“Childhood is meant for learning, and adulthood is meant for earning.”

At IGSS, we stand firm on this belief and have therefore made considerable efforts to curb child exploitation that happens by means of child labor.

Help is Our Main Goal!

After many years of experience at the ground zero level, the root cause of child labor is poverty. Children are forcefully sent to work at these toxic places by their parents so that they can earn money for the family. They are forced to work for a stretch of not less than 9-10 hours only to be given bare minimum money with no food supplies. As a child care NGO working to elevate each child from the clutches of this social evil, Hum Sab Ne Ye Thana Hai, Baal Majdoori Ko Hatana Hai. We aim to put this into execution by means of our regular rescue programs that are tailored to stop the supply of children for child labor by sending them to schools or educating them by giving combined classes and also addressing the most pressing needs of the victims of child labor.

The evil of child labor is mostly experienced by children living in the underdeveloped areas of the city, outskirts of the city, or at the slum regions of the city. Many children from these areas only, where people are highly illiterate and lack knowledge regarding their rights, usually find themselves becoming prey to child trafficking as well.

Children subjected to evils such as sexual harassment, physical and mental abuse, and child abuse usually turn into heinous human beings who, in return, cause more harm to society. We aim to put an end to child labor so that these activities are not performed by following measures such as -

• Addressing the underlying issue, which is poverty, with the parents of such children, preaching them other ways of earning money without using their kids.
• Conducting regular awareness programs at various villages and slums to spread awareness regarding the hatefulness of child labor.
• Making education free and not a luxury for all children.
• Developing schools into safe places without gender discrimination. Educating students about their fundamental rights so that they can never be exploited again.
• Organizing regular rehabilitation programs for children who have been victims of abuse or trafficking.
• Providing safe shelter for children who have been disowned by their poverty-stricken families.

Child labor cases in India account for about one-third of the total child labor issues in Asia and about one-fourth of child labor-accused children in the entire world. Malnourished children walking as rag pickers on the roads, children with sunken chests and thin bone frames begging for money or working at hazardous factories is a common sight in the city that no one really thinks about. We, as a Child labour NGO at IGSS, aim to demolish this image completely out of sight with the aid of our very helpful team along with the support of people from all across the city.

Article 24 of the Indian Constitution states that no child below the age of 14 will be employed to work in any factory or at any hazardous employment place, yet there has been no real implementation of it. According to recent stats, maximum cases of child mortality are reported because of the hazardous factories such as glass cutting, beedi rolling, construction sites, and firework factories they are forced to work at.

We, as an NGO for children, aim to replace every child's overworked hands with the power of education so that not only are they cut off from the chain of child labor, but they also act as a means to stop the spread of this evil altogether..