Oath campaign against child labour launched at emax

An oath campaign against child labour was launched by the youth club prayas of emax group of institutions on the occasion of anti child labour day. Teams comprising of members of youth club visited industrialists, traders, and residents and urged them not to engage children below 14 years for work. ‘Please protect child rights', ‘Stop engaging children in work', ‘Implement Right to Education Act strictly', ‘Provide healthy atmosphere for children for a healthy society'; these are some of the slogans raised by club members. Led by president Sunil Arya & Vice President Praveen Sharma, members participated in awareness campaigns which included distribution of oath letters for not employing child below 14 years in their work places. The various ill effects of child labour were told to public. Effects such as conversion of a child labour into thief, lowering literacy rate, child marriages etc were campaigned to public. Poor families of labours and brick klin workers were given knowledge about family planning/control so that they are not burdened by children. They are advised not to keep small children at home for taking domestic help in daily household chores. Youth club members urged other NGO’s to take some step in this direction so that smile can be brought to many faces and make this world a beautiful place for a child to live in.

Om Prakash Aggarwal, Chairman of emax institutes said that Hundreds of millions of girls and boys throughout the world are engaged in work that deprives them of adequate education, health, leisure and basic freedoms, violating their rights. Of these children, more than half are exposed to the worst forms of child labour such as work in hazardous environments, slavery, or other forms of forced labour, illicit activities such as drug trafficking and prostitution, as well as involvement in armed conflict. He stressed the need to educate children to mould them into good citizens. Stating that ‘child labour is a crime', chairman asked the club members to take up a drive against the child labour.

Vice Chairman PR Bansal asked the parents to send their wards to schools and said that many children are losing their future as they are engaged in works. He said that parents should not depend on the earnings of children. He said that it was the duty of every citizen to eradicate child labour. Expressing concern over the presence of child labour in some hotels, shops, automobile garages and sheds and in domestic works, he called upon the people to admit children in schools and put an end to child labour