The NCPCR, International Labour Organisation and UNICEF have called the world’s attention to the plight of millions of children around the world who are exploited as child labour, including in domestic work. “Children in domestic work are especially vulnerable to exploitation. Their work is often hidden from the public eye, they are isolated and very […]
World Day Against Child Labor: Just Say NO!
June 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
No to child labor in domestic work! GENEVA (ILO News) – An estimated 10.5 million children worldwide – most of them under age – are working as domestic workers in people’s homes, in hazardous and sometimes slavery-like conditions, says the ILO. Six and a half million of these child labourers are aged between five and […]
Anuradha Bhosale to Speak at Vanguard University!
April 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Anti Child Labor and Women’s Rights Hero from India, Anuradha Bhosale, to Speak at Vanguard University Open to the public, renowned grassroots women’s rights and anti-child labor activist based in the Kolhapur district of India will speak Monday April 15th at 7:30 at Vanguard University Heath Building Room 100 Orange County CA – April 14, 2013: Anuradha […]
CalEarth Apprentice Arrives in Kolhapur to build (and teach) Super-Adobe Structures
January 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Excerpt from Whitey Flagg’s ShelterSpace blog In September I returned to Southern California to begin my long-term apprenticeship at Cal-Earth. I learned Super-adobe and many different types of foundations, flooring, plastering, waterproofing, and much more. I have been studying Permaculture for some time but was also able to participate in a PDC course and finally receive […]
Thank you for your support!
December 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Let’s make 2014 the year that helps lift children out of poverty. Working together we can do this! We thank you for your support throughout the year! “Children should be making sandcastles not bricks” photo credit: UNICEF #notochildlabour
50,000 Indian Children Trafficked Yearly
November 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Mother, I'm off to buy some sweets, I'll be back quickly to do my homework. Those were the last words 13-year-old Shivam Singh's mum heard from him. He never returned, becoming one of the 50,000 children who go missing every year in India. "My son left his books open, put on his sandals, combed his […]
Remembering Gandhi’s Second Son: Manilal Gandhi
November 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Source: ArunGandhi.net Last week October 29 was the birthday of Manilal Gandhi, Arun Gandhi’s late father and the second son of M.K. Gandhi. Here is a brief look at Manilal’s own life and legacy drawn from a few select sources: Listen to a 1954 interview w/ Manilal Gandhi Manilal Mohandas Gandhi (28 October 1892 – 4 […]
Gandhi Day: Gandhi’s Poignant Legacy
October 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
On the 143rd birth anniversary of my grandfather I am reminded of a poignant statement he made to a journalist who asked: What do you think will happen with your philosophy after you die? With sadness in his voice he said: “The people will follow me in life, worship me in death but not make […]
Kashmiri schoolchildren mark World Peace Day
September 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Published in The Express Tribune While violent protests raged across the country schoolchildren in Azad Jammu and Kashmir marked the International Day of Peace – which is celebrated around the world on September 21. Kashmiri schoolchildren celebrated the day by staging a grand walk at the Line of Control in Neelam Valley district to press […]
All children deserve a beautiful childhood
August 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Source: DNA Mumbai Sixty-five years after Independence, millions of Indian children are yet to be freed from the bondage of malnutrition, child labour, lack of education and child abuse. Their wait to enjoy their childhood and realize their full potential seems to be getting longer with every passing anniversary of our Independence. A look at […]
The Bandit Queen* of the Social Movement
July 30, 2012 by 2 Comments
Guest post by: Dr. Sunilkumar Lavate, Principal, Mahaveer College, Kolhapur *[EDITOR’S NOTE: India’s previous ‘Bandit Queen’, Phulan Devi (at right), was a seasoned bandit of north India. An ordinary village woman, she was abducted by outlaws and raped. She escaped and turned herself into a ‘bandit queen’ and avenged all of her assailants. After undergoing […]
India is a Hub for Child Sex Trafficking, says Clinton
July 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Despite Indian government progress to combat human trafficking, India continues to be a source, destination and transit country for forced labor and sex trafficking, noted the U.S. State Department in its annual “Trafficking in Persons” report released June 20 in Washington, D.C.* *Source: IndiaWest Speaking to a packed audience in the Benjamin Franklin room at […]
Bangladesh Child Laborers: Victims of apathy and neglect
July 8, 2012 by 1 Comment
Bangladesh's child population (under 18), comprising 45% of the total population are virtually unnoticed. They are vast untapped wealth that could be turned into effective manpower. Born mostly of poor parents, the male children supplement the meager income of the parents, while most female children in urban areas work as domestic help. A big number […]
Nestle Child Labor Violations Continue After a Decade of Promises
July 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Chocolate maker Nestle has AGAIN been accused of failing to carry out checks on child labour and other abuses in part of its cocoa supply chain. A report by an independent auditor, the Fair Labor Association (FLA), says it found "multiple serious violations" of the company's own supplier code. Nestle signed an agreement in […]
Nurturing Calcutta’s street children
June 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Source: Irish Times WHEN EDITH Wilkins was handed the keys of her new council home, with its spectacular views across the bay of Crosshaven in her native Co Cork last week, she was over the moon, describing herself and her two adopted children as “so incredibly lucky”. Friends have suggested it may be “karma”; […]