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Community mobilization and participation in the process of eliminating child labour is another important ingredient in the process. Social and community mobilization efforts to eliminate child labour bring in a time element into the process, as they, in turn, motivate and monitor all the sectors involved to move fast towards the goal in a time-bound manner. The local community could be actively involved in all the three steps of prevention, rehabilitation and monitoring, bringing in ownership as well as accountability-
.Prevention
Identifying and responding to the needs of children at risk, as well as working children through regular interactions and awareness generation campaigns in partnership with local Non Government Organizations and authorities. Groups within the community could be formed with leadership from influential persons from within the community. They could in turn try to forge partnerships with local Non Government Organizations working in the area of child labour and join hands to help prevent the same.
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Rehabilitation
Identification and planning of integrating the children removed from work into the schooling system, in consultation with their parents and local schools as well as vocational training centers.
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Monitoring
Monitoring of the workplaces, where children were previously working, as well as schools and vocational centers, where these children have been enrolled, to ensure retention and to eliminate dropout and re-entry into work. Self Help Groups, Mothers’ Groups etc. can be brought in as monitoring mechanisms from within the community. Group meetings could be conducted to sensitize them towards the need to keep vigil on previously working children and ensuring that they go to school.
The local bodies can also be involved. Actions to be taken for awareness and social mobilization -
.Launching special anti Child Labour campaign through radio, Television, local cable channels by using the material developed by International Labour Organization
.Organizing rallies of school going children and youth groups
.Training children about consequences of child labour
.Developing awareness among employers, parents and young workers about labour laws
.Disseminating message of anti child labour through various ways like printing on electricity bills, tax bills, writing on State Transport buses etc.
.Giving award to District Collector whose district is child labour free
.Conducting awareness sessions in the meetings of Trade Unions for enhancing education of the children
.Obtain an undertaking while granting any license/permission from the applicant to the effect that he/she should not engage child labour; in case of violation cancel the license/permission
.Employers’ Association to influence the members not to employ child labour
.Employers’ Association to sponsor schemes in rehabilitation of child labourers.
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