Say No to Child Labour: Educo’s digital campaign to end child labour in India

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(1888PressRelease) June 14, 2022 - Educo, a global child rights organisation, urges the governments, NGOs and civil society to join hands to end child labour in India. Working globally for over three decades, Educo has been working in India since 1998, focusing on ensuring children’s rights and wellbeing. Educo’s work in 14 countries across Asia, Latin America, Africa and Europe comprises work with the most vulnerable children in warn torn regions or struggling economies putting families at risk.

On World Day Against Child Labour, Educo in India reiterates its commitment to end child labour in India by bringing together collective voices of one and all. As part of its interventions in Odisha, Karnataka, and Maharashtra, Educo has intervened in many cases of children engaged in labour work. Our years of work have shown how such engagement is extremely detrimental to children’s physical and mental health. They are further deprived of education or any developmental activity, and thus, their chance at any better future is further jeopardised.

Child labour truly robs children and adolescents of their innocence and childhoods. Educo, along with its partner NGOs, is committed to ending this practice. For the same, Educo has launched a digital campaign ‘Say No to Child Labour’ which aims at sensitising the masses on the perils of abuse of children in the form of child labour. If you are committed to the rights of children and want to do your bit to ensure their safety and wellbeing, please visit www.saynotochildlabour.org and take the pledge against child labour now.

Our work with local partner NGOs in different states has shown how children and adolescents from tribal/ ethnic groups, marginalised communities or vulnerable due to their social and economic status, leave for bigger cities like Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi etc. to supplement the earnings of their families. For girls, as moving out is not an option, they work in other people’s fields or at construction sites. In all cases, they face abuse, exploitation and violation and never come out of the cycle of poverty.

Through the digital campaign ‘Say No to Child Labour’, Educo is committed to bringing together stakeholders from all walks of life together to strengthen a collective voice to eradicate the evil of child labour from India. The campaign will give a platform for all to become aware of the gravity of the issue of child labour and what they can do at their level to discourage it. It aims at spreading awareness, building a collective conscience against this evil and mainstreaming the discourse around child rights in the country.

When you take the pledge at www.saynotochildlabour.org, you are not only committing to not engaging any child in labour for your work but also committing to spreading awareness on the issue, discouraging others from engaging children in work and also taking all possible steps for supporting children in such exploitative conditions.

Your pledge is your commitment to the children of the country and their future. This one step from you will go a long way in creating a cadre of socially aware citizens who prioritise children and are committed to children’s rights and wellbeing.

If you have any questions regarding the issue of child labour or want to know what more you can do to help children, write to us at contact ( @ ) sayntochildlabour dot org

For the Educo India office, contact:

Guruprasad Rao
Country Director, Educo India
guruprasad.rao ( @ ) educo dot org +91-8800367410

Apurva Singh
Communications Lead, India
apurva.singh ( @ ) educo dot org +91-8860683086

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