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IPEC-KCLP: Chamarajanagar 0 M M I I D D T T E E R R M M E E V V A A L L U U A A T T I I O O N N R R E E P P O O R R T T PROJECT “Combating Child Labou r r and Economic Exploitation amongst Adolescents” Evaluation Conducted by: VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Unit of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, Mysore www.vild.edn.in Submitted to: National Child Labour Project Society, Chamarajanagar Project Supported by:

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MMIIDD TTEERRMM EEVVAALLUUAATTIIOONN RREEPPOORRTTPROJECT

““CCoommbbaattiinngg CChhiilldd LLaabboouurr aanndd EEccoonnoommiicc EExxppllooiittaattiioonn aammoonnggsstt AAddoolleesscceennttss””

Evaluation Conducted by:VVIIVVEEKKAANNAANNDDAA IINNSSTTIITTUUTTEE FFOORR LLEEAADDEERRSSHHIIPP DDEEVVEELLOOPPMMEENNTT

Unit of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, Mysore www.vild.edn.in

Submitted to: NNaattiioonnaall CChhiilldd LLaabboouurr PPrroojjeecctt SSoocciieettyy,, CChhaammaarraajjaannaaggaarr

Project Supported by:

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“““TTThhheee ooonnnlllyyy ssseeerrrvvviiiccceee tttooo bbbeee dddooonnneee fffooorrr ooouuurrr lllooowwweeerrr ccclllaaasssssseeesss iiisss tttooo gggiiivvveee ttthhheeemmm eeeddduuucccaaatttiiiooonnn,,, tttooo dddeeevvveeellloooppp ttthhheeeiiirrr lllooosssttt iiinnndddiiivvviiiddduuuaaallliiitttyyy………GGGiiivvveee ttthhheeemmm iiidddeeeaaasss ––– ttthhhaaattt iiisss ttthhheee ooonnnlllyyy hhheeelllppp ttthhheeeyyy rrreeeqqquuuiiirrreee,,, aaannnddd ttthhheeennn ttthhheee rrreeesssttt mmmuuusssttt fffooollllllooowww aaasss ttthhheee eeeffffffeeecccttt... OOOuuurrrsss iiisss tttooo

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NNNooowww iiifff ttthhheee mmmooouuunnntttaaaiiinnn dddoooeeesss nnnooottt cccooommmeee tttooo MMMooohhhaaammmmmmeeeddd,,, MMMooohhhaaammmmmmeeeddd mmmuuusssttt gggooo tttooo ttthhheee mmmooouuunnntttaaaiiinnn... IIIfff ttthhheee pppoooooorrr bbboooyyy cccaaannnnnnooottt cccooommmeee tttooo

eeeddduuucccaaatttiiiooonnn,,, eeeddduuucccaaatttiiiooonnn mmmuuusssttt gggooo tttooo hhhiiimmm”””

- Swami Vivekananda

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would like to convey our immense thanks to all those who have supported us in

one way or the other during the evaluation process. We take this opportunity to

submit our gratitude to Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, IAS, National Co-ordinator, ILO,

Bangalore, for his wholehearted co-operation for the Vivekananda Institute for

Leadership Development in completing this evolution assignment.

We would also like to express our gratitude to the chairman of NCLP Society and

District Commissioner of Chamarajanagar Mr. Vishwanath Reddy, IAS for his

continued co-operation throughout this assignment. We earnestly thank the Project

Director of NCLP Society and the co-operation of all the staff members. We would

like to convey our heartfelt thanks to each of them.

It is an important sign of maturity as evaluators are usually seen with suspicion and

defensive attitudes are more the rule than the exception. They have been looking to

this evaluation as a help for their own self-evaluation. We hope they will not be too

disappointed by its candid content and tone. We are, indeed, impressed by the

cumulative knowledge they represent in NCLP. NCLP has shared with the outside

agency. By doing so, NCLP’s relevance, efficiency, effectiveness and outreach can

continuously improve.

We would also like to convey our gratitude for the support of all the Block

Community Animators, Community Animators and Teachers of the project for

extending their helping hand to identify the child labour families and for

participating in the evaluation.

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We address our gratitude to all those who have guided us through interviews and

interaction, as well as all those who took time to answer the long questionnaires

during the interview. Their often vivid comments say a lot about NCLP importance.

Last but not the least, we also express our sincere thanks to all the staff of SVYM &

VILD in helping to complete this Evaluation report.

- Mr. Basavaraju. R Head – Projects, Vivekananda Institute for Leadership Development

Evaluation Team

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CONTENT

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................8 2. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................13

2.1 Introduction of the Mid Term Evaluation.........................................................................13 2.2 Background of the evaluation .............................................................................................14 2.3 Methodology Followed........................................................................................................15

3. PROJECT DESIGN...............................................................................................................19 3.1 The outline of the design as per the APSO .......................................................................20 3.2 The Design Followed in the Project ...................................................................................20

4. FINDINGS .............................................................................................................................22 4.1 Environment Building..........................................................................................................22

4.1.1. Wall paintings ...............................................................................................................23 4.1.2 Posters and Printed Material Posters and Printed Material ....................................26 4.1.3. Street plays.....................................................................................................................28 4.1.3 Video Clippings: ............................................................................................................31 4.1.4 Puppetry..........................................................................................................................32 4.1.5 Jatha, Rallies, Exhibitions, World child labour day and workshop .......................33 4.1.5. Utilization of Mass Media ...........................................................................................35

4.2 Capacity Building Exercise..................................................................................................37 4.2.1 Capacity Building for community:..............................................................................37 4.2.2 Capacity Building for Project staff and Key implementers .....................................39 4.2.3 Effectiveness of training programs .............................................................................41

4.3 Running of Bridge Schools and Mainstreaming ..............................................................43 4.3.1 Implementing Agencies Effectiveness ........................................................................43 4.3.2 Effectiveness of DBCs and RBCs .................................................................................43 4.3.2 Focus to migration children: ........................................................................................44 4.3.3 Teachers training and learning materials...................................................................49 4.3.4 Handmade teaching learning material .......................................................................53 4.3.5. Mobilizing Community and Stakeholders................................................................54

4.4 Survey and Benchmarking ..................................................................................................56 4.4.1 Monitoring Mechanism:................................................................................................57 4.4.2 Utility of Third Party Monitoring Mechanism: .........................................................57 4.4.2: Usage of monitoring tools: ..........................................................................................60

4.5 Income generation Trough Skills Training and self Employment promotion.............61 4.5.1. Market Analysis: ...........................................................................................................65

4.6 Vocational training for Adolescents...................................................................................68 4.7 Upgrading Local industries:................................................................................................73 4.8 Strengthening Community Monitoring Mechanism: ......................................................73 4.9 Child Track System...............................................................................................................74 4.10 Committees formed by the project ...................................................................................76 4.10 Financial Observation formed by the project .................................................................78 4.11 Activities – Statistical Update ...........................................................................................79

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5. NETWORKING AND LINKAGES ...................................................................................82 6. EVIDENCE OF SUSTAINABILITY ..................................................................................83 7. RECOMENDATIONS .........................................................................................................87

7.1 Environmental Building Activities:..............................................................................87 7.2 Capacity Building Exercise............................................................................................90 7.3 Running of Bridge schools and Mainstreaming.........................................................91 7.4 Networking and linkages ..............................................................................................92 7.5 Survey and Benchmarking – Involvement of Implementing Agencies ..................93 7.6 Suggested Planning and Monitoring Strategy: ..........................................................93 7.7 Documentation and Reporting: ....................................................................................94 7.8 Income generation through skills and self employment promotion.......................94 7.9 Upgrading local industries: ...........................................................................................96 7.10 Community monitoring and strengthening Grass Roots Institutional Capacities96

8. LESSONS LEARNT..............................................................................................................97 9 ANNEXURURE .....................................................................................................................99

9.1. Annexure 1- Evaluation Team ...........................................................................................99 9.1. Annexure 1- Questionnaire ..............................................................................................100 9.2.Annexure 2- Interviewees list ...........................................................................................121 9.3. Annexure 3 - NGO’s List ..................................................................................................125 9.4. Annexure 4- Testimony of the Beneficiary family ........................................................126 9.5. Annexure 5- Glimpse at the Mid Term Evaluation ......................................................127

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Acronyms ADB Agricultural Development Bank APSA Association for promoting Social Action APSO Action Programme summary outline BCA Block Community Animator BEO Block Education Officer CA Community Animator CBO Community Based Organization CDPO Child development project officer CEO Chief Executive Officer CLEC Child labour Eradication Committee CSO Country Strategy Outline

CWC Child Welfare Committee DBC Day bridge Centers DC District Commissioner DDPI Deputy Director of Public Instructions DIC District Industry Centre DID District industry department EO Executive Officer FGD Focus group Discussion GP Gram panchayat member IPEC International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour JJB Juvenile Justice Bureau JSS Jana Shikshana Samsthe KCLP Karnataka Child Labour Project L&T Larsen and Tubro LO Labour Officers MNPO Management of Non profit Organization NABARD National Bank for agriculture and Rural Development NCLPS National Child Labour Project society NGOs Non Government Organizations OBC Other Backward Caste PD Project Director PRA Participatory Rural Appraisal PRI Panchayat Raj Institution RBC Residential Bridge Centers RUDSETI Rural Development Self Employment Training Institution SBM State Bank of Mysore SC Scheduled Caste SDMC School Development Management Committee SHG Shelf Help Group SIYB Start and Improve your Business SSA Sarva Shikshana Abhiyan ST Scheduled Tribe

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TLM Teaching learning materials ToT Training of Trainers VDMC Village Development and Monitoring Committee VILD Vivekananda Institute for Leadership Development VS Vocational Skills VT Vocational Training

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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

International Labour Organization and District Administration of Chamarajanagar

initiated Karnataka Child Labour Project (KCLP) to combat child labour and Economic

Exploitation among the Adolescents in Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka state. As the

three year project is nearing one year of completion of its field interventions an evaluation

of the whole program was carried out. The evaluation conducted in order to understand

the achievements of the project and to document the process adopted in the project

implementation. This evaluation report is also attempted to provide the suitable

recommendation for the effective implementation of the project in the forthcoming days.

Vivekananda Institute of Leadership Development, working as District Lead Agency in

the project has been assigned with the task of conducting this evaluation. The Project

Implementation Committee awarded this assignment to VILD considering the concurrent

evaluation of the project taken up in the past. An evaluation team consisted of FOUR

members for the duration of 25 days worked for the assignment.

Methodology Followed: The evaluation conducted with the participatory approach. These included file and

document reviews, case studies, important stakeholders, site visits, group meetings, focus

group discussion and direct observation of schools, training centers and day care centers

and rehabilitation centers. The opinions of various stakeholders such as DBC and RBC

teachers, school going children, children in DBC and RBC, SHG group women and

community members were collected to assess the impact of the program. The evaluation

was carried out in selected five villages of the Chamarajanagar district.

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Salient Findings

Environment building activities undertaken by project is appreciable. The media, posters,

street play, wall paintings was great benefit to the community as the picture concept could

disseminate the awareness about child labour and advantages of sending the child to

school through the visual method.

Community awareness is gradually increasing with the wide spread awareness activities.

Common statement from the people observed “Child labour should not be practiced in

our village, we have been told by people of NCLP”. With the backdrop of developmental

scenario of Chamarajanagar which is positioned in 25th place as per the Human

Development Report of Karnataka 2005, the effectiveness of environment building activity

is substantial.

More specifically, the evaluation noted a good achievement in capacity building activities

right from grass root level community based organizations to the Government officials.

The district lead agency had imparted series of training programs to project employees

and representatives of partner NGOs. The training project staff have implemented

relevant training program for community members and representatives of community

based organizations. Notable factor is capacity building activity for the members of

women SHG. Another important aspect observed is, project has built up the capacity of

around EIGHT voluntary organizations associated in its activity to voice against child

labour.

The most appreciable factor in the project is its endeavor to produce most necessary and

qualitative IEC (Information Education and Communication) materials. The publications

brought out by the project such as Aralu Mallige (resource book for school drop outs), Self

Help Group manual, Hand book on Puppetry, Street Play Hand Book are extensively

lauded by various subject experts and stakeholders.

