THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT OF WORKING CHILDREN

The National Movement of Working Children is a National Federation of working children’s organisations and unions in India. It acts as a common platform to uphold children’s rights and solve the causes of child labour. The efforts of the constituent member organisations have improved the quality of many children’s lives. Through the movement and through their respective unions children are committed to transform the lives of countless child labourers and ensure that they realise their rights as children. They also want to ensure that children do not have to work and that children in the generations to come will have a quality of life that is better than theirs.

This movement was formed on November 20th 1999. This day was chosen to mark the 10th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The constituent member organisations of this movement are:
  1. Hasiru Sangha, c/o Apsa, Bangalore, Karnataka
  2. Bhima Sangha, c/o CWC, Bangalore, Karnataka
  3. Yalenakshatra Sangha, c/o World Vision Bangalore, Karnataka
  4. Indradhanush Sangham, c/o Apsa Hyderabad, Andrapradesh
  5. Mahashakti Sangham, c/o Cedar, Kivilpatti, Tamilnadu
  6. Vidiyal Vanavil Sangam, c/o Vidiyal Sakti, Madurai, Tamilnadu
  7. Young Pillars, c/o World Vision, Gudiyattam,Tamilnadu
  8. Vanavil Sangham, c/o World Vision, Shivakasi, Tamilnadu
  9. Shishu Panchayat, c/o Agragamee, Kasipur, Orissa
  10. Prajwala Children's Movement, c/o World Vision, Vishakapattanam, Andrapradesh
  11. Aryan Balavikash Sangha, c/o World Vision Jaipur, Rajasthan
  12. Shakti Sangha, c/o Ujvala Rural Devolopment Society, Vijaypura Jamakhandi, Karnataka

Organisations waiting for membership - They participate as observers:

  1. Marg, c/o APCCW, Hyderabad
  2. Makkala Dhvani, c/o Chiguru Samsthe, Magadi, Bangalore Rural District, Karnataka
  3. H.C. H. Organisation, Hyderabad, Andrapradesh
  4. World Vision- Hosur, Tamilnadu
  5. World Vision- Chennai, Tamilnadu
  6. World Vision- Dharmapuri, Tamilnadu
  7. World Vision- Gulbarga, Karnataka
  8. World Vision- Bhuvaneshwar, Orissa
  9. World Vision- Gundulpet, Mysore, Karnataka
  10. Kamana Billu Sangha, c/o World Vision- Bellary, Karnataka
  11. World Vision- Rajamandri, Andrapradesh
  12. SOS, Vishakapattanam, Andrapradesh
  13. YMCA, Vishakapattanam, Andrapradesh
  14. Priyadarshini, Vishakapattanam, Andrapradesh
  15. Balatejassu,  Vishakapattanam, Andrapradesh
  16. Donbosco, Vishakapattanam, Andrapradesh
  17. Childline, Vishakapattanam, Andrapradesh
  18. Child Foundation India, Vishakapattanam, Andrapradesh
  19. Seed, Vishakapattanam, Andrapradesh
  20. Space, Vishakapattanam, Andrapradesh
  21. New Hope, Vishakapattanam, Andrapradesh
  22. Rama Laxmana Yuvajana Sangam, Vishakapattanam, Andrapradesh
  23. Young India Project, Penugonda, Andrapradesh
  24. Navajivan, Vijayavada, Andrapradesh
  25. Andrapradesh Child Rights Forum, Vijayavada, Andrapradesh

They also celebrate April 30 as Child Labour Day, a tradition begun by Bhima Sangha and now followed throughout the Country and some parts of the world.

 

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