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Child Development
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RLHP is committed to the rights of children: their right to nutritious food, health, education and play as well as their right to opportunities for proper physical, mental, emotional and intellectual growth.

RLHP is also committed to imparting non-formal education and
Supplementary Education to the children in the slums, and mainstreaming all slum children. |
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For millions of children in our country, life is a daily struggle for survival. They have to toil hard to meet their basic needs of food and clothing. Many have neither the protection of a home to grow up in nor the love and care of a family. |
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RLHP strives to give meaning to such underprivileged children through direct education provision and through campaigning (see also the section on street children) |
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Education for life - reaching the unreached |
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In 1984, the literacy rate of children was just 3% with most of the children going to work. In a bid to ensure child rights to all children, RLHP started Non-Formal Education programme as a strategic intervention till 2000 in 56 slums in Mysore, Mandya and Chamrajnagar districts. This has been very successful in rehabilitating over2500 child labourers
till this date. The literacy rate rose from 3% in 1985 to 98% in 2008. |
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Since 2000,
50 Supplementary Education centers have been functioning in the 56 slums that RLHP works with. The key objective is to improve the quality of education and to enhance the total development of children. This programme reaches 1498 children between the 5th and 10th standards. Results have been steadily improving; in 2008,
10th standard result among children in slums was 83.9%. |
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Summer camp and children Mela |
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Each year, a one-month summer camp for up to 3,000 children is organised. The aim is to prevent children from going back to work during school holidays and to develop childrens potential. The camp includes creative activities such as crafts, art, theatre and song alongside continuing education and skills development. As a culmination, Children Mela is organised in May for cultural expression of children. An exhibition of the handiwork of the children is also arranged. |
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Vidyodaya child rights forum for children The Vidyodaya Child Rights Forum, a network of child rights groups in slums plays positive role for the education and development of children. Strengthening the network of children groups in slums, developing leadership qualities among children and building awareness about child rights and encouraging the children to express their needs before the government have been the guiding principles of the Forum. The Forum supports all childrens programme and contributes to improving the quality of education in slums. |
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Child Rights Forum |
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Child
Rights Forum (CRF), which evolved out of mass child rights campaign in
100 rural areas of Mysore, Mandya and Chamrajnagar districts of
Karnataka is comprised of grassroot level members such as gram
panchayat members, anganwadi workers, teachers, self help group women,
local leaders and so forth. Right now, the CRF at district and taluk
level is functioning with the aim of making rural areas child friendly
communities.
Child Rights Resource Centre (CRRC), located in
RLHP’s premises, provides backstop support for dissemination and
advocacy on child rights issues through publications. Various
publications include child rights posters, calendars, stickers, wall
writings and ‘Makkala Dwani’ (Child’s Voice), a monthly newsletter in
Kannada that is circulated in rural and urban areas. CRRC helps
university students, teachers, government officials and activists for
updating their knowledge on child rights.
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Child Participation
With a view to make child
participation more meaningful for children in slums and villages, RLHP
conducted several awareness and training programmes on child right to
participation for parents, panchayat leaders, SDMC (School development
and monitoring committee) members and government officials.
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awareness building, children are being incorporated in SDMC, panchayat
and community meetings wherein children express children related
issues that are seriously addressed. The children also meet the Deputy
Commissioner and other officials, and present memorandum with their
demands for improvement of education and school facilities.
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The Rural Literacy and Health Programme (RLHP) has been selected
to feature in the Good Gifts Catalogue (www.goodgifts.org). You can
buy a gift to transform the life of an Indian street child (8021) or
create a medical fund for street children (SF10).
The price of the
gift is passed on to us in full. So, it is an excellent way of solving
your gift problems, and supporting our work.
The Good Gifts
Catalogue has a wedding list and wish list service, particularly
suitable for special occasions like anniversaries or significant
birthdays. You can use Good Gifts as in memoriam presents and keep a
few in stock for unexpected birthdays or Christmas gifts.
The purchaser gets
a card to give, or keep, acknowledging the gift, along with the
guarantee that the gift is always wanted.
http://www.goodgifts.org
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Funding :
TdH (G), Charities Advisory
Trust ,
UK,
Tzedakah Trust-Green Hotel,
Mysore |
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