WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR: A STEPS TOWARDS CHANGE - SOS CV of India

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WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR
A STEPS TOWARDS CHANGE
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• Observed on June 12th every year, World Day
  Against Child Labour calls attention to the
  problem of child labour and the plight of
  children involved in the process worldwide. Child
  labour refers to depriving a child of his/her
  childhood by hampering their holistic
  development. At present, 541 workers between the
  ages of 15 to 24 constitute 15 of the total
  worlds labour force. Additionally, 152 million
  children between the ages of 5 to 17 around the
  world are engaged in child labour out of whom, 73
  million are involved in work which is hazardous
  in nature.
• (Sourcehttp//www.ilo.org/ipec/Campaignandadvocac
  y/wdacl/langen/index.htm)

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• Launched by The International Labour Organisation
  (ILO) in 2002, the day primarily focuses on the
  global extent of the issue and the actions
  required to address the problem, eventually
  eliminating it fully. In 2018, the focal point
  stands on a joint global campaign including World
  Day for Safety and Health (Safe Day) and World
  Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) emphasizing on
  the need to improve safety and health of young
  workers and to end child labour, respectively.

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• Launched by The International Labour Organisation
  (ILO) in 2002, the day primarily focuses on the
  global extent of the issue and the actions
  required to address the problem, eventually
  eliminating it fully. In 2018, the focal point
  stands on a joint global campaign including World
  Day for Safety and Health (Safe Day) and World
  Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) emphasizing on
  the need to improve safety and health of young
  workers and to end child labour, respectively.
• You cant regulate child labour. You cant
  regulate slavery. Some things are just wrong.
  Michael Moore

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WAYS TO ELIMINATE CHILD LABOUR
1. Check the age of your domestic help

• A child does not deserve to wash your dishes when
  he/she can enroll in a school. Always ensure to
  check the age of your maids, servants and cooks
  before hiring them. Deny having them on board if
  they are below the age of 18.

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2. Review national laws regarding child labour

• Educate yourself about the national laws
  regarding child labour. This will help you make
  right decisions and choices whenever needed and
  also help you gain knowledge about the dos and
  donts with respect to child labour.

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3. Provide support to children involved in child
labour

• Step up when you witness child labour in your
  environment. As a responsible citizen, it is your
  duty to speak up against and report ill practices
  that you see around you and support children
  involved in it you can do so by calling on 1098
  (Toll-Free). This is a 24-hour telephone helpline
  for children in distress. Further, you should
  educate the employer and the childs guardians
  about the wrong they are doing by letting a child
  indulge in such activities and how it could land
  them in trouble.

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WAYS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF YOUNG
WORKERS
1. Educating young workers

• In an organisation, it is vital for a worker to
  be aware about the processes in place related to
  their safety and health. Keeping employees in
  loop with regard to harassment cells, medical
  facilities like access to ambulances, fire
  extinguishers etc. can help them act effectively
  in case of a life threatening situation.

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2. Carry out workplace risk assessment

• It is vital to ensure that you provide a safe
  environment for your workers and employees to
  work in. Carry out a risk assessment activity to
  measure safety standards in the workplace. This
  will also help you address to the loopholes and
  act on them beforehand.

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3. Ensuring a first aid box in the workplace is
the way to go

• It is necessary for every workplace to have a
  safety kit in place in case of any emergency or
  any other related situation. This saves last
  minute panic.

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Role of SOS Childrens Villages of India

• SOS Childrens Villages of India is committed to
  ensure the health and safety of all children
  under its care. Besides providing them with
  nutritional, wholesome meals in a day, regular
  health check-ups are conducted by SOS India to
  monitor the health status of children. We have
  easy access to quality care services that include
  regular visits by a full time/part time doctor of
  the Village, tie ups with local and government
  hospitals and full time/part time nurse
  availability in the Village.

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How SOS India fights against Child Labour

• Family Strengthening Programme (FSP), one of the
  flagship programmes of SOS India is a preventive
  community intervention programme, designed to
  prevent children from losing parental care and
  getting abandoned. It aims at enabling families
  to move out of the vicious circle of poverty
  towards greater dignity and self-reliance by
  ensuring education of children, skill building,
  income generation and capacity building of the
  primary caregivers in a span of 5-7 years. By
  doing so, vulnerability of children stemming out
  from such families is minimised and they are at a
  much lesser risk of getting involved in child
  labour. Besides education, health standards of
  all children enrolled in the FSP are also
  regularly monitored.
• Preparing and preventing is always better than
  repairing and repenting.- Anonymous

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• Thank you!
• Visit https//www.soschildrensvillages.in/world-da
  y-against-child-labour-a-step-towards-change/
• for more information!