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The resource material brought out by the District Lead Agency, Viveka Vidhya a hand

book for DBC teachers and Viveka Chethana a hand book for Community Animators

proved to be very good and effective training input. Teachers were trained in multilevel

and multi grade teaching and follow joyful learning methodology in the bridge learning

centers.

Convergence could reflect the project’s impact. Day bridge centre established by the

project and implemented for the duration of ten months are now being adopted by “Sarva

Shiksha Abhiyan”.

The DBC are child friendly and relatively successful in attracting retaining the children in

the centers. The schools were unique as the education was imparted through fun activities

and play way method. This retained the child’s interest towards coming to school.

The third party concurrent evaluation system adopted in the project is being effective and

proved to be useful. The monitoring mechanism adopted here supported the project in

terms of planning and implementation. The District Lead Agency is making periodical

monitoring visits to each project area and submitting report to NCLPS and National

Coordinator, ILO. The model of assigning both capacity building and monitoring to one

agency is unique. This has made the Lead District Agency to involve in the project and

responsible to work for the project’s success.

Effectiveness of community involvement can be seen through the resource materials

received to Day bridge centre by various community members. DBCs have been donated

with chairs, tables, cooking vessels, plates, pencils, note books, uniforms etc by

community members. Materials were mobilized from SHG members and other

stakeholders to DBC. During the interaction with the stake holders, almost all of them

know about the project activities and they are involved in one or the other way. This

depicts that a strong networking system with different stake holders has been built.

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With respect to bringing convergence and getting the benefits of Government schemes to

the Child Labor families on priority basis, project has taken many initiatives. Project is

putting its effort to get the benefits of schemes like old age pension, widow pension

scheme, and pension to disabled family members, electricity facilities, ration cards to all

the eligible child labour families. Few Child Labour Families have obtained the house

under Ashraya Housing schemes with the support of project.

The Self Help Group approach to federate mothers of child labour is found to be effective.

The project has made remarkable progress in formulating new SHGs and strengthening

defunct SHGs as per the expectation. This component addressing women’s strategic

needs such as: access to microfinance, markets and income earning activities. Groups are

being recognized in decision-making with respect to the village developmental activity.

The federated groups are now exhibiting their support to project in achieving its objective.

The effort of the project in creating opportunity for the child labour families to augment

income is appreciable. The labour market survey has been conducted to identify the

marketable and employable skills in the project area. The survey has been conducted

following scientific research methodology. The vocational skills training programs for the

mothers and elder siblings of the child labours are in progress. The trained mothers group

in Annurukeri and Sagade villages of the project area have involved in income generation

activity.

Evidence on the involvement of local communities in the programme was recurrently

observed during the evaluation. This occurred for all types of activities (rehabilitating

child labourers, SHG group formation and Vocational skill training) supported by the

programme.

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With respect to bringing sustainability to its efforts, project has initiated measures and

results till date are optimistic. SSA has come forward to adopt the Day bridge centre of

the project, various Government departments have started giving preference to the child

labour families in providing benefits of schemes, SHG groups women are raising voice on

various developmental issues, SDMC and community members are sensitized and eight

NGO’s who were working in different issues earlier are now working on Child labour

issues.

Initially project had attempted to test the alternative model of administrative structure

other than recommended in APSO. The Community Animators have been directly

appointed by the project and in the initial day’s majority of awareness building activities

have been implemented by the project directly. The evaluation team observed delay in

implementation of project activities due to this model. But the appreciable fact is project

has already taken corrective measures by changing its modus operandi i.e working

through local voluntary organizations as suggested by APSO.

The project could have involved local voluntary organization in the implementation

activities more extensively. The project can give more provisions for the local agencies

including community based organization with the vision of bringing sustainability to the

endeavor.

Overview of findings:

Good Satisfactory Needs Attention

Bridge Centre Activities Residential School Activities Community Monitoring System

Awareness Activities Networking and Linkages Functioning of Established Committees

Capacity Building Activities

Formation of SHG and IG activities

Vocational Training for Adolescents

Third Party Monitoring Vocational Training for Mothers and SHG members

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2. INTRODUCTION

2.1 Introduction of the Mid Term Evaluation This assignment is to evaluate IPEC-KCLP project “Combating Child Labour and

Economic Exploitation amongst Adolescents”. The project is being implemented by

National Child Labour Project Society with the support of International Labour

Organization and Italian Cooperation.

The evaluation has done to assess how well the strategies envisaged the processes and

how well they need further fine tuning alterations. The evaluation provides guidance to

project for developing a new Country Strategy Outline (CSO). The strategies were

a) Prevention and withdrawal child labour through awareness raising and

education.

b) Strengthening grass root level institutions block level institutions, NCLPs and

state level Institutions.

c) Self Help Group formation for participatory development and self sustaining

social change.

d) Income generation through skill training and self employment promotion.

The project envisaged implementation of two components i.e. strengthening district

administration and education and awareness raising component through the National

Child labour Project Society at District level.

Components of project and brief introduction of each component is given below:

1. Prevention and withdrawal of child labour through awareness raising and

education: This component through communication, capacity building and counseling

tries to change the mindset of the parents, employers, teachers, anganwadi workers,

gram panchayat members, community leaders, children and community at large to

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bring back the working children first

to Bridge School and mainstream at

the late stage. This component also

addresses preventing newer children

entering labour.

2. Self Help Group approach for

participatory development and self sustaining social changes: Women self help

groups trained in thrift and credit activities are one of the important and effective

poverty alleviation interventions. The SHG strategy is potent vehicle to address

poverty and livelihood issues, factors that adversely impact children and compel them

to move into the labour market. Women self help group accelerates the possibility of

higher active participation of the community in any grass root institution and plays an

empowering role to access the available resources with government , semi government

and civil society institution on the sustainable basis.

3. Modular Based Vocational Training: Module: This objective would be to provide

practical training to vulnerable adolescents who would enable them to obtain decent

employment opportunities in local industries, trade, agriculture and service sector.

2.2 Background of the evaluation International Labour Organization and District

Administration of Chamarajanagar initiated

Karnataka Child Labour Project (KCLP) to

combat child labour and Economic

Exploitation among the Adolescents in

Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka state.

The three year project is nearing one year of completion of its field interventions. Project

felt it is essential at this stage to document and evaluate the processes of each component

and assess how well the strategies envisaged the processes and how well they need

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further fine tuning alterations. The evaluation provides guidance to project for developing

a new Country Strategy Outline (CSO).

2.3 Methodology Followed

The methodology adopted for evaluation method is a participatory approach. These

included file and document reviews, case studies, key informant interviews, site visits,

group meetings, focus group discussion and direct observation of schools, training centers

and day care centers and rehabilitation centers.

The stakeholders, DBC and RBC teachers, school going children, DBC and RBC children,

SHG group women and community opinions were collected to assess the impact of the

programs. The list of interviewees is provided in Annexure -9.2 and the List of evaluation

team members is provided in Annexure -9.5

Interaction with Community

Based Organizations

Village and Learning

Centre Visits

Community Interaction and Focus

Group Discussions

Desk Research and

Document Analysis

Interactions and Meetings Government

Officials

Methodology

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Various people involved in the process

The audio visual aids are also utilized to capture the interviews and responses of the

people. Team of FOUR members involved in the evaluation activity.

Project Area Information

The evaluation was carried out in Chamarajanagar district. Chamarajanagar district is

relatively small and afforested District with proportionately very large schedule caste and

Scheduled tribe population when compared to that of the state as a whole respectively. It

is the most underdeveloped district in southern Karnataka.

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Area background

Chamarajanagar is in 25th place as per Human Development Report 2005 (26th in

education)

Prevalence of Bonded Labour from age old days

Literacy rate of 50.14% with female literacy rate at 43.8%

Laboring poor migrate to the neighboring Mysore or to plantation belts of Coorg

and Kerala states in search of seasonal employment

Very large scheduled Caste (24.6%) and scheduled Tribe (10.99%) polpulation

More than 20,000 working children (source: The Hindu, Daily News Paper)

The project is being implemented in 28 village panchayath and three municipal

corporation areas.

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Selected area for Evaluation

The following villages are chosen in consultation with project to conduct onsite appraisal

of the implemented activities.

Block Village

Bandigere Chamarajanagar

Nagavalli

Gundlupet Anuurkeri

Minyam

Shettahalli

Kollegal

Cowdalli

LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

Looking at the extensiveness of the project and its intervention areas, time

provided was short. Since the evaluation is conducted by the Lead District Agency

which is already involved in the project, the preparatory time was minimized and

utilized for field visits.

This is qualitative study and hence case studies, numerical projections, community

responses are only indicative

It was difficult to get the time of key district administrative officials and heads of

various Government departments amidst their busy schedule. They were also

engaged in making necessary preparation for forthcoming election for legislative

assembly

Partial accomplishment of preparing case studies of children in DBC, child labour

families and comprehensive achievement report by the project hindered the

evaluators to get complete update of the project

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3. PROJECT DESIGN Considering “family” as the unit instead of just a “child” is the real uniqueness of this

project. The different APSOs which have been written in detail provide comprehensive

information of about the project deliverables. The plan and strategies of project is worked

out very much in detail explaining output expected and action item for each output.

The project has three different APSOs

i. Prevention and withdrawal of child labour through awareness raising

sand education, provides comprehensive guideline and plan with respect to

environmental building and education

ii. Self Help Group approach for participatory development and self

sustaining social changes provides complete guidelines to establish Self

Help Group approach and Income Generation activities focusing mothers of

the child labour.

iii. Modular Based Vocational Training: Module, a guideline to provide

Vocational Training Program for elder siblings of the child labour.

Overview of Observation:

• The design of the project is very much comprehensive. Since each output and

activities are defined provides clear cut guideline to the project implementers.

• Though it may be very much early to comment, the devised project design is

practical and relevant.

• The paradigm shift from “child” centric to “family” centric model is reaching the

beneficiaries and lauded by different stakeholders.

• The strategy of involving local voluntary organization in project implementation

shall facilitates in bring sustainability even after the project completion.

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3.1 The outline of the design as per the APSO

3.2 The Design Followed in the Project Initially project had attempted to test the alternative model of administrative structure

other than recommended in APSO. The Community Animators had been directly

appointed by the project and in the initial day’s majority of awareness building activities

have been implemented by the project directly. The evaluation team observed delay in

NCLP Society and Project Implementation

Committee Project Establishment

Establishing NCLP Project Team (BCA, Administrative Staff)

Appointment of Teachers

Running 29 DBC and 06 RBCs

Identification of NGOs / Project Implementation

Agencies

Appointment of Community Animators Advocacy and Income Generation Activities

District Lead Agency (Swami Vivekananda Youth

Movement)

Vocational Training Program

Through Identified Agency (For 800 adolescents at risk)

M&E, Capacity Building, Partnering in activities

Block Lead Agencies

Monitoring and Evaluation

(M&E)

M&E, Capacity Building

Need Analysis and Beneficiaries Identification

Base Line Survey to Identify the Child Labour

Prevalence

Community Monitoring

System

M&E, Capacity Building, Partnering in activities

M&E, Capacity Building

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implementation of project activities due to this model. But the appreciable fact is project

has already taken corrective measures by changing its modus operandi i.e working

through local voluntary organizations as suggested by APSO.

NCLP Society and Project Implementation

Committee Project Establishment

Establishing NCLP Project Team

21 Bridge Schools

3 Residential Schools

Identification of NGOs / Project Implementation

Agencies

Advocacy and Income Generation

Activities

District Lead Agency (Swami Vivekananda Youth

Movement)

Vocational Training Program

Through Identified Agency (For 800 adolescents at risk)

M&E, Capacity Building, Partnering in activities

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)

M&E, Capacity Building

Need Analysis and Beneficiaries Identification

Base Line Survey to Identify the Child Labour

Prevalence

Community Monitoring

System

Appointment of Community Animators

and Teachers

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4. FINDINGS

4.1 Environment Building Wall paintings, posters, street play, jatha, rally, video clippings, radio jingle and mass

media are the major tools incorporated in the project for environment building activities.

