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For
Children
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Freeing
child slave workers from the silk looms, workshops, restaurantsd,
stone quarries throughout Kanchipuram District and placing them
in Schools with Further follow-up.
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Play
and Study Centres for Child workers.
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Campaign
programmes against child labour.
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Organizing
parents of Child workers into self help groups, for empowering their
families.
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Organizing
Children’s Parliaments for helping kids Practically, to grow
up in socio-political and human rights consciousness.
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Preparatory
Schools, especially for Tribal kids to promote formal school education
among them.
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VIDHAI
(Seed) , a monthly magazine for and by children
| PROGRAMME
AGAINST CHILD LABOUR |
Kanchipuram
60 kms west of Chennai city is historically famous and internationally
known for its silk sarees. But it engages today at least 10,000
children in weaving and deprives them of their childhood, education
and a worthwhile future.
In
order to free and prevent kids from these hell holes of child
slavery, we conduct regularly.
Campaigns
To
conscientise parents of child workers govt officials and the
general public through cultural activities, public meetings,
posters etc.
Play
and Study Centres
Where
child workers meet after work hours, play games, learn literacy
skills, discuss their problems and future and prepare themselves
to join public schools.
Children’s
Parliaments
To
help children grow up with socio-political and human rights
Consciousness.
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For
Students
- Kanchipuram
Community College (KCC) – to train uneducated youth and school
drop-outs in life skills, Technical Trades and Academic University
Education.
- Employment Facilitation.
- Coaching classes
for school final students
| KANCHIPURAM
COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
Due
to a felt need for fresh initiatives that would empower the
people to face the emerging conditions of total domination by
money and market forcesand dwindling employment chances, we
started in July 2002, the Kanchipuram Community College(KCC).
KCC
envisions to build a society of educated and enlightened personalities;
a society with charismatic and committed leaders, a society
sans inequalities, and in-justices and where rights of all are
respected by all, where freedom and brotherhood are the valued
virtues.
At
KCC we provide:
Quality
University Degree Education
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Life Coping Skills
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Communication Skills & Spoken English
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Technical Skills & Computer operations
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Earn while You learn Opportunities
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Employment Facilitation, and
- Free
midday meals
All
these are provided to rural poor girls and boys and school drop-outs
at very affordable costs.
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For
the marginalized people
- Trainings in
Social Analysis, Human Rights, Leadership and Income-Generation activities.
- Organising the
unorganized rural workers into Unions and Self Help Groups.
- Community Banking.
For
Tribal Development
- Freeing bonded
Irula Tribals from rice mills, stone quarries and brick kilns and
rehabilitating them
- Co-operative
Stone Quarry.
- Co-operative
Herbal Plants Nursery and Herbal Dispensary.
Dr.
Ambedkar Centre
- Publishing DALIT
MURASU a Prestigious monthly magazine to expose and fight atrocities
on Dalits and Tribals.
- A Library of
Books and Documents on Dalit Reality.
- Producing Video
Films for Documenting atrocities on Dalits and Tribals and campaigning
for human rights of the marginalized people.
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