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An army of children toils in African mica mines
TARANTA-BAS, Madagascar — A boy climbs out of a pit in the ground and shields his eyes from the sun. His hands and feet are covered in dust, his T-shirt and shorts covered in rips. The boy has spent the last several hours working inside the pit. Now above ground, he...
“I Call Upon The PM To Ensure Clear Air”: Kailash Satyarthi’s Letter To India’s Children
My dear children, I am sorry. I am sorry we have deprived you of the happiness of celebrating you and your day. Your compassion, courage and commitment for other children, is the shining sun above the dense and dark clouds. Yet, I was happy and proud to learn that on...
Mica scavenging in Jharkhand destroys lives and environment
Broken nails are possibly the least of all the horrors of mica scavenging in and around abandoned mines in the eastern Indian province of Jharkhand. Exploitative child labour, death by suffocation in mining shafts, severe health hazards such as tuberculosis for the...
Why Kailash Satyarthi’s Nobel Prize Was A Win For Children The World Over
Exactly five years ago on October 10, 2014 came an important announcement that the Nobel Peace Prize for that year had been awarded to Kailash Satyarthi. Even Google servers were choked as people across the world were frantically searching for him on the internet. A...
Girl power to the fore
Bal Mitra Gram (BMG), a path-breaking concept introduced by Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation, is a village where all the children are free from exploitation and are going to schools to pursue education. The most important and integral part of this concept is...
Over 70,000 march for free education for girls
Mumbai: Over 70,000 people initiated a ‘Girls March to School’ on Friday in order to create awareness about the need for free and compulsory education for girls till the age of 18. The initiative organised by Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation (KSCF) along with...