Project also published hand book on puppetry, street plays. The efficacy of environment

building tools has been evaluated. Wall painting was the major appealing factor in creating

awareness. The media, posters, street play was a great benefit for the community which also

became a pushing factor for them to participate in the child labor eradication project.

The effectiveness of environmental building tools was analyzed by following method

depicted in below chart

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The Effectiveness of environmental building tools:

Wall paintings were the major appealing factor in creating awareness. The media, posters, street

play was a great benefit for the community which also became a pushing factor for them to

participate in the child labor eradication project.

4.1.1. Wall paintings These pictures were of two designs which have been adopted for the wall paintings in the

project.

The above diagram indicates the effectiveness of the awareness tools used in the program in the descending order of its importance from bottom to top

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The above graph of community opinion clearly indicates the effectiveness of the wall

painting as the tool to create awareness against child labour.

Concept and Execution: The wall paintings are in the main places where the community

could access it and mostly were near government school, bazaar, milk dairy, food

cooperative society, gram panchayat office, bus stops and main roads. The designs were

appealing for both literate and illiterates. The picture concept could disseminate the

awareness about child labour and importance of sending the child to school.

Impact

Among the awareness activities and the tools used by the project to reach the community,

wall paintings was the major appealing tool in creating awareness among the community.

Wall Painting stands ahead of other tools used.

0%20%40%60%80%

100%

Appropriate places Ef fetiveness of the

wall painting Communicating message

90%85% 95%

10% 15%5%

Wall Painting

Yes No

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Recommendations

The designs of the wall paintings need to be finalized in consultation with the local

stakeholders.

Places for the wall paintings should be selected in consultation with key members of the

village.

A place which is clean and accessible for everyone should be chosen instead of shaggy

places such as near toilet, near dustbin zone etc.

Concepts which are relevant to the rural setup as there are regional variances. For e.g.

the spanner design was not relevant for the Hindu community and village children as

they do not opt for the automobile workshop job.

The recommended factors to be included in the wall painting in future; is to incorporate

pictures such as sheep rearing, farming and working at house, looking after children

etc..

“The growing tree shows the growth of child through education and the bent tree which shows the fall of the child through labour. Now I realized the mistake I was doing. Many of our women have seen these pictures, and can understand the message.” Muniamma, mother of Siddaraju, rehabilitated child labour studying in bridge school. ”Wall paintings are drawn in appropriate places like school, bazaar street and main road. The pictures are effectively reaching our villagers and even illiterate people are able to understand the message. I am dreaming, how nice it will be if all our children are in school”. S. Revanna Siddegowda, Child Labour Eradication Committee member. ‘’After I saw these pictures near bazaar I felt the pain and the children who are to be in school are working in fields and we parents have to stop it’’.

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4.1.2 Posters and Printed Material Posters and Printed Material

Project has brought out printed materials such as diary,

calendar, and pamphlets to create awareness about child

labour problem as the part of environment building exercise.

The dairies were distributed among the project staff and

Government Officials.

Concept: The message on dairy and calendars was very clear

and as said by stakeholder like Block Education Officers, labour

officer and teachers etc. Calendars were present in day bridge

centre / residential learning centers, government offices and

implementing agencies. This was the notable thing and

stakeholders were aware that the calendars have been

distributed from NCLP and utilizing the calendar.

Impact: This component of creating awareness through printed materials such as dairy and

calendar was attained to a maximum level, this was clearly understood when Monitoring

team interacted with different members from the community.

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”The dairy is good and useful. We can also incorporate some more features such as important photos, local phone numbers, gram panchayat information, general information of the district; this will increase the utility of the dairy”. Mr. Vishwanath Reddy, District Commissioner

‘’The dairy is totally good and I would suggest on adding more features to the diary so we can make use of it to maximum”. -Mr. Swami, BEO, Kollegal

“I have received the dairy, it is good. But it should be distributed in December month, so that everybody starts utilizing that from

the beginning of the year. Once we get other diary, this we might not use’’. Mr.

Gopala Krishna, Labour officer

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Suggestions

Suggestions were received to add more features and make changes in regard to general

information of the district, important phone numbers of local district stakeholders, and

interior design of the dairy.

Dairies should be distributed appropriately in regard to time.

Should be reached to all key Government Officials and village representatives.

4.1.3. Street plays

Project also incorporated street plays as one of the major environmental building tool.

Street plays were enacted by trained artists and were performed in the village on several

occasions. Street plays comprised the theme related to child labour eradication and

involved DBC/RBC children and teacher.

Content: The street plays

themes were very relevant to

the child labour issues. The

concepts were enacted by

the drama troop hired by the

NCLP. Group members are

professionals; who were

assigned to conduct the street

plays in all the villages and

places of Chamarajanagar where the project was implemented. The street plays themes

were Battali Butha, guri, Wante bitta madha, allisallaghadha lippi, rangana shikshana,

kallinalli puttamari, belakilladha dhari, were enacted in 14 village panchayath of two

taluks by the local artists. Street plays themes are so well designed that it touched the

hearts of people.

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Impact: The street plays were also a tool used to disseminate the information of child

labour issue. Many of the villagers said that they watched the street plays. Street plays

were appealing and attracted majority of the male crowd and few women could watch the

street plays. The concept of child labour was quite clear and was performed well. These

street play contents were very much appreciated by the stakeholders. The artist’s full

talents were explored in the street play and this could fill the life for the play.

‘’These street plays are informative and I watched these street plays, when these

artists are enacting the play I completely got involved and the story is in my mind, and

I am thinking if my parents had admitted me to school I would have been a literate. So

if I see any kid working I advice their parents to send them to school and I see that the

child is in school.’’ - Rakesh, aged 21, youth

”I watched street plays and it is very informative and I felt we parents are responsible

for this child labour issue and so I am now sending my children to the school.’’

- Mallamma, mother of Rajappa who is at DBC, Cowdahalli village

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Comment of Theater Professional on Street Play Handbook:

To analyze the effectiveness and the quality of the street play hand book brought out by the

project, the evaluation team interacted with renowned

theater artist Mr. Vasudeva Murthy associated with famous

theater “Natana”, Mysore.

Mr. Vasudhev Murthy appreciated the present work of

writer. He said the plays depict the rich experience of the

writer. The selected series of stories clearly indicates the writer’s concern to fight for the

child rights, love for children, and hatred towards the child labour system. He said the

themes adopted and the language used in the hand book depicts the human concern of the

writer. In total he lauded the quality of the hand book and opined it is beyond any

yardstick to grade.

Mr. Murthy said “the hand book is not just discusses the issues related to child labour but

also through the light on various Government schemes and other developmental issues.

The street plays shall definitely create comprehensive awareness in the community. My

appeal is to reach this street plays properly to the community”.

Suggestion:

There was also recommendation from women groups that, they want to watch these

street plays and so they suggested to organize during SHG meetings. If this is done,

they need not have to feel shy of the men’s crowd and not been of husbands abuse.

Street plays were very effective in generating mass awareness; this can be implemented

in all the Taluka.

Workshop to orient on Street play handbook to be organized to the government school

teachers and children.

Team of artists to train the selected teachers and children

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Department of public instruction has incorporated a new component called ‘’Theatre in

Education’’ to reach children effectively. The department has already conducting

workshops with the local theater groups for teachers. As one of the major objectives of

the project is to train teachers on street play handbook. Project can discuss to

incorporate street play as one of the major theme in the workshop. So, instead of

reorganizing the entire program project can plan to utilize the opportunity with the

association of education department.

Bringing sustainability to Street Play – A suggested strategy

4.1.3 Video Clippings: Video clippings is used effectively, themes and picturization is good. Many stake holders

have appreciated the quality of video clippings. The language used in the clippings is

simple, it communicates clear message even to the rural folk. The video clippings

picturised on child working in hotel, in household work etc. It was also observed that

Step 1: A team of drama artists to be selected in each block of the project area Step2: Artist team fist visits the local Government School and train a group of children, particularly from CLASS V and VI. At least TWO teachers also should be trained. Step 3: Artists shall train the teachers and children group for the duration of 8 hours on TWO selected theme. Step 4: At the end of the day, artists along with the trained team from the school shall perform street play in the village.

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gender equality has been followed in picturising the video. Importance of providing

education to the girl child is also focussed in the clipping.

It was also observed that project administration with the support of District Commissioner

has taken measures to display video clippings in the cinema theatre.

4.1.4 Puppetry Project has brought out a Hand book on puppetry. Very less work has been done about

resource book on puppetry in Kannada language. The initiative taken by the project is

appreciable. This material could be of best source for the performers.

The endeavor of the project is very much appreciable as it is shown to rejuvenate one of the

folk art which is at the verge of extinct.

“I watched video clippings on child labour in Simha Theatre Paradise, Chamarajanagar. They really strike the right cord in people. It can even make illiterates to understand” – Mr. Puttaraju, Youth Group President, Bandigere, Chamarajanagar Block

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4.1.5 Jatha, Rallies, Exhibitions, World child labour day and workshop

Jatha and Rallies have been more effective

in disseminating the awareness about child

labour in the project. The message could

reach the ears of majority of the community

members. Few of the community members

and stake holders even participated in

these outreach activities. There is

awareness and alarm created in the

community in regard to hire the child labourers. Project has extensively utilized “Jatha” as

major tool in environmental activity. The children of regular Government School were also

the part of the Jatha. This has also facilitated in building relation with the teachers of

schools and SDMC members.

Prize Winning Tablo: This tablo with the theme against child labour won the first prize in “Karnataka Rajyothsava (anniversary of Karnataka state) organized by district administration”

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Impact of the outreach activities was assessed and the stated quotes of stakeholders

highlight that. Villagers are now aware of social and legal consequences of sending the

children to work. The above response depicts the impact and also states that how effective

the outreach activities were conducted by the project personnel.

Importance of World day against child labour:

World day against child labour was celebrated very effectively. All the key stakeholders were

invited and children in DBC (former child labourers) actively took part in these programs.

Children talents were boosted up as they participated in all the cultural activities organized

“I have participated in various programmes like Jatha, Mela, street play organized

by the community animator and the teachers. These outreach activities are very

informative and make the villagers to understand that children should not be sent to

work. Ms. Mallamma, Mother of Child Labour now in school, Kollegal Taluk

“We all took part in Jatha and Rallies and now our villagers know about the

consequences of sending the children to work. As SDMC member I am taking

responsibility of advocating the importance of education in my community.” -

Rajappa, SDMC Member

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in the program. Mass awareness program was conducted quite frequently. These awareness

programs formed a dais for all the stakeholders and community to gather. The program was

celebrated for one week in all the blocks as a campaign. Project employed different strategies

such as orientation programs for shop owners, sticker campaign, film shows, children rally,

seminar on various tilts such as ‘’child labour in agriculture - challenges and opportunities”

in collaboration with Karnataka State Raitha Sangha, the revolutionary farmers

organization during the campaign. Series of Jatha and street plays were conducted during

the week long program. The program was succeeded in attracting the attention of the district

and creates a strong awareness against child labour.

Awareness Generation: Widespread awareness generation to create a positive climate for

children to go to school and not to work was successfully achieved. Effective utilization of

print and electronic media, Sensitization Programme for all Government officials on child

rights, training for Women Groups, Parent-Teachers Association, and Panchayat Presidents

on the issues relating to child labour made a drastic difference in handling the child labour

issue and community participation in eradication of child labour.

4.1.5. Utilization of Mass Media Newspapers have been among the cohesive elements in the community. The evaluation to

analyze the utilization of media as an important awareness tool was done. The evaluators

went through the news clippings gathered by the project. Evaluation of newspapers coverage

of NCLPs Project has highlighted the coverage of all the aspects such as main streaming the

child labourer, rehabilitation and vocational training, research related to child labour in the

district, awareness among the students, and also human resource requirements for the

project. Newspapers have also reported the programs such as Jatha, street plays, workshops

and training events of the projects. Majority of the activities of the NCLP program have been

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reported in the local newspaper. The journalists have also come forward to provide publicity

to the project.

Observations and Suggestions

Periodicity and Continuity: The news coverage of the programmes was more during the

beginning of the project period i.e December, January, February and March 2007. During

this time events such as inauguration of Day Bridge School, Jatha etc have been reported.

In order to reach the community effectively, there needs to be continuity in utilizing news

papers.

