Millions of people are famishing and forced to live a life in the absence of basic comforts. They do not have food, clothes, and houses to live safe and healthy. 40% of India’s population is below the age of 18 years which at 400 million is the world’s largest child population. One in every ten children is disabled in India. Only 38% of India’s children below the age of 2 years are immunized. In India, only 53% of dwellings have a primary school. In India, only 20% of the population have a secondary school. On an average, a higher primary school is 3 km away in 22% of areas under habitations. In nearly 60% of schools, there are less than two teachers to teach Classes I to V. On average, there are less than three teachers per primary school. They have to conduct classes from I to V every day. Dropout rates increase alarmingly in class III to V, its 50% for boys, 58% for girls. 1 in 40, a primary school in India is conducted in open spaces or tents. More than 50 percent of girls fail to enroll in school; those that do are likely to drop out by the age of 12. 50% of Indian children aged 6-18 do not go to school.
What can we do as individuals?
Support them
- NGO
Connect with NGOs to understand the need in the community and support the families who are struggling to support and fund their children’s future. Below mentioned are some NGOs working towards the same goal of raising money for the underprivileged children.
Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA)
BBA is one such organization that is running with local law enforcement and policy-makers to preserve child rights. Millions of migrant workers & daily wage earners and laborer have lost their livelihood due to the lockdown. Their young children are at risk of becoming victims of trafficking, forced/bonded labor, commercial sexual exploitation, or even illegal organ harvesting. Donate to this organization today to protect child rights.
Make A Difference (MAD)
Ideated by six passionate friends in Kochi, this youth-driven organization registered as a nonprofit in 2006. Currently, the organization works with 3,400 children in 23 cities with the help of an impressive 3,800 strong volunteer base.
Teach for India (TFI)
Shaheen Mistri, the founder of TFI, believes that only a people’s movement can ensure children’s quality education. With a presence in 7 cities where 1,100 fellows are shaping the lives of 38,000 students, TFI is ensuring children receive education and at the same time building dynamic young leaders.
Child Help Foundation (CHF)
CHF imparts quality education to needy children through our various projects. Child Help Foundation today supports Child Care Institutes and Schools across the country. CHF supports them to complete their primary and secondary education.
Child help foundation today has touched the lives of 3,24,207 children staying in various Child Care Institutions and Schools and still reaching out to those who need our support.
- Raise Funds and Seek donations
Raising funds online is the new trend and is the easiest way to provide help to the unfortunate and needy. Anyone interested in raising funds can raise campaigns with a proper and accurate cause and storyline to raise funds for the children in need.
Causes can be raised for the supply of educational materials to building a school for the backward and underprivileged.
- Adopt a career for the child
Help any child who has visions for his future and provide the child with mental and financial support. Guide the child with the right path to his dreams. Render him with ideas and suggestions for the road which the child has chosen for himself.
- Give them hope in life
Every life born in this world should have a fair chance in life, but sometimes it is difficult for some due to lack of facilities, opportunities and mostly because of money. This leads to a loss of light or hope in life, where the child cannot walk down the path that the child wants to.
Therefore, We need to motivate children, help them when they are moving down the wrong path and guide them.
Educate them
- Mobile School
Convert any abandoned bus, vans to a classroom and help educate children in rural areas by driving into the depths of rural areas where there are villages located. In this manner, this can become a mobile school. Money can be raised online to help in the management of these types of methods
- Create a positive atmosphere
Children living in slums tend to get distracted very easily with other random things happening. It is a key point to create a positive atmosphere, so the children can understand all the possibilities and opportunities they have moving on in life.
- Determine what each student is interested in
Every single child has their imaginations and mindset with respect to things. Understanding a child’s need is the main objective to help in guiding the child’s future.
- Measure this progress frequently
All children have their own mental capabilities in understanding school work and subjects. It is essential to track the progress of the child in his school work and help those who lack behind. This will help children who require extra tutoring in studies.
- Volunteer
You can volunteer as a teacher and as a guidance counsellor in helping the children and educating them.
- Provide them with study materials
Donate study materials such as books, digest, textbooks, publications, and children. Help in raising money for the study matter or start an online campaign of a crowdfunding website.
Arrange activities
- Set Up a small training unit to teach skills to children
Step up training programs to help kids learn new skills and also to create interest in new upcoming projects and activities. Young people need to hold on to the curiosity and love of learning they possessed as children. The early the skill process is started, the best it will be for the coming future.
- Present children with Outdoor sports activities
Children have time and freedom to move around, run off their energy, potential and develop sweat, through physical outdoor activities, they can improve their speed, strength, stamina and instrument skills. This results in support of the improvement of their self-image, self-esteem and an awareness of their own body. Outdoor sports build one’s character and his/ her good for keeping physical health in check.
- Introduce them to arts and craft
Arts and craft help in bringing out the creative side of the child. It provides children with a unique, fun, creative, opportunity to learn and improve their skills. A creative outlet shows your child that he or she can make choices and be innovative in a variety of ways.
Contributing in small ways and helping in making others’ lives better will give you immense joy and pleasure. This is the time to contribute and raise money for our upcoming future.
Raise money through our crowdfunding website Filaantro.org
