GOAL & OBJECTIVES – 

• GOAL – To eliminate child labor and human trafficking by enabling (vulnerable) communities to shape their life in enabling environment to exercise sustained
• freedom and citizenship rights.

• Objective – 1. To provide basic education and Life Skills through ELSD (EDUCATION & LIFE SKILL DEVELOPMENT) CENTRES to drop out children and child labors in a homogeneous environment to make them resilient to human trafficking.

• Objective – 2. To build the capacity of young women and girls to develop their potential in life skills and livelihood promotion to alleviate their poverty as natural factor to curb human trafficking.

• Objective – 3. To enable the citizens to recognize human trafficking as a problem and a social issue that concerns their family, women, children and the communities.
• Objective – 4. Strengthening network of grassroots committees (e.g, Community Vigilance Groups-CVGs) and Linkages with Sensitization to  the Government on the issue.

KEY COMPONENTS – 

• • ELSDC (Education and Life Skill Development Centres)
  • CVG (Community Vigilance Groups)
  • Training of Staff / CVGs / Children groups (CHAI), etc.
  • Knowledge Learning Exposure of Staff / Key Members of Children Group / CVG 
  • Linkages Workshop (Block / Districts / State) with Government, Police, Panchayats, Community and other Stakeholders

• Street Plays in Project villages

• Awareness campaigns by Children groups / CVGs

PROJECT AREAS – 

• DISTRICT – 6 (Patna / Buxar / Banka / Purnea / Sitamarhi / West Champaran)
• BLOCKS – 9 // PANCHAYATS – 17
• VILLAGES – 150 (25 Villages in each Diocese District)

Target Social Groups – Mahadalits, Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Castes, Minorities (Women, child laborers, Adolescent girls & Children). 

Direct Beneficiaries: 

1. 18 centres x 40 children = 720 vulnerable children (2160 children in 3 years) through Education and Life Skill Development centres (ELSDCs) or “Hamari Jeevanshala”, if we change the Centres each year after satisfactory progress.  
2. 3000 (150×20) active members through 150 CVG (Community Vigilance Groups). 

Indirect Beneficiaries: 45000 population (50 HH x 150 Villages/Hamlets x 5 persons)

IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDERS:

• Parents  / Village Community
• Panchayat Raj Institutions members
• School Teachers
• Govt. Departments / Police
• NGOs
• Media; etc.

IMPORTANT KEY ACTIVITIES – 

• Knowledge Development Centres / Social Groups – 

1. Education and Life Skill Development Centers (ELSDC) – Establishment and Running with Quality Teaching and Innovative learning methods (as the Supplementary Knowledge Learning Centre for disadvantageous children)
2. Community Vigilance Groups (CVGs) (with restructuring and change strategy on case identification and livelihood generation)
3. Formation and nurturing of CHAI (Children in action and Innovation) Children Parliament group

• Capacity Building Trainings – 

1. Orientation and capacity building Training for Project Staff on Innovative Teaching and learning; Anti-human trafficking Systems in Bihar state and India; and Strengthen livelihood potential of the target population on sustainable mode of operation. 
2. Capacity Building Trainings of CVG members on Government system and copping mechanism to fight child labor and human trafficking
3. Capacity Building Trainings of CVG members on Government livelihood enhancement schemes and alternative options

•  Awareness Information & Network Building Workshops – 

1. Street Plays
2. Rallies / Competitions by Children and community
3. Block / District / State level Linkage and information sharing Workshops with Government, Panchayat, community and other stakeholders (including Media).