Media Plan: A media plan should be adopted. News should not be limited just to report

events but also should be used as strong tool to create awareness. Project needs to plan to

report stories, articles, law and recent amendment in laws related to child labour. The

proper media strategy needs to be evolved with reference to extent of media involvement,

media mix and utilizing electronic media. A workshop involving key project members

and stakeholders may help in devising media strategy.

Focusing on Case Studies: To reach the community effectively the stories on “Child

Labours” and “Success Stories of Rehabilitated Children by the project” can be initiated

with the support of media. A weekly series could be commenced. Plan to reach of project

activities through the media to be reached to the state and national level.

Workshop for Media Personnel: Media personnel and Journalists needs to be considered

as one of the prime stakeholders in activities related to Environmental Building and

awareness generation. They are expected to play a bigger role than just being

participators or as the third party observers having no involvement in the project.

Environment needs to be created to make them proactively involved in building

awareness. To achieve this goal “workshop” for Journalists is necessary.

Conclusion: The wall paintings , media, posters, street play, was a great benefit to the

community as the picture concept could disseminate the awareness about child labour and

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advantages of sending the child to school through the visual method. Community

understood “there is NCLPs project and we should not do the mistake of sending the child to

labour or hire child labourers’. The role of environmental building activities is laudable in

this regard.

4.2 Capacity Building Exercise

4.2.1 Capacity Building for community:

Project has taken initiative to enhance the capacity of members of community based

organizations and key stake holders from the community. The training given by the Lead

Agency - Vivekananda Institute for Leadership Development such as Training of Trainers on

Hand book on SHG Module, Foundation course of Community Animators and Key Project

staff of NCLPs, Foundation course for teachers etc facilitated the project employees to

implement capacity building exercise at the field level. Project has also implemented training

program for enforcement officials.

The project employees have conducted series of training program for various stakeholders on

“problems of child labour and role of community in combating child labour”. The programs

were organized for members of School Development and Monitoring Committees,

Anganawadi, Teachers, Village Panchayath and community leaders. The project has partially

accomplished the targeted number of participants. The effectiveness of training programs is

satisfactory and provided impetus for community involvement in the activities. The details of

total number of programs conducted and participants covered are cited in below table.

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Training for SHG members: The another prime objective of the project is to train SHG

women as per the manual given by the project on weekly basis. The SHG manual content has

effectively transacted to the SHG members. When the monitoring team interacted with

various stake holders almost all the stake holders of the villages shared that the training

programme given by the respective community animators was informative on community

developmental issues.

The given table below depicts that project has given training programmes for various stake holders.

Sl. NO

Training Target Group

No. Of Programs

No. of Persons Expected from the Project Deliverables or

APSO 1 Enforcement

officers 163 210

2 Employers 620 2000 3 Parents 1, 507 2,200 4 Other SHGs 159

1890 NO TARGET GIVEN in

APSO

I am a member of “Sri Arunodaya SHG” run by an Anganwadi member in Cowdahlli village. The Community animator who is working in Cowdahalli gave us one day training progamme on “Role of SHG in elimination of Child labour.” Before attending the training programme I had a notion that SHG’s were meant only for Mobilizing micro finance but now I have realized that SHGs could also be involved in the eradication of Child labours. – Ms. Madamma

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5 Government Teachers

630

6 SDMC 725 7 Gram Panchayath 559 8 Anganwadi

members 456

9 Other NGO’s 19

* The above information is procured from the report of Project Director, NCLPS

4.2.2 Capacity Building for Project staff and Key implementers

Project has given enough thrust to enhance the capacity of human resource involved.

Generally in any other project, capacity building part will always be given less prominence.

This unique initiative taken by the project is showing the sign of leaving residue has even

after its end. The background of the project area indicates very less awareness about the child

labour issue. There was a dearth for trained human resource and sensitized voluntary

organization in the child labour issue. Now project has built up the capacity of around

EIGHT voluntary organizations associated in its activity.

Vivekananda Institute for Leadership Development, the District Lead Agency in the project is

assigned with task of organizing series of training programme.

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Gender-Just Training

Project has also focused on importance of Girl Child Education. To persuade community

about importance of providing education for Girl child and in order to bring gender just

approach in teaching methodology, teachers were trained on “Gender and Education”.

In order to carefully examine the gender discrimination and to sensitize the project staff

especially Community Animators “Gender and Development” training was organized.

The impact of this has been identified in the community. DBC teachers are working hard

amidst of lot of customs of the community by convincing them to send the girl child to the

school. The Community Animators are working with SHG groups. Though the Community

Animator brought up in the same community they have started raising voice against some of

the misconception prevalent in their practice on anti gender issues.

Implementing

Agencies

Child Labour Issues

Financial

Accounting

Project Management

Reporting &

Documentation

Leadership &

Team Management

Project Staff

Foundation Course for Community Animators

Refresher Course Training of trainers on

SHG and SIYB

Module

Refresher Course for

CA on SHG and SIYB

Teachers

Foundation

Course

Refresher course

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What is your overall rating of this training program?

44%

50%

6% 0%

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor

4.2.3 Effectiveness of training programs It was observed that the District Lead Agency has organized the programme not only to

provide knowledge input but also to bring in efficiency in skills. The training programmes

were rated really well by the project beneficiaries. The below chart depicts the opinion of

beneficiaries on one of the training program organized.

“As a teacher of DBC facilitating learning of school dropouts and child labour, there is lot of

difference in teaching methodology. Through the training programme given by the Lead

agency, I got to know about how to bring about overall development of the children. I learnt

multi level and multi grade teaching more extensively. The books given to me in the training

was helpful and enabled in bringing effectiveness in the teaching’’.

- Mr. Achutha Raman, Teacher, Bandigere DBC, Chamarajanagar District

“The training program was help full to build systems in our organization. We could

improvise our administration process and implementation of the program. We got an

opportunity to understand child labour issue and to work for its eradication. We could also

make a lot of changes in our organization with respect to finance management”

– Mr. Suresh, CEO of Sadhana

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Suggestions

The hand outs for the community members and stakeholders attending training

program should be provided

The capacity building exercise for the various stake holders need to be

conducted periodically.

Project personnel can make a team consisting representatives of youth groups,

anganwadi workers, panchayath members etc in their respective villages and

conduct a TOT programmes, so that this group can be used as resource persons

in their training programmes.

Project workers can involve professionals and students belong to the field of

health, education, rural development etc. Involving the concerned subject

experts shall make the training programme lively and more informative.

The training should also be provided to the stakeholders residing in

surrounding villages of village panchayath headquarters.

“After undergoing Leadership and Team Management training programme I have inculcated

Leadership qualities and now I am effectively using it in planning project activities. The

program helped me to lead my team of Community Animators. My Reporting quality is

drastically improved after attending the Training programme. I convey my thanks to the Lead

Agency”

- Mr.Gururaj .B, Block Community Animator, Kollegal.

“After training program on leadership and team building, our BCAs are appears to be more

confident and in one instance they expressed if we prepare our self and make our mind we

can perform under any situation” - Mr. Mahesh, Project Director, NCLPS

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4.3 Running of Bridge Schools and Mainstreaming

4.3.1 Implementing Agencies Effectiveness The performance of implementing agencies in implementing the Day / Residential Bridge

Centres is relatively good. If the past experience of implementing agencies is observed, for

majority of the organizations running child labour bridge school is new experience. The

efforts of teaching staff in the learing centre are appreciable. Bring dropout children and

retaining them in the centers is not an easy task. The support of implementing agency to

accomplish this task is relatively good. Majority of the organization are also successful in

getting involved the community members. The materials such as pens, bags, books, uniform

for the children have been mobilized from the community.

Organizations are also successful in obtaining buildings from the local village panchayath

and community.

Networking and Convergence

The provision under the project is to run Day Bridge Centre for the duration of ten months.

Some of the children need bridge schooling further. Now the SSA has come forward to take

over the Day Bridge Centerʹs. This is an evidence of the convergence with Government

missionery in the project. The NGO’s role is also appreciable in this regard.

4.3.2 Effectiveness of DBCs and RBCs

DBC and RBC effectiveness of the centre and its contribution to the whole project was

evaluated based on the following indicators in all the Day bridge centers.

Enrollment, attendance and mainstreaming

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Documentation and Record Keeping Resources accessible Teaching/Learning process School and Classroom environment Community Engagement

Following graph is an indicator, gives information on the effectiveness of the Day bridge

centre in Honganur village. The comprehensive performance of the DBC and RBC got the

average rate of 80%. The performance of this school cited a good example for other centers.

4.3.2 Focus to migration children:

Migration is commonly seen in some of the areas of Chamarajanagar district. Most of the

migration takes place in the particular seasons of the year where people migrate to Coorg,

Tamil Nadu and Kerala as laborers in coffee/tea plantations and agricultural fields.

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Project has taken some initiative to cut the migration. The Day Bridge Centres have been

established in some of the migration prevalent villages. The Residential Centres are doing

good job in retaining the children though the parents migrates.

Further Suggested Plan for Migration Prevalent Areas

Step 1: Identify areas where the people are migrated. Step2: Need to do a need appraisal and analyze exact reason for the migration (is there any other reason than just an employment) Step 3: At the first level the targeted programme should be initiated to perceive parents not to take children with them and local arrangement for the children should be ensured ie enroll to RBC and SSA. Step 4: At the second level with the support of District Administration project should ensure reaching of benefits available under various Government schools to the families. Step 5: Since National Rural employment guarantee scheme is also being implemented in Chamarajanagar, project should make a plan to effectively utilize the scheme for the benefit for child labour families. Step 6: Vocational skill should be focused to these areas and financial assistance after the training programme should also be provided in order to facilitate the beneficiaries if they like to start self employment.

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WHY MY CHILD IS IN DAY BRIDGE CENTRE – A common voice heard by evaluators from

Mother

Today if she is eft to be a child

labour, her uture would be ruined. I don’t

want that to happen.

At her age she should be in

school. Teachers are

teaching through play way method

My child will be more disciplined

Animator and teachers advised me the importance of Education.

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21 DBC and three Residential bridge centers are functioning with the child labour

rehabilitated students comprising both boys and girls. Community animators and Teachers

are efficiently trained to make these schools to enroll the child labour rehabilitated children.

Children were happy to study and this helped in keeping record of attendance on the school.

The DBC were school friendly and this helped the program to retain all the children and drop

out rate was negligible. The schools were unique as it was clubbed with fun activities and

Education.

As per the project plan 35 DBCs and 06 RBCs are to be established. Project has initiated 21

DBCs and 03 RBCs. 1683 child labour are back to school but the target number of 2200 has not

been achieved and this needs to be paced up.

A new school with new approach

Picture depicts the Day bridge centre of Honganur an example for child friendly centre

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Children of Therakanambi having their lunch

provided at Day bridge centre.

This school has given me a new life, I have learnt to read and write. My teachers teach me through play way method and I never miss my class. I am born in a Muslim family and our people do not send girls outside and this was the reason why I was all these days in the house rolling Beedi.

-Miss. SHABEENA, student of Day Bridge centre, Gundlupet

Child

Centre

Friendly

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‘’Yes our children are more disciplined compared to earlier; they

get up and get ready to go school, a seriousness is being found

towards school and education among the children. When they

come home and sing songs, study, we feel happy. We don’t

want the DBC to be closed’’ - Ms. Sannama, Mother of

Miss. Dodamma, a rehabilitated child.

“I like to stay here and study with other girls like me. I learnt to be

more clean and I learnt to read, count and write’’

- Sunita, rehabilitated child labour

Glimpse - children enjoying singing at day

bridge center

4.3.3 Teachers training and learning materials The factors for effective training were the study materials. The following Study materials are

developed and distributed for effective training based on their profile. The study materials

developed are listed below.

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Aralu Malige: Very qualitative resource book

designed by the project with the support of DSERT.

This book suits the learning requirements of

children from multiple age groups. The effective

teaching tools have been designed using the book -

simple to complex, picture concept, importance of

writing practice, work book, constant evaluation of

the learnt lessons. This hand books has helped the

child to learn in less time.

