Mobile Education Programme for Working Children

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Summary

If children can not got to school take the school to them, the project is “Mobile education program for child labour."

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

There are 1500 children working in hazardous brick kilns, stone quarrying, handlooms and these children can not attend even our education centres, present government education programs do not reach them. There is no suitable environment to conduct classes in their working place. Avan will visit during their rest times they can learn through recreational learning methods. They will be motivated to go back to schools. In a year 150 working children and 500 families benefit from this program.

Activities

1. Mobile recreational learning centre in the van covering 150 working children per day 2. Bridge courses to help them continue their formal education to benefit 75 children. 3. Health camps in 20 villages for the working children

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $475
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $27,579
Total Funding Goal: $28,054

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

*Education and health opportunities will be created for working children. *Public awareness about child rights and child labour issue and child labour will be eliminated and all children will go to schools. *Suitable government policies and prog

Project Message

If children are not coming to school, take the school to the children because education is a fundamental right of children
- T,V. Murali, Director

Who is Running This Project

Contact

T.V. Murali,
Founder
354A, 14th Cross Street, Thiruvalluvar Nagar
Thiruvanmiyur
Chennai, Tamilnadu 600041i
India
0091-44-24410265
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Project Sponsor

K.R.Renuka

Organization

Action for Child Labour -Cholai
354 A, 14th cross street
Thiruvalluvar nagar, Thiruvanmiyur
Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600041
India
044 -24410265
http://www.cholaiindia.org.in

Learn more about Action for Child Labour -Cholai and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in India and can also be found under Education.

For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on December 02, 2007.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 30, 2007.

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