News & current issues
Inauguration of Namma Nalanda Vidyapeeta
Posted on October 16, 2012
Namma Nalanda Vidyapeeta was inaugurated on 8 October, 2012. Over 500 children, their parents, community members, Panchayat representatives, officials and Ministers gathered together to celebrate …
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Child Rights Friendly Panchayats
Posted on October 06, 2012
In an exceptional display of Children’s participation and Children’s Right to Self Determination, children of various Panchayats in the Kundapura Taluk in Udupi have been …
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Namma Nalanda Vidyapeeta – Inauguaration
Posted on October 06, 2012
The Concerned for Working Children is proud to announce the inauguration of its school – Namma Nalanda Vidyapeeta. Namma Nalanda Vidyapeeta is a model school …
Read more‘Taking Destiny In Their Hands’ documentary film
Posted on September 27, 2012
“Taking Destiny in their Hands” is the first attempt to visually document the relevance of the International Movement of Working Children and the central themes …
Read moreDebate on Corporal Punishment
Posted on September 15, 2012
The pupils ‘own’ the school as much as the teachers or the headmaster does, especially in government schools. The education transaction has to shift from …
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‘Citizens Today’ documentary film
Posted on September 12, 2012
‘Citizens Today’ is a film made by The Concerned for Working Children (CWC) in 2002 to provide an overview to our work in children’s citizenship. The …
Read moreMakkala Grama Swaraj (Born with Rights) documentary film
Posted on September 12, 2012
In order to document the experiences of the Makkala Panchayats and their immense positive impact on rejuvenating democracy, we have made the film ‘Makkala Grama …
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Heroor Panchayat’s Makkala Grama Sabha
Posted on September 11, 2012
The Makkala (Children’s) Grama Sabha in Heroor Panchayat was conducted on April 5th , 2011 in the middle of beautiful field. There was no hierarchy …
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Welcome to our new website
Posted on September 06, 2012
We’ve been working hard to make it easier than ever for you to learn about us, the work we do, and the children who inspire us through this new website. In some time we will migrate the old site (www.workingchild.org) completely, and it will be removed altogether.
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Banning child labour would deny thousands of children right to a livelihood
Posted on September 05, 2012
India’s cabinet has approved new measures to ban children under 14 from all kinds of work. But work provides a vital source of livelihood and skills for thousands of children.
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