Hand book for Teachers

Viveka Vidhya: This book was designed by the

Vivekananda Institute for Leadership Development

to guide the teachers in various aspects such as

evaluating the child, teaching methods, multi grade

and multilevel teaching, mainstreaming issues etc.

The book was designed consulting government

school teachers, Block Resource Persons, NGO’s

working for child labour eradication From Mysore

and Chamarajnagar

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Hand book for Community Animators

Viveka Chethana:This book gives the community

animators, a first hand information about government

schemes, various social issues, child labour laws and

child rights, role of SDMC in school development,

schemes for child labour eradication, women and

child welfare department and integrated child

development schemes. The book gives

comprehensive information to the community

animator to be equipped to deal with community.

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Comment on Bridge School:

. “After I underwent training organized by lead district agency I understood how to

handle children coming from various backgrounds and to attract the children

towards school.” – Ms. Hemalatha , DBC Teacher, Kollegala

“I like this school very much. Earlier I was going to a government school, later I left

the school because my teacher was beating and I started grazing cows for three

years. Now I like to study in future” - Madhu, rehabilitated child labour,

Gundlupet

“It is really good to see them in school and learning well and I appreciate these

teachers who retained them” – Mr. Siddhramaiha.K.S., Executive officer of

Kollegala

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4.3.4 Handmade teaching learning material

Low cost Teaching Learning Materials are being used very effectively in Day bridge centers.

Teachers were trained to make low cost teaching materials and this would make the teaching

more effective and attractive through usage of puzzles, games, charts, and mathematics box.

“Day bridge center’s are functioning well. Children are becoming more disciplined and are showing their interest towards school. I appreciate the works of teachers and the project employees” – Mr. Rajamurthy. S, CDPO Kollegal

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Suggestions

As DBC are nearing to end its period, teachers need to plan and record individual profile

of each child. The plan should specify about- Where the child will be placed in the next

three month time.

If the child needs further bridge schooling he should be placed in RBC; along with the

child’s case report. This will help the RBC teachers to know the child’s psychology and

learning level.

Each case study should be well documented and the process should be discussed with the

concerned NGO and then the file should be given to the NCLP for effective

documentation and maintenance of records.

DBC teachers and the NGO’s should have a weekly plan of action on the regular visits to

the children who are mainstreamed. They should act like a bridge between the children

and the government school teachers until the children are settled and build a good

adjusted with the mainstream school environment.

The implementing agencies, especially the organizations running RBCs are recommended

to be taken to other similar residential centers. This shall help the organization to get the

knowledge to improvise the centers.

Residential bridge centre should work as a resource centre as mentioned in the APSO.

4.3.5. Mobilizing Community and Stakeholders Evidence on the involvement of local communities in the programme was recurrently

observed during the evaluation. This occurred for all types of activities such as awareness

activities, rehabilitating child labourers, SHG group formation and Vocational skill training

implemented by the project. For the community training programs and other activities

project is successful in envisaging the support of local Government and Community

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members. The required training place is obtained by the community incurring no financial

overheads.

The Day Bridge Centres have received contribution of community. In majority of the villages,

the required building for the DBC has been provided by community. Books, stationery

materials, uniforms, vessels etc also been donated to the DBCs by community members.

All Government representatives interviewed confirmed that they were aware of the NCLP

programme and familiar with its specific objectives and activities.

In Haradanahalli, two child labour families have got houses under Ashraya Scheme and

electricity with the help of Community Animator in collaboration with the Gram

Panchayat members. (Testimony enclosed in the Annexure part)

Project needs to put in its efforts to involve community based organizations and other civil

society organizations. More scope is available to involve employers’ associations, district

chamber of commerce and industries etc in making them as the part of the activities. Project

needs to focus about this in future course.

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Impact:

4.4 Survey and Benchmarking The project is following the process called “Third Party monitoring” in order to understand

the effectiveness of activities undertaken. The District Lead Agency, i.e Swami Vivekananda

Youth Movement is assigned to conduct periodical monitoring visits and analyze the

effectiveness of each component of the project. Lead Agency is making quarterly visits to

each Village Panchayat area where project is being implemented. The activities of

implementing agency (partner NGOs) and project staff are continuously appraised.

‘'Project is very useful, we are aware of project activities and we are actively participating in the activities. We are also taking initiative of the programs organized by DBC. Even if this project stops we will continue the initiated activities”.

-Narayan Swamy, SDMC member “We are ready to give place for you to construct a child labour school; we

will give first preference for allotting house for rehabilitated child labour family under Ashraya housing scheme.

-Mahadevnayak, Ex-chairman of Gram Panchayat, Bandigere village

“We have sponsored uniforms; provided building for DBC freely. Our

village is lucky to have a project like this which sees that all the children are back to schools.” - Kumari Dundamma, Chaiperson, Village Panchayath

‘’My son got a nice school and we got a house, through Ashraya Scheme.

Our house is also provided with electricity with the help of Mr. Bangarashetty (CA). I really thank the project for facilitating all these benefits.’’ - Ms. Puttama, beneficiary and mother of rehabilitated child labour, Bandigere village

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4.4.1 Monitoring Mechanism:

The district lead agency has adopted a 3600 mechanism to analyze the project activities

comprehensively. During the visit, an interaction with all the local stakeholders is being done

and their opinions and feedback is documented. The structured formats have been designed

to do the appraisal of each project functionary. The response of the stakeholders is also

quantified to analyze the achievement of project.

Following diagram depicts the mechanism adopted in monitoring the project activities:

4.4.2 Utility of Third Party Monitoring Mechanism:

• Source of information to the NCLPS to understand the project effectiveness

The concurrent monitoring and evaluation visits are serving as the source of

information to the NCLPS. Since the monitoring process follows 360o mechanism, the

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feedback of all the stakeholders shall be reached to the NCLPS. This process is

enabling the project implementers to understand the effectiveness of the activities and

expectation of various stakeholders.

The third party monitoring mechanism has marked its influence in making the

implementing agencies to bring effectiveness in the project planning and

implementation, financial management, team management, teaching methodology,

community mobilization.

• Continuous concurrent evaluation provides opportunity to take up corrective measures and to take appropriate decisions

The NCLPS is not necessary to wait for long period to take mid course corrective

measures. Since the evaluation carried at the interval of every three months to each

project implemented village, NCLPS can make strategies for the effective

implementation of the project based on inputs provided in the evaluation report.

• A channel for implementing agencies and the project staff to communicate their

views and opinions to NCLPS

The visits are not confined to monitor the activities. It has been serving as channel of

communication for implementing agencies (NGOs) and community members to

convey their opinions to the NCLPS.

• Provides input for Lead Agency to plan appropriate training programs to enhance

the knowledge and skills of project functionaries

The other foremost advantageous factor observed in this model is amalgamation of

both monitoring and capacity building task to single agency. The visits are providing

first hand information to the lead district agency about the project performance and

the lacunae. The leading district agency is able to tailor the capacity building activities

to the project staff if any knowledge and skill related gaps observed in them.

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Impact

• On the spot feedback : Lead agency is immediately providing feed back to the

NCLP team for effective implementation

• Devising Formats: As per the feedback, the formats were designed such as activity format, documentation format for DBC, etc..

• Establishment of Systems in partner organizations: The suggestions given by the monitoring team as per the findings helped the partner organizations to build systems in their organization. Some of the organizations shared, they started maintaining personnel files, proper documentation, providing details behind each voucher, preparing project calendar etc.

• Relationship establishment with project stakeholders: Monitoring team

periodically visited various stakeholders especially government departments. This process also facilitated to develop a good rapport and establish a linkage between the project and other stakeholders.

Opinions of Project Stakeholders on concurrent monitoring:

“Frequent monitoring visits made us to plan project activities systematically. The

suggestions provided by the monitoring team helped us to improvise systems with respect

to administration, financial management and program implementation. Earlier I had the

notion that third party monitoring was to find our mistakes but later on I came to know this

is more helpful and supportive. We could improvise over reporting and documentation”-

Mr. Suresh, NGO - Sadana, Chamarajanagar

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4.4.2: Usage of monitoring tools:

As a part of Monitoring and evaluation activity, Lead Agency prepared many monitoring

tools for the project which helps to:

◊ Facilitate clear documentation.

◊ Helping the staff to capture activity taken during the reporting period.

Serving as self analysis tool

◊ Helping project to analyze target accomplishment.

◊ Provides input for all staff and organizations to device plan accordingly.

The following are the reporting formats, which was devised for the project. Weekly reporting formats for CA: This format is designed to ensure that all the CA’s would

document the activities undertaken in a week. In this format special focus is given to capture

the achievements of all the major works expected by the project which helps the BCA to plan

and guide the community animators to implement activities effectively.

Fortnightly reporting formats for BCA: This is designed specially for the Block community

animators, where in the information will be taken by their respective talukas. This helps the

project director to know the performance of each block.

Quarterly program report for NGO’s: This format was designed specially for the project

NGO’s. The report period will be for the span of three months, during this period

organizations have to give detailed information about their achievements against expected

targets. Along with this future action plan is also asked. This helps the project to go through

the report and helps them to guide the NGO in terms of further planning of project activities.

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Activity chart for CA and BCA: Monitoring team prepared this format on the spot. This

format helps them to capture the statistics of the activities undertaken in the specific month

and also of the year comprehensively.

DBC’s Formats: A set of formats was specially designed to bring in uniformity and

effectiveness in documentation process of the DBCs. The formats were designed by the lead

district agencies in the participator manner involving teachers of DBCs and RBCs.

Reporting Formats

The following reporting formats have been developed by the lead agency and are being used

by the project functionaries as the part of establishing monitoring mechanism

Weekly reporting formats CA.

Fortnightly reporting formats for BCAs.

Quarterly Program Report format for NGOs

Activity Chart for the CA and BCA

Set of formats for DBC’s to document the events in the centre

Monthly Financial plan and reporting format.

4.5 Income generation Trough Skills Training and self Employment promotion The initiative taken by the project to augment family income is worth to be appreciated. This

strategy is similar to the principal of “eradication of cause than the treating the disease”.

Poverty and lack of opportunities to augment the income of the family is one of the major

factors leading for the child labour.

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This component of the project targets:

• The mothers of child labour

• The elder siblings of child labour

Formation of Self Help Group and Skills Training for Mothers: The objective of the project is to provide vocational skills for 400 mothers. 51 new SHG

groups have formed by the project. The objective was to initiate 80 SHGs. There are 75

defunct SHG’s adopted by the project against expected number of 80. Since project is not

working in 35 Village Panchayath as per the plan, the present accomplishment of the project

is relatively good.

51

80 75 80

New SHG formation Defuntioning SHG's

SHG Formation

Achieved Target

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The SHGs newly formed and adopted by the project are receiving periodical training by the

community animators. The hand book on “Management of Self Help Group” produced by

the project is serving as guiding resource material to impart necessary capacity building

activities for group members. The “Trainer’s Training on Management of SHG” provided to

the community animators also facilitated to reach the crucial developmental issues to the

women in an effective way.

Community animators have been assigned with the task of managing SHGs. The groups are

being formulated and project staffs are facilitating them to open bank accounts. The SHG

women have started to join their hands with project staff in achieving the objective of

bringing child labours and school dropouts to the day bridge centres.

To understand the activities taken place with respect SHG and Income Generation activities

evaluation team had a discussion with the members of self help group established by the

project. Evaluator’s team interacted with the groups from Annurukeri village of Gundlupet

taluk, Bandigeri and Nagavalli village of Chamarajanagar taluk and Shettahalli and Minyam

village of Kollegal taluk.

Sl No Particulars Numbers

1. New SHG’s Formed 51

2. Defunct SHG’s Adopted 75

3. Total Women in SHG 1868

4. SHGs having Bank Accounts 1418

5. SHGs maintaining Books of accounts and

records

1418

6. SHG women received skills training program 100

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Flow diagram cited below depicts the opinion of women when the team asked them why

they are in SHG.

Comment on Self Group Handbook:

To analyze the effectiveness and the quality of the SHG

hand book brought out by the project, the evaluation team

interacted with Mr. Ravi Prakash, Training coordinator

from MYRADA, H.D. Kotte Taluk. Mr. Raviprakash also

participated as trainer in the Trainer’s Training program

on SHG management organized for community

animators. He shared that the book is very informative;

language used is very simple any person who goes

To save our money

To know various Government schemes

benefits my family

Awareness on various developmental issues

To increase my family income

To raise our voice collectively

To undergo vocational training

Why are we

in SHG?

