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 […]
Celebrated on June 5th 2010, the World Environment Day gives us the opportunity to assess environmental issues worldwide and to stimulate people to act for its conservation. Environmental issues in India are especially worrying. As part of a global help strategy towards sustainable development, the organization Humanium has been developing an Indian environmental program. Launched […]
India is the biggest child labour market in the world. 60 million children under 14 work, 10 million of whom in a state of servitude. To eradicate this plague durably, Humanium organizes awareness campaigns to inform parents of the negative consequences of child labour. Poverty is the main reason for child labour. In underprivileged families, […]
Humanium is conducting veterinary camps to ensure the heath of the livestock, essential to the villagers livehoods. In Sankarapuram village, most families depend on livestock for their livehoods, such as cows for selling milk, ox for land ploughing, goat rearing for selling meat, chicken for selling meat and eggs. Based on the demand of the […]
One Child Rights Protection Committee has been established in Sankarapuram in order to monitor effectively the Rights of the Child in the village. Composed by parents and teenagers, the Committee is aimed at the realization of the Rights of the Child such as their Education Right, Health Right, or also the right to be raise […]
The creation of Self Help Groups promotes solidarity within communities and provides support to the villagers in order to face daily challenges. These groups, for women, help them to develop their professional skills as well as providing entrepreneurial development trainings. Thus they develop their autonomy and can start an income-generating activity. Since the project began, […]
Karthika, 24 years of age, village of Sankarapuram “Before, there was simply not enough to eat for the whole family. We were hungry, my husband, me and my son were under-nourished. Every day was a struggle for survival.” Karthika, her husband and her son Dhivesh are part of the nourishment program of Humanium. The whole […]
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 […]
A Good Governance Committee was established to enable the Sankarapuram villagers to contribute to the decisions made in their community and thus become influential in what goes on in the village. In order to promote the sustainable development of the village, the Good Governance Committee will ensure social and economic resources are managed in a […]
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 […]
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