Udupi District Children’s Manifesto for the Karnataka State Elections
Posted on April 27, 2023
Candidates contesting Karnataka Vidhan Sabha elections must include Child Rights in their Manifestos
Submitted by: Makkala Sanghas (Children’s Sanghas) of Udupi District, Karnataka
At CWC, we are very proud to partner with Children from Udupi district, who through the Makkala Sanghas (Children’s Sanghas) have put together a Manifesto of their demands for Candidates contesting Karnataka Vidhan Sabha elections.
A brief Background about the process by the Children themselves:
In Kundapur, Byndoor and Udupi talukas of Udupi district, we children have come together to form the Makkala Sanghas (Children’s association) with the facilitation of The Concerned for Working Children. We use our collective strength to raise our issues in the children’s gram sabha, with the taluk and district administrations. In fact, we have found solutions for some issues with the support of Panchayat, Taluk and District administration. But some of the issues we have, can only be addressed at the state level.
Assembly elections have been announced in our state of Karnataka. Therefore, we decided that it is important to discuss our issues and concerns with the candidates of our constituency who are standing for elections to form our state government.
So, we, about 150 children from various panchayats, as representatives of our Makkala Sanghas, came together on 18th April, 2023 to discuss and present the following issues before you on behalf of all our children. We hope that all party candidates will include these important issues of children, on priority, in their election manifestos and further plans of actions.
Please find our Children’s Manifesto for the Karnataka State Elections (Kannada and English versions) attached below.
ENGLISH Udupi District_Children’s Manifesto for the Karnataka State Elections_English
KANNADA Udupi District_Children Manifesto for the Karnataka State Elections KANNADA