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through this book can easily understand the concept of SHG.

Further Mr. Raviprakash said that the book is very attractive, it is comprised with case

studies which from the field. This is the major uniqueness in this book. Any grass root

worker who has got the basic training skills can easily read and provide training to the

community.

4.5.1. Market Analysis: Project has conducted “Labour Market Survey” to understand the marketability and

employability of the skills in Chamarajanagar districts. The District Lead Agency, Swami

Vivekananda Youth Movement had been assigned to conduct the survey.

4.5.2. Survey Methodology:

After analyzing the survey report, it was observed that the survey conducted with proper

planning and scientific approach. The survey has been conducted in all the working areas of

the project. A sample size for the survey was 25% and had the good of mix of respondents

from different castes, geographical area, education level etc. The purposive sampling has

been followed in the survey.

A detailed survey followed by a pilot survey exercise seems to have helped the survey team

in anticipating survey limitation and strategies the survey plan.

Another salient factor observed in the survey is considering the response of both “Supply”

and “Demand” side. From the supply side the mothers and elder siblings of child labour

have been considered. From the demand side the entrepreneurs, bank managers, the NGO

representatives, labour officers, personnel from district industries department have been

considered. The survey had helped the project to know the awareness level of beneficiaries

with respect to vocational skills, their need, post training support required, marketability of

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skills, demand for labour within and outside the project area, economical background of

beneficiaries.

Respondents:

4.5.3. The Findings:

The survey has listed out the skills having marketability and employability in detail. Below

table provides the glimpse of top 10 skills demanded by beneficiaries and suggested by the

employers.

4.5.4. Skills identified

Top 10 Skills for Adolescents – Opinion of Siblings and Demand Side Comparison

Siblings - Top 10 Skills Demand Side - Top 10 Skills

Type of Skill Response Type of Skill Response

Tailoring* 44% Milk & milk products 14%

Agarbathi making* 31% TV, Radio repair (Electronics) 14%

Dairy farming* 28% Bakery products 11%

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Pickle, papad 20% Dairy farming 11%

Driving 17% Automobile repair 11%

Basket weaving 16% Tailoring 10%

Embroidery 12% Jaggery production 8%

Xerox, Lamination 12% Photo & Videography 8%

TV, Radio repaire 11% Agrabathi production 7%

Motor rewinding 11% Motor rewinding 7%

Top 10 Skills – Opinion of Demand side and Supply Side Comparison

Overall supply side opinion of top 10 skills

Overall demand side opinion of top 10 skills

Papad, pickle making 23% Milk & milk products 14% Dairy farming 22% Electronics repair 14% Basket weaving 12% Bakery products 11% Agarabathi making 9% Dairy farming 11%

Soap nut powder 9% Automobile repair 11% Cooking 7% Tailoring 10%

Tailoring 6% Jaggery production 8%

Poultry farming 6% Photo & Videography 8%

Noodles making 3% Agarabathi making 7% Condiments 3% Motor rewinding 7%

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4.6 Vocational training for Adolescents The aim of the project is to provide skill training for 800 adoloscents belongs to child labour family. Training Program for Youth: The training program for youth has been initiated. It was

reported by the project that around 96 youths are perceiving the training program. The lead

district agency has established the network with well known vocational training institutes

such as:

SKDRDP – SIRI

APSA

TREC – STEP

L&T Construction Company

JSS RUDSETI

MYRADA

Unnathi

The lead agency is playing majorly a facilitator role. The significant fact is the focus of

lead district agency is more on post training support. The linkages are built to provide

appropriate job opportunity for training youth.

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Labour Market Survey (Identification of marketable

and employable skills)

Enroll of youth for Vocational Training

Selection and short listing

Post training support

Organizing workshop at village level

Foundation course (Motivational, Social and Life skill

Programme

Building Linkages with Vocational institutes

Vocational training programme

Building awareness in the community

Identifying strength of vocational institutes and

post training linkages

Periodical Beneficiaries meet.

VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR ADOLESCENTS-THE PROCESS

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Opinion of Sibling undergoing skills training program:

Training Program for Mothers: The training program for women members of SHGs

established by the project has been initiated. Nearly 100 mothers have been trained under

the project. The programs are conducted in order to suit the requirements of mothers the

training programs are being conducted in the village level. Three training program have

been conducted in Annurukeri village of Gundlupet Block, Nagavalli and Sagade village

of Chamarajanagar block.

In the first round of the mother training program, three SHG groups have been trained in

Agarbathi Making skills. The training programs was with the collaboration with the

reputed company “Cycle Brand Agarbathi”, whose representatives came forward to

provide post training linkages for trained women groups.

”After I got introduced to T. K. Mahadevamma (tailoring teacher) I was motivated to learn the tailoring. I know about the problems of child labour as my brother was a child labour, working in a shop. Later because of this project, our parents sent him to child labour school and at the same time I got the information of vocational training arranged for the child labour families. I am learning this skill and I would be taking this as my profession and be self-dependent and support my family” -Ms. Rohini, 16 years, Sibling of child labour, Vocational trainee

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In the second round around three groups are identified to provide training program in

“Food Products and Processing”. The linkage has been established with JSS RUDSETI

situated in Chamarajanagar.

Post Training Support: The women trained in Agarbathi making skill have been provided

with market linkage. The representatives of the company are supplying required raw

materials to the doorstep of the women and also collecting finished product from them. In

Annurukeri village of Gundlupet Taluk some of the trained women are involved in

Agarbathi Making and earning average of Rs 60 per day.

Impact

Impact of the income generation through Skills and Training were assessed through their

following responses

Earlier our husbands used to suppress us

and not allowing us to go outside but now

my husband encouraged me to join SHG. I

have joined Alemellamma SHG group, and I

have started to save a small amount and

learnt to earn.- Mahedevamma, SHG member,

Bandigere

Earlier I was going to coolie (daily wages labourer),

and earn Rs 25 a day, but now I have started to earn on

my own. This is only because of the SHG group and

skills training provided by the project in agarbathi

making skills. And now I can take care of my daughter

who is presently studying in Day bridge centre.

- Kanthamma, SHG member, Annurkeri, Gundlupet

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4.6.2. Time Gap in conducting the program:

The time gap is observed between completion of labour market survey and initiating the

training program. As per the opinion of district lead agency the lack of awareness about the

utility of the vocational skills amongst the beneficiaries is the major constraint. Though

project is ready to provide the training program, the beneficiaries are interested in short term

benefits such as loans to buy sheep, cattle etc and financial support for the present activity.

The project has taken up the task for building awareness about utility of vocational skills and

motivating the youth to perceive the training. This component is taking considerable time.

The other factor caused the time delay is lack of exposure of marketability of employability of

skills to the beneficiaries. The interest of beneficiaries is still towards traditional skills like

animal husbandry and other agricultural allied activities. The beneficiaries need to be

educated about present market demands.

4.6.3. Solution Adopted:

The lead agency is already conducting series of Focus Group Discussion in each Village

Panchayath. The elder siblings and mothers of the child labours are being invited and

oriented about various vocational skills and the opportunities.

Foundation course before enrolling the youth for vocational training is also being conducted.

In this course they are being provided with social and life skills program. The foundation

course is shall also be providing information of various vocational skills available to facilitate

the youth to make their choice.

The network with various reputed training agencies has been established including institutes

within the project area to pace up the training and organize parallel training batches.

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4.6.4. Suggestions:

The targeted number of adolescents to be training is more. The activity should be paced up.

The local training institutions need to be involved in the program.

The NCLPS should instruct the other implementing agencies to select and refer the youths to

the training program. Each organization should be assigned with specific targets.

Awareness related to the vocational skills to the parents and elder siblings should be

provided.

4.7 Upgrading Local industries: TECSOK had done “Sericulture policy research study” with an objective to establish child

labour free technology in sericulture processing units. The intention is to eradicate the

involvement of children in the sericulture processing units which is more prevalent in the

district. The task of validating the survey recommendation and mobilizing entrepreneurs to

adopt the technology is to MYRADA, an NGO working in Kollegal Taluk. When the

evaluators contacted Mr. Belle Gowda, Project coordinator of MYRADA, he shared that the

project was formally started from January 2008 and activities are to be initiated. Project has to

ensure the timely implementation of this activity.

4.8 Strengthening Community Monitoring Mechanism:

Project has already initiated activities such as capacity building for members of village

panchayath, SDMC, Anaganwadi etc. The CLEC is being strengthened at each village

panchayath level.

To have proper accountability and to ensure absolute community participation project needs

to have structured community monitoring mechanism. This is would also enables the project

activities to be sustainable.

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Involvement of enforcement officers, Enforcement officers, employers, Parents, other SHGs,

government officers, teachers, Members of SDMC , Gram Panchayat and Anganwadi

members. Project has given total thrust to strengthen the local agencies.

To give more attention project has entrusted Holy Cross organization to implement and

concentrate more activities. When the monitoring team contacted the Holy Cross

organization the concerned in charge shared that the activity has to be formally initiated. So

project needs to pace up the stipulated activities.

4.9 Child Track System Child track system is application software devised by the project. When the evaluators

interacted with the Project Director he shared, that Child track system helps to:

Tracking the children who are enrolled to Day bridge centre and Residential bridge

centre.

Through this system even the profile of adolescents or siblings of child labour families

can be easily obtained.

This system helps in to understand the socio-economic status of the child labour

families.

It also helps in knowing the family profile- family income, Reason for dropout from

schools.

Age of the children can be analyzed.

To know the background of children who are in the DBC and RBC.

This system also helps in knowing the details of SHG formation and its activities-

savings, trainings etc can be easily accessed.

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DBC/ RBC children according to Age wise

4%

24%

69%

3%5%

27%

64%

4%0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%

6 to 8 9 to 11 12 to 14 15 to 18

Boys Girls

The above graph indicates, o 69% of the boys and 64% of the girls in the age group of 12-14 years who are enrolled in

DBC and RBS are easily assessed through the child track system o Majority of the children who are in the age group of 14 years are focused as per the results

drawn from the Child track system.

17%23%

51%

9%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

S.C S.T OBC Others

DBC / RBC Children according to Caste wise

o From the child track system, majority of the children are from the backward classes. It is

appreciable that the project is endeavoring to achieve social justice and reach benefits more to the marginalized children.

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Children enrolled in Learing Centres

38%

62%

Male Female

o 38% of the children in learning centers are female. The important of this project is

succeeded in bringing significant number of girl children considering the situational background of the Project area.

Suggestions:

Datas should be updated in the Child track system.

4.10 Committees formed by the project

Various committees have been formulated in order to bring in sustainability to the endeavor

undertaken by the project.

Child labour eradication committee (CLEC): CLEC is a committee which acts as a

community based monitoring system to work for eradication of child labour in the area.

The main objective of this project is to ensure, that even after this project completion period,

the committee should actively ensure that the rights of the children are not violated. Through

this committee takes collective decision on various aspects like: eradication of child labour,

compulsory school education for all the children, best quality of school education, any

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unwanted accidents or deaths caused in the families where children are orphans or

abandoned, sensitization on these issues to the villagers.

Gram panchayat president, secretary and few active members, Government Headmasters/

teachers, Aganwadi workers, ANM/ Health officers, Local SHG members, youth groups and

persons who are active for these causes are involved as members.

Till date project has successfully formed committees in all the 27 Gram Panchayaths

(working area). CLEC is involving actively in identification of child labour in their villages,

this committee involves in the process of organizing any training programs organized by the

respective community animator in the villages.

Mothers committee: Project has formulated 27 committees; these committees consist of only

child labour mothers. Till date project has covered SHG manual (four chapters). Apart from

this orientation on Legal issues, child labour, adult education and government facilities are

discussed. Through this committee, mothers are sensitized about their rights and started

raising their voice in various government schemes.

SHG Federation: Project has started to work on SHG federation. The federation will have the

representation of each SHG formulated / adopted by the project. Federations are being

established at the block level. This is with an intention to federate the women and create an

appropriate platform for them to fight for development collectively.

