform,industrialandtechnicalcoursesthatwereexecutedduringhistenure.Around2556

membersparticipatedintheprogram.

Operation Muskaan II Program

OperationMuskaanIIisaprogramformissing

children conducted every year in Thiruvallur

district by the government officials to rescue

missing children in the bordering districts.

Hand in Hand India has assisted the

government officials in rescuing children. In

thethreeprogramsthathavebeneconducted

atotalof160childrenhavebeenrescued.

Cultural Program

On August 25 and 26, a two-day cultural

program was organised in the neighbouring

villages at Thiruvalankadu Block,

Kaverirajapuram RSTC. The awareness and

culturalprogramwereorganised to sensitise

themontheimportanceofeducationandto

reduce the dropout rate of students in the

school.


District Level CRPC Meeting

The district level CRPC volunteers training was

conducted for all the representatives from four

districts.Fromeachblock10to15membersattended

thistrainingprogramthatcoveredthefollowing:

Ø JJActØ ChildProtectionØ Governmentschemes

Ø GroupInteractionRegardingVolunteerism

Themainobjectiveofthistrainingprogram,whichsawtheparticipationof62beneficiaries,wasto

educatetheCRPCmembersandtotrainthemonalltheabovelawsandschemesthatarerelatedto

childrights.

Child Marriage Awareness Program

Child Marriage Awareness Program was

organisedatThiruthanionSeptember22,2016.

The awareness rally, which started from

Thiruthani, covered three blocks namely

Thiruthani, R K Pettai and Pallipat Blockwhich

includes 15 panchayats. Sundaravalli (District

Collector) inaugurated the awareness program

fromThiruthaniBDOofficeanditcoveredthree

blocks asmentioned above. A total number of

2500werebenefitedfromthisprogram


Meetings: The following table provides details on various types Panchayat level stakeholder

meetings and community members participation in these meetings conducted as of June’16 to

September’16. During the project period, Child Labour Elimination Programme (CLEP) staff

initiated63meetingsbenefitting1653stakeholders

SOCIALMOBILISATIONPROGRAM

S.No.

TypeofProgram

No.ofProgram

No.ofParticipants

1 CRPCMeeting 25 309

2 GramSabha 1 1133 Village Education Committee (VEC) /

SchoolManagementCommittee(SMC)

8 113

4 Village 19 708

5 Cultural 1 98

6 GroupMotivation 7 51

7 SchoolChildrenRally 2 261

Total63 1653


Enrollments:Thefollowingtableprovidesthedetailsofenrollmentsthathappenedthrough

ourSocialMobilisationProgramasofJune’16toSeptember’16.Duringtheprojectperiod,

ChildLabourEliminationProgramme(CLEP)staffensurestheenrolmentof4873children

intogovernmentschools.

GovernmentSchool

EnrollmentsRKpet Pallipet Thirutani Puzhal Soloavaram

Balwadi

(3-5years)

Boys 122 80 115 44 52

Girls 103 103 85 46 45

School5+

Boys 129 248 150 80 94

Girls 104 257 110 67 79

School6th

Boys 179 150 105 96 96

Girls 198 178 120 82 94

School9th

Boys 201 169 220 81 86

Girls 189 178 130 71 76

6to14Dropout

Boys 1 6 10 8 9

Girls 0 3 11 8 5

TotalNo.ofBoys 632 653 600 309 337

TotalNo.ofGirls 594 719 456 274 299

TotalNo.of

studentsenrolled

inGovt.Schools

1226 1372 1056 583 636


CaseStudy1

NameoftheStudent :BSMohan

Age :14

Gender :Male

ContactNo :7888670811

FathersName :Subiramani

Father’sOccupation :Handloom

Mother’sName :Rani

Mother’sOccupation :Coolie

PreviousEducationalQualification :ClassIV

DurationofIdletime/Dropoutperiod:1year

CurrentStatus:+1GovernmentHigherSecondarySchool,Athimanjeri

ATeacherintheMaking

Mohanwasoneamong themany children caught in the rutof child labourowing to an alcoholic

father.HailingfromapoorfamilyinAnnanagarvillage,Thiruvallur,Mohanwasthesolebreadwinner

ofthefamilyandhadtodropoutfromschoolbarelyatClass4andworkedasaheadloadworker

alongwithhismotherandbrother.Totopitall,theywereworkingasbondedlabourersunderthe

man,whohadlentalumpsumtothefamily.Duringoneofitsregularfieldvisits,HandinHandIndia

staff identifiedhimandtriedtomakehimunderstandtheneedtorejoinschool.However,neither

himnorhisfamilywereokwiththisidea.“Onlyifwework,wecanrunthefamily”,hismothersaid.

However,itwasafterseveralroundsofcounsellingthatthefamilyfinallyagreedtosendMohanto

school and hewas enrolled in the fifth standard at Dhameneri RSTC in the year 2010. After two

years,MohanwasmainstreamedtoclassVIIIatDhandabaniSchool,Kanchipuram.Hecompletedhis

classXandAthimanjarigovernmentschoolforfurtherstudies.Heiscurrentlystudying ineleventh

gradeandaspirestobecomeateacher.


CASESTUDY-2

NameoftheStudent :Keerthana

Age :14

Gender :Female

FathersName :Sekar

Father’sOccupation :Headloadworkers

Mother’sName :Anitha

Mother’sOccupation :Headloadworkers

PreviousEducationalQualification :ClassV

DurationofIdletime/Dropoutperiod:1Year

CurrentStatus :ClassX,GovernmentHighSchoolPallipet

WinningLife’sBattleswithGrit

KeerthanafromThirumalrajpetPanchayatunderPallipatblockinThiruvallurwasavictimof

circumstances.Havingbothherparents,workingaswagelabourersthefamilywasforcedto

surviveonthebareminimum.Inordertosupplementthefamilyincome,shedroppedout

of school in 2011, while she was pursuing fifth grade and began working in agricultural

fields,collectingfirewoodsfromtheforestsandsometimesasadailywagelabourer.Itwas

afterrigorouseffortsbyHandinHandIndiafieldstaffthatherparentsmotivatedhertojoin

RSTC. They also met her parents regularly and convinced them to enrol her in RSTC

Dhamanery.In2012shewasadmittedtogradesixattheRSTCandlatermainstreamedinto

Pallipetgovernmentschoolinseventhgrade.Currentlystudyingintenthgrade,Keerthanais

cheerfultoshareherpresentpositionandexpresseshowshewassuccessfullyabletofight

herwayoutofchildlabourwiththehelpofHandinHandIndia.

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June to September 2016 · child labour by running Residential Special Training Centre (RSTC) for child labourers and long-time dropouts and to implement Social Mobilisation Program