HENNAI: North Chennai, home to a fishing harbour and several cottage industries, is also among the areas where child labour is rampant. Noting the high incidence of child labour in the area, an NGO, Karunalaya Social Service Society, has decided to launch a project to create a child labour-free zone in North Chennai industries and prevent school dropouts in slums, streets and housing tenements.
Results of the `50-lakh project funded by the Dutch embassy, will be used to undertake rescue and rehabilitation operations, under the National Child Labour Project. Karunalaya has been working with streetchildren and working children for 15 years, but a recent literacy awareness campaign showed that there was still a long way to go before all children in the area are put in school.
"We found godowns closing on GA Road, which is similar to T Nagar here, because news spread that there was a child labour raid. We realised that there was little chance of such kids being rescued unless we made public the number of such children and which industries employ them," said Karunalaya director N Paul Sunder Singh. So, the NGO, with financial support from the Dutch embassy, is launching a study on the number of child labourers, their ages, family backgrounds, and which industry they are employed in.
Results of the `50-lakh project funded by the Dutch embassy, will be used to undertake rescue and rehabilitation operations, under the National Child Labour Project. Karunalaya has been working with streetchildren and working children for 15 years, but a recent literacy awareness campaign showed that there was still a long way to go before all children in the area are put in school.
"We found godowns closing on GA Road, which is similar to T Nagar here, because news spread that there was a child labour raid. We realised that there was little chance of such kids being rescued unless we made public the number of such children and which industries employ them," said Karunalaya director N Paul Sunder Singh. So, the NGO, with financial support from the Dutch embassy, is launching a study on the number of child labourers, their ages, family backgrounds, and which industry they are employed in.
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