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4.10 Financial Observation formed by the project

During the interaction with the NCLPs accountant, the following information was observed

by the evaluation team:

♦ 45% of funds is utilized for the Awareness building and education programme.

♦ 23% of the funds is utilized for the income generation activities and

♦ 3% of the funds is utilized for the vocational training for adolescents.

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Project needs to pace up the activities especially vocational skills for the proper and timely budget

utilization.

4.11 Activities – Statistical Update

35 27

1750

1282

1750

279

DBC Noof Children in DBC Children Mainstreamed from theDay bridge centre

Day Bridge Centre Activities

Target Started / Achieved

6 3450 214 300 85

Residential Bridge Schools Number of Children inResidential Bridge Schools

Children Mainstreamed fromthe Residential Bridge Schools

Residential Bridge SchoolTarget Started / Achieved

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3000

411

Children directly mainstreamed to school

Children directly mainstreamedTarget Started / Achieved

3000

267

Children brought back directly to Anganwadis

Children enrollment to AnganwadiTarget Started / Achieved

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210 163 40 37 88 41

1085

1456

Section-17Inspectors

Project Staff Teachers ofProject Schools

AnganwadiWorkers/Teachers

Stakeholders TrainingTarget Achieved

800

96

Vocational Training for Adolescents

Vocational Training for AdolescentsTarget Started / Achieved

2888

-106

2200

1507

CommuntityBased Organ

Judicial Officers Parents

Stakeholders TrainedTarget Started / Achieved

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5. NETWORKING AND LINKAGES Efforts can be seen through the resource materials received to Day bridge centre by various

community members. Materials mobilized are chairs, table, clock, notebooks and pens to

DBC. Almost all the DBC generated things such as bags, books, tables, food from the

community, stake holders.

At the District level, the linkage between education department, labour department, social

welfare department, labour and industries department, department of women and child

development and the project is appears to be strong. The heads of each department has got

the understanding of the project activities and involved. Project is also successful in

establishing network with organizations like Child Welfare Committee and utilizing its

service. The project has perceived the departments to provide preference to the child labour

families in the schemes and benefits available.

Even at the taluka level and Village, project is successful in building good network. Officials

at the block level are actively participating in the project activities. The officials and local

organizations have supported in establishing DBCs and community mobilizations.

Suggestions:

Establish link with local employers association with the support of district industries

department.

Religious institutions should be involved in the project as their words are accepted by a

large rural mass.

Incentives to be given to Youth group to make them actively participate in the project.

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6. EVIDENCE OF SUSTAINABILITY

• Sensitized Voluntary Organizations:

The project helped in building up a network of NGO’s in the area. Project has succeeded

to involve Eight NGO’s directly in the implementation of the activities. Project has

succeeded even in involving other NGOs active in the area. This project has even

sensitized and provided an opportunity for voluntary organizations to work for the

eradication of child labour. As the organizations are actively working in the project area

and in all probabilities they shall also voice against child labour and continue to work

for its eradication even after the project. The project has also imparted series of training

program to the NGOs for their capacity enhancement. Any future endeavors by any

other organizations for the similar cause would have competent organizations to

partner with.

• Equipped Man Power:

The project could bring in a good number of human resources and enhance their skill in

the field of community development. Many teachers, community animators, Block

community animators, other NGO staff, coordinators, etc have been appointed by the

project. They are also been trained in skills such as community mobilization, knowledge

about the government programs, management of community groups etc. Enough trhust

is also given to enhance the personal competency of each staff. A skilled set of

manpower shall be available for future community intervention activities. Majority of

these volunteers may also continuously be voicing against child labour in the area.

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• Community Participation:

The effort of making community to participate and take the ownership of the project is

substantial. The effort of the project is laudable especially in the district like

Chamarajanagara, which stands in 26th place in the State Human Development report

and awareness level is not so high. There were no substantial activities with respect to

eradication of child labour was undertaken in the district compared to the present

project activities. The community is realizing their roles and responsibilities. The present

project also created awareness about importance of education. The community is not

only participating in the activities of the project but also contributed either in cash or in

kind towards the activities.

The community participation in all the programs is either in one or more of the

following forms:

a) Contribution in terms of human resources – volunteering in the activities,

participation in Jatha and rally, identification of child labours etc

b) Contribution in kind of motivation – sending the working children to school by

advising children’s parents and motivate the parents to send them to schools

c) Resource contribution for books and stationeries for Bridge School children and also

for some furniture

There shall definitely be an impact of the project even after its completion where some representatives of the community are sensitized to voice and act against child labour.

• Awareness amongst women group members:

Women group were empowered to overcome many of these weaknesses such as social

backwardness, low economic status, illiteracy. There was awareness among them about

collective economic development; they were happy about their saving and their

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statements indicate this ‘’madam we have collected about eight thousand rupees and we

will save more in next few months’’. They were trained in skills which could bring some

monetary help for their family; in this regard there were women who were making

agarbathi and earn money which support their family. They were requesting for other

skill development training in the field of dairy farming and silk rearing.

• Convergence with Government Schemes:

The project has initiated its effort to bring in participation of Government departments.

The evaluators have observed the endeavor of the project to reach benefits of

Government schemes to the child labour family on priority. Though it has not happened

in a large scale, the attempts have been initiated. Some of the families obtained House

under “Ashraya Housing Scheme”. Project has collected the list of eligible members

from child labour families to get the benefits such as old age pensions, disability

allowances, widow pension etc.

Another notable fact is the initiative taken by the project to hand over Day Bridge

Schools to Sarva Shikshana Abhiyan. The objective of the project was to run bridge

school for the duration of TEN months and it has neared the completion. Project had a

discussion with the guidance of district lead agency with the officials of SSA. Now the

DBCs are being handed over to SSA. This model is real example for involving

Government department with an intention to bring sustainability to the activities

initiated.

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Substantial achievements

Convergence with SSA in handing over all the Day bridge centres

Strengthened women SHG groups to voice on various developmental issues.

SDMC and community members are sensitized and

Eight NGO’s who were working in different issues are now working on Child labour

issues.

The effective involvement of the stakeholders.

Project is forming Makala Grama Sabha ( a new initative in Begur and Haradanahalli)

Project has identified four villages to make child labour free

Overall the sustainability of the project depends on the extent to which Project is able to

strengthen the capabilities of its beneficiaries in the area. Their capacities has to be increased

with respect to decision making and to improve their ability to initiate action, and enhance

self-reliance. The fact that a high percentage of beneficiaries participation in constituting the

SHG ensures that the sense of community ʺownershipʺ and pride in the systems is high. Due

to these measures, the SHG component is expected to be quite sustainable.

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7. RECOMENDATIONS

7.1 Environmental Building Activities: 7.1.1 Wall Paintings

Wall painting design and concept should be customized as per the area background such as

sheep rearing, working at houses to be included in pictures and the stakeholders consultation

is a must.

Design as per local scenario

In Mahadeshwara Hill, situated in Kollegal block more number of children are found as child

labourers; involved in selling incense powder called ‘Dhoopa’ for the pilgrims. Here, rather than going

for any other design project can directly depict the scenario which is happening right in front of the

people. So this will be more effective way to bring in awareness. Temple which is an religious institute

will definitely leave an imprint among the people’s mind as it is taken seriously by the community.

Process:

Meeting of members of Child Labour Eradication Committee in each project village should

be organized. The opinion of the members about design, place should be obtained.

7.1.2 Diary

• Suggestions were received to add more features and make changes in regard to

general information of the district, important phone numbers of local district

stakeholders, and interior design of the dairy.

• Dairies should be distributed appropriately in regard to time.

• Should be reached to all key Government Officials and village representatives.

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7.1.3 Posters and Other printed material

• Table calendar appears to be more useful compared to wall calendar as opined

by users

• Posters and stickers should be having more pictures than words as it needs to

target more of illiterate group of people also

7.1.4 Street play

a. There was also recommendation from women groups that, they want to watch these

street plays and so they suggested to organize during afternoon hours or at the time of

their SHG meetings. If this is done, they need not have to feel shy of the men’s crowd.

b. Street plays were very effective in generating mass awareness; this needs to be

implemented in all the Taluka.

c. Workshop to orient on Street play handbook for all the artist who shall be performing

street plays should be organized

d. Team of artists to train the selected teachers and children.

Process

Step 1: A team of drama artists to be selected in each block of the project area Step2: Artist team fist visits the local Government School and train a group of children, particularly from CLASS V and VI. At least TWO teachers also should be trained. Step 3: Artists shall train the teachers and children group for the duration of 8 hours on TWO selected theme. Step 4: At the end of the day, artists along with the trained team from the school shall perform street play in the village

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Department of public instruction has incorporated a new component called ‘’Theatre in

Education’’ to reach children effectively. The department has already conducting

workshops with the local theater groups for teachers. As one of the major objectives of the

project is to train teachers on street play handbook. Project can discuss to incorporate

street play as one of the major theme in the workshop. So, instead of reorganizing the

entire program project can plan to utilize the opportunity with the association of

education department.

7.1.5 Press / television and other mass media.

Project should develop a appropriate media strategy to be clear about

• Extent and time of involvement of media

• Media mix i.e involvement of print and electronic media and type of reports to be

covered

• Utilizing media to serve as an effective tool to achieve the goal rather than just a

publicity tool

Process

a. Periodicity and Continuity: In order to reach the community effectively, there needs to

be continuity in utilizing media with appropriate stories and news

b. Media Plan: Project needs to plan to report stories, articles, law and amendment about

child labour regularly in the news papers. A workshop involving key project members

and stakeholders should be organized to devise media strategy.

c. Focusing on Case Studies: To reach the community effectively the stories on “Child

Labours” and “Success Stories of Rehabilitated Children by the project” can be initiated

with the support of media. A weekly series could be commenced in the local news papers.

Plan to reach of project activities through the media to be reached to the state and national

level.

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d. Workshop for Media Personnel: Media personnel and Journalists needs to be considered

as one of the prime stakeholders in activities related to Environmental Building and

awareness generation.

7.2 Capacity Building Exercise

• The hand outs for the community members and stakeholders attending training

program should be provided so that it will enable carry the messages for a long period

and to convey their friends and family members

• The capacity building exercise for the various stake holders need to be conducted

periodically.

• Establishment of Community Trainers Pool: Project personnel can make a team

consisting representatives of youth groups, Anganwadi workers, panchayath

members etc in their respective villages and conduct a TOT program, so that this

group can be used as resource persons in the training and brings in sustainability to

the activity. At the same time programs can be reached to large population. Project

should also involve professionals and students belong to the field of health, education,

rural development etc. Involving the concerned subject experts shall make the training

programme lively and more informative.

• The training should also be provided to the stakeholders residing in surrounding

villages of village panchayath headquarters.

• The training program for SHG needs to have specific periodicity and continuity. The

success of project is majorly depends on how this group will become empowered and

sustainable even after the completion of project duration. These groups will take up

income generation activities only when they are convinced about the relevance and

motivated enough. The continuous capacity building program is the only way to

empower the groups to achieve the objective.

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7.3 Running of Bridge schools and Mainstreaming

• DBC are nearing to end its period, teachers need to plan and record individual profile

of each child. The plan should specify about- Where the child will be placed in the

next three month time.

• If the child needs further bridge schooling he should be placed in RBC; along with the

child’s case report. This will help the RBC teachers to know the child’s psychology and

learning level.

• Each case study should be well documented and the process should be discussed with

the concerned NGO and then the file should be given to the NCLP for effective

documentation and maintenance of records.

• DBC teachers and the NGO’s should have a weekly plan of action on the regular visits

to the children who are mainstreamed. They should act like a bridge between the

children and the government school teachers until the children are settled and build a

good adjusted with the mainstream school environment.

• The implementing agencies, especially the organizations running RBCs are

recommended to be taken to other similar residential centers. This shall help the

organization to get the knowledge to improvise the centers.

• Residential bridge centre should work as a resource centre as mentioned in the APSO.

• One or two active teachers from each block should be selected and designated as

‘’Nodal person’’ to take care of post mainstreaming activities for three months after

the closure of DBC. Normally the probability of children not interested to go back to

the mainstream schools will be more due to their resistance to adopt for change. The

nodal officers can take up the responsibility of solving all these probable problems and

ensure the schooling of the children.

