Evening Tuition Center in Sankarapuram

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An evening tuition center has been established in Sankarapuram’s village in order to help the children to successfully complete their education. In poor areas, most parents are illiterate; therefore, they cannot help their children with their homework, which often leads to the children’s loss of motivation. To fight against this issue, Humanium has established an […]

Child Labour in India

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As June 12th is the World Day against Child Labour, our organization Humanium would like to recall the issue of child labour in India. 60 million children work in India and 10 million of them work in slavery. The Indian Ministry of Labour’s official figure for total child workers is 12.6 million. According to the […]

The village of Sankarapuram is child-labour free

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Thanks to the support of Humanium, Sankarapuram is now a child labour free village. Child labour not only prevents children from acquiring the knowledge and skills necessary to build a better future, it also perpetuates poverty. There are many actions which contribute to eradicate child labour on a permanent basis such as: sending children to […]

Rehabilitation and equipment of the child day-care center

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The child care center of the village Sankarapuram has been fully renovated and equipped with educational material, tableware and a water purifier. The “Anganwadi center” is a free child care center set up by the Indian government which welcomes children from 3 to 6 years old, while their parents work. It also serves as an […]