Campaign Story
About the project
The east Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh has a very low transition rate from upper primary to high school especially for girls. The major reasons are distance from school, lack of sufficient number of high schools and colleges. COVID-19 crisis has pushed more number of children into child labor. The project works towards greater advocacy with the labor department and district administration to sensitize the communities on the ill effects of child labor.
Making a difference
CRY America’s Project SRAMA is working towards providing quality education to the children and to keep them out of the vicious cycle of child labor. The key activities under the project are identifying irregular children in schools and take measures to streamline them, sensitizing parents of dropout children on the importance of education, organizing career counseling sessions for 9th and 10th class children once in a year, providing training to village volunteers, Village Secretariat staff and cluster resource person on child rights and protection issues.
Action during COVID times
● Psychosocial well – being session for children were conducted in the context of COVID-19
● Oriented 112 members of COVID support group to acquire knowledge on COVID symptoms, vaccination, hospital facilities in the district, testing and tracking techniques
The way forward
● Orienting Anganwadi teachers on Early Childhood Education (ECE) programme components.
● Strengthening parents monitoring committee
● Conducting awareness programmes on child labor at the community level
● Implementing Life Skills Modules in child collectives to inculcate self-esteem and self confidence
● Transact life skills modules on sexual and reproductive health in adolescent girls collectives
The way forward
● Orienting Anganwadi teachers on Early Childhood Education (ECE) programme components.
● Strengthening parents monitoring committee
● Conducting awareness programmes on child labor at the community level
● Implementing Life Skills Modules in child collectives to inculcate self-esteem and self confidence
● Transact life skills modules on sexual and reproductive health in adolescent girls collectives
Project Impact
26
Children were rescued from child labor
23
Drop outs were mainstreamed
19
Child labor were mainstreamed into education
258
Children were covered under life skills sessions
238
Children were covered under psychosocial well-being in the context of COVID
Last Year’s Grant Disbursed: $23,939
Current Year’s Approved Grant
Story of intervention at the right time
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