Sankalp, over the years has been striving to restore the childhood to the children working the hazardous brass industry in Moradabad. We have successfully weaned away 495 children from work and mainstreamed them into education. Now near their home in Rehmat Nagar on Sambahal road is a beautiful building, which they proudly call their ‘Sankalp School’ Along with the education given at Sankalp, the children also enjoy a wide range of extra-curricular activities accelerating the all round development of the child. Formal education is also being facilitated to children in various government schools associated with us. We have also started five satellite centres to provide a conducive environment for the growth of these children from class 1 to class 4.
We, at Sankalp work closely with the parents of the children and the community in an effort to provide a better future for the children. Without the participation of the community, it is an impossible task to spread awareness about the hazards of child labour and to eliminate the problem from the root. At Sankalp, we are proud that our efforts have bore fruit. We have been able to restore the right to childhood to many and resolve to continue our effort in the future.
Isn’t it time that you become a partner in the mission to eliminate this social evil from its roots?
Let us together strengthen our resolve to bring about this positive change. ASK- Sankalp Sponsor a Child Program was started to bring about a greater participation of this society. Over the years, many individuals and organizations from all over the world have recognized our effort and have been supporting the children through sponsorship. Child sponsorship is a way of raising long-term support for children whilst providing a rich and rewarding experience to donors. It establishes a relationship between a donor and a child in a way that personalizes the challenges of community development while allowing donors to see how their money is making a difference to the life of an individual child, family and their community. Sponsorship helps provide necessities such as access to quality education, primary health care, nutrition, immunization and recreation and creativity inputs.
You can help by contributing in one of the following categories:
Category of Sponsorship |
Amount |
For Non formal Education |
Rs. 6000.00 per year/per child |
For Formal Education |
Rs. 2500.00 per year/per child |
For Satellite Centres |
Rs. 1200 per year/per child |
For a Children’s Event |
As per the requirement of specific event (sports day, children’s rally) |
For Non formal education your sponsorship amount will be utilized in providing for his/her education, ample recreation opportunities, daily dose of supplementary nutrition and regular healthcare. The sponsorship amount is Rs. 500 (10.50 US $) per month/ Rs. 1500 per quarter (31.25 US $) /or Rs 6000 (125 US $) annually. In the formal education, your money will be utilized to provide better education, recreation and health facilities for the children. The satellite centres provide these facilities to children who are between 5 and 10 years of age. (All donations/contributions to ASK are 50% tax exempt under section 80G of the Indian Income Tax Act. ASK is registered under FCRA).
As a sponsor you will be in touch with the child through child photograph and profile, annual progress report of the child, communication from the child and the annual sponsor meet organized to interact with the child. So, if you believe you can be a partner in change and would like to support children in difficult circumstances, please mail us at ask@askindia.org.
“A child working is therefore a future denied”- the ILO Website.
Childhood is a unique gift that any individual has the natural right to claim. But for many this natural right is more of a myth than a reality. A recent ILO survey of child labour in Ghana, India, Indonesia and Senegal found that 25 per cent of all children between 5 and 14 years of age had been engaged in an economic activity and that around 33 per cent of the children did not attend school. Moreover, Uttar Pradesh, in India has the highest concentration of child labourers than anywhere in the world. The recent amendment to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, banning child labour in any form is definitely a major impetus in the resolve to end this practice. But, there is a long way ahead.
ASK- Sankalp, initiated in Moradabad in 1998 with an aim of reducing this suffering. Our resolve has been to change the llives of children in difficult circumstances. Moradabad is renowned for its brass industries. But this bustling industrial town has a grim reality. It is home to innumerable children who work in the hazardous brass factories. They work on minimum wages which can barely sustain them. These children are also prone to several health hazards including tuberculosis as they are continuously exposed to toxic fumes at the household units. Thus, development and rehabilitation of these children and addressing complex issues pertaining to child labour have always been the focal point of our program.
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