Children should be learning, playing, and growing, not working. Yet gaps in awareness, enforcement, and community systems continue to place children at risk of labour and exploitation. Without coordinated action, families may struggle to access the support and protections children are entitled to.
ChildFund India’s Zero Child Labour initiative works to eliminate child labour by strengthening community vigilance and government systems, while ensuring children’s right to education, protection, and holistic development. The programme identifies children at risk, supports families, and builds convergence between communities, schools, and government mechanisms to create safe environments where children can thrive.
Children at risk of or engaged in labour are identified through household visits, community outreach, and coordination with local leaders and child protection mechanisms, with a focus on marginalised families.
Parents, children, and adolescents are engaged through awareness sessions on the harmful impact of child labour, children’s rights, and available protection services, encouraging shared responsibility and reporting.
Government officials, local self-governments, and community stakeholders are trained on child protection laws, enforcement responsibilities, and rehabilitation measures to strengthen coordinated action.
Structured stakeholder consultations bring together government departments, child protection systems, civil society, and community leaders to analyse local challenges and align responses.
Increased awareness of child labour laws and children’s rights
Stronger community vigilance and reporting of child labour cases
District-level strategies in place to prevent and respond to child labour
Reached 170 district and local self-government stakeholders and 1,800 community members
Children below 18 years and their families in spice-growing communities in Jaisalmer and Barmer (Rajasthan) and Bhadrachalam (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana), supported through parents, employers, frontline workers, and community stakeholders.
Strengthened community and local systems to prevent and respond to child labour in cumin and chilli supply chains by increasing awareness, supporting child groups, building frontline worker capacity, and reinforcing village-level child protection mechanisms to reduce risks linked to migration and economic stress.
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