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Probable Limitation to appoint Nodal Persons: The one major limitation may be of

salary of the Nodal person. As per original plan of the project, the budget for 35 DBC

has been earmarked. Project has established around 28 DBCs. The unspent salary

amount in the DBCs budget can be utilized.

7.4 Networking and linkages

The project can be even more strengthened through networking and linkage. The

appreciable principal which project has adopted is rather than providing direct benefits

to the target group, it is necessary to empower them to get the benifts on their own or

through other available Government schemes. This shall bring the sustainability through

consumes more time. To achieve this objective project needs to establish string linkages

with the local civil society organizations and Government departments.

Process:

a. Establish link with local employers association in order to make their

establishment child labour free and increased opportunities for child labour family

members on priority. The support of District industries department can be

envisaged.

b. Religious institutions can be planned to involve in the project as their words are

strongly accepted by the people

c. Youth group should be majorly involved in the activities. The earmarked budget

under APSO on “prevention and withdrawal of child labour through awareness

raising and education” Output: 2.2 can be utilized.

d. Involvement of Local organization such as Rotary, Lions Club should be increased.

As these organizations periodically conduct Health Camps, Support Students from

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poor families, Skills Training program etc, the benefits can be made available to the

child labour families.

7.5 Survey and Benchmarking – Involvement of Implementing Agencies

NGO’s needs to be provided with specific plan and list of expected quarterly output. The

monitoring should take place quite often so the new lessons are learnt and improve upon.

Process:

a. Project should organize Quarterly Review and Planning Meeting inviting heads of

implementing agencies, District Lead Agency and Block Coordinators

b. Implementing agency has to be provided with give specific activity plan and

expected outputs

c. The required budget to each implementing agencies as per the planned activities

should be released quickly.

d. Implementing agency has to do frequent monitoring and support supervision

visits.

7.6 Suggested Planning and Monitoring Strategy:

Level 1: Project Director along with Block Community Animators (BCAs) receiving

suggestions of District Lead Agency devise the activity plan for each quarter

Level 2: The Heads of implementing agencies to be called for Quarterly Review and

Planning Meeting at the district headquarter

Level 3: The Heads of the organizations and BCA shall organize the monthly planning

and review meeting as per the decisions of Quarterly Meeting. The quarterly plans and

outputs needs to be fragmented as monthly plans and assign the work to each

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community animator. There needs to be scope for CAs to express their opinion and

creativity.

Level 4: Project Director shall have the fortnightly review meeting with all the BCAs

involving all the project office staff .

7.7 Documentation and Reporting:

Documentation and reporting is improved considerably compared to earlier NCLP

structure. The formats devised by the project gives enough scope for documentation. But

still lack of availability of statistical updates, project impacts, case studies of children and

family was observed. Project needs to concentrate about this factor. This is the right time

to initiate documentation of project impacts and stories of change. Project can also think

of bringing out “Video Documentary” on the activities taken so far. The documentary

should also focus of the strategies adopted and its impact so that it could be guideline for

other similar projects.

7.8 Income generation through skills and self employment promotion

• The organizations of SHG activities should be provided with more concentration.

Project should ensure the capacity building of all the groups in all the modules

suggested in “SHG Hand Book”. The periodicity of the training programs should be

strictly scheduled and implementation should be monitored

• As the targeted number of adolescents to be training is more. The activity should be

paced up. The local training institutions need to be involved in the program.

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• The NCLPS should instruct the other implementing agencies to select and refer the

youths to the training program. Each organization should be assigned with specific

targets.

• Awareness related to the vocational skills to the parents and elder siblings should be

provided.

• Before providing vocational training for mothers group, the SHG should be

strengthened for at least Three to four months. During this period capacity of the

group needs to be enhanced as per of SHG manual provided by the project. Later on

introduction of vocational skills will make the groups to consider it seriously and take

up income generation activities in a group.

Considering the present achievement of activities under providing Skills Training for

Adolescents and community dynamics, the project need to think of revising timeline for the

completion of activities. Lack of awareness about utilities of vocational skills was strongly

observed in the community. The inclinations of beneficiaries are more towards short term

and instant benefits rather than long term and sustainable one. This is very common feature

of community. More time is necessary to orient the community and impart the training

program. The success of the program is depends on the utilization of provided skills by the

beneficiaries. Post training support also needs to be provided. All these activities requires

more time. Since budget is not utilized under this component, the additional financial

resource may not be necessary.

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7.9 Upgrading local industries: This component of the project is entrusted to MYRADA. Project should also provide

complete information related to this activity to the respective Block Communiyt Animator

and other key project staff. Activities are needs to be paced up.

7.10 Community monitoring and strengthening Grass Roots Institutional Capacities

This activity is assigned to Holy Cross organization working in Kollegal Block. But the

project is directly implementing some of the activities related to this component. To have

proper accountability and to ensure absolute community participation project needs to have

structured community monitoring mechanism. This is would also enables the project

activities to be sustainable. Major concentration is required to be provided and activities

needs to be paced up as project already completed its first year.

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8. LESSONS LEARNT

The Model of awarding the responsibility of Monitoring and Capacity Building activities

to the single agency is unique and found effective. Usually monitoring agencies highlights

the good and bad practices of the project and provide suggestions for improvements.

Onus of helping the project to fill the lacunae will not be on monitoring agency. If training

agency is different they plan and impart the program as they perceive the suggestion of

the monitoring agency. Since the training agency does not make field visits, the

understanding of field realities and needs will not be available. This model resolves all

those limitations.

The thrust given by the project towards enhancing the competency of partner agencies

and project staff is could be another important learning for other projects. The impact of

the capacity building activities can be observed in the activities of project staff. If capacity

building component was excluded it would have affected the efficiency of the activities

and caused more time delay as staff had to acquire the knowledge and skills on their own

by trial and error method.

Third Party Monitoring Mechanism is another model established by the project is worth

to be replicated and learnt. As project always cannot look back its achievements and

lacunae in the implementation the necessity of another agency is needed. This shall also

avoid a time delay in rectifying the mistakes done. The project staff will also work more

efficiently as they shall be knowing their performance is going to be evaluated by another

agency.

Labour Market Survey is another model provided lot of learning to the project. The

involvement of beneficiaries also as the respondents unlike other survey helped to

understand the needs of the people and their understanding about the vocational skills.

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Though it is very early to comment about CLEC, the strategy envisaged to form the

committees at the grassroots level and make respective village panchayath responsible in

eradication of child labour is appreciable. Through this community involvement can be

made more effective.

Constitution and Involvement of SHG could bring in long term sustainability and women

were sensitized in child labour issue. This component shall also empower women in real

terms to avail their rights and involve in developmental endeavors of the village.

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9 ANNEXURURE

9.1. Annexure 1- Evaluation Team

Sl No

Name Designation Role in Present Assignment

1. Mr. Basavaraju R Head - Projects Team Leader

2. Ms. Shubha Project Coordinator

Team Member

3. Ms. Usha Rajkumar Project Coordinator

Team Member

4. Ms. Meera Documentation Officer

Documentation

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9.1. Annexure 1- Questionnaire

Vivekananda Institute for Leadership Development (Unit of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement)

Project: Combating Child labour and Economic Exploitation among Adolescents

(Supported by: International Labour Organization through NCLPS, Chamarajanagar)

Questionnaire Mid term Progress and Process Documentation and evaluative Review in Chamarajanagar District

I. Questionnaire to DC and CEO

1. What is your opinion about activities and its effectiveness of earlier NCLP structure?

2. What are the differences you have observed in present NCLPS structure?

3. Comment on

Earlier NCLP Structure

Present NCLP Structure

Remarks

Strengths

Weakness (Limitations)

Opportunities Threats

4. After changes in NCLP structure, is enforcement strengthened?

5. What are the improvements in documentation happened in the new structure?

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6. Whether monitoring and documentation strengthened and improved?

7. Whether training, awareness raising, community mobilization better?

8. Whether committees formed at GP, School, Anganwadi, Village, Ward, Block and District Level and how effective they are?

9. Administrative and procedural innovations and improvement, cost benefits etc. Environmental Building:

10. Comment about effectiveness of awareness activities undertaken by the project. (increased awareness amongst community, feedback of other officials and stakeholders)

11. Impact of Wall Painting and Suggestions for Modifications

Project Progress:

12. Your comment on “Achievement of Project” hitherto

13. How the community and other stakeholders receiving the project

14. What are the limitations you have observed in the project

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15. What are the changes you would like to suggest / incorporate for the effective implementation of the project?

16. What are the measures to be taken to bring in convergence with the other government programs and sustainability of the project?

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Vivekananda Institute for Leadership Development (Unit of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement)

Project: Combating Child labour and Economic Exploitation among Adolescents

(Supported by: International Labour Organization through NCLPS, Chamarajanagar)

Questionnaire Mid term Progress and Process Documentation and evaluative Review in Chamarajanagar District

II. Questionnaire to DDPI / SSA

1. Have you involved in the activities of the project?

2. Whether this project enhanced the awareness in the community about the child

labour? If yes, how?

3. Do you think the implementation of this project brought in momentum in the district administration to eradicate child labour?

4. Are the activities of the project being supportive to the education department?

5. How does the education department would utilize the work done by the

project? Project Progress:

6. Your comment on “Achievement of Project” 7. How the community and other stakeholders receiving the project

8. What are the limitations you have observed in the project

9. What are the changes you would like to suggest / incorporate for the effective implementation of the project?

10. What is the measures education department would take to bring in convergence with the other government programs and sustainability of the project?

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Vivekananda Institute for Leadership Development (Unit of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement)

Project: Combating Child labour and Economic Exploitation among Adolescents

(Supported by: International Labour Organization through NCLPS, Chamarajanagar)

Questionnaire Mid term Progress and Process Documentation and evaluative Review in Chamarajanagar District

III. Taluk/ District Level: BEO/ CDPO/ Tashildar

1. Have you participated in any of the programmes organized by the project? If yes, mention

any few programmes you have participated. 2. How often do you have contact with the project (NCLPs) personnel?

• Regularly • Rare • Only when there is any programme they will meet

3. Have you used the diary given by the NCLPs?

Yes No

4. If No, Why:

5. Did the diary carry any message of prohibiting child labour? Yes No

6. Have you seen or come across any following activities about child labour? a) Wall paintings__________ b) Posters_____________ c) Diary ______________ d) Street play __________ e) Jatha _________ f) Rallies _________________ g) Exhibitions _____________ h) Mela _______________ i) Video show__________ j) Any other specify

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7. Have you participated in any of the following organized by NCLPs? a) Jatha _________________ b) Mela _________________ c) Rallies ________________ d) Exhibitions ____________ e) Any others specify

8. Did the above outreach programmes carry the message on child labour? Yes No

9. How did you come to know about the outreach programme?

a) Community Animator b) Block Community Animator c) Meetings- SHG/ SDMC/ Gram Panchayaths d) Media e) Others Specify:

10. Would you like to participate in the above outreach programmes regularly

Yes No 11. Opinion about the project:

a. How did the project benefit Chamarajanagar 12. Do you feel any changes in the community scenario after the inception of this project? 13. Do you feel after this project the awareness level about eradication of child labour is

raised in the community 14. Has the project taken any step in convergence from different Government department? 15. What are the lacunae you observed in this project

16. What other programs needs to be implemented to eradicate child labour problem in Chamarajanagar

17. Your suggestion towards the better implementation of the project

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Vivekananda Institute for Leadership Development (Unit of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement)

Project: Combating Child labour and Economic Exploitation among Adolescents

(Supported by: International Labour Organization through NCLPS, Chamarajanagar)

Questionnaire Mid term Progress and Process Documentation and evaluative Review in Chamarajanagar District

IV. SDMC, Gram panchayat, Anganwadi Members

1. Have you come across any child labour related wall paintings in your village?

Yes No

2. If yes, what did you feel once you saw the wall painting? a) Children should not be sent to work b) All the children should be at school c) If the children goes to work, it is not wrong d) I could not get any message from the painting

3. Do you think wall painting depicted at the right place in your village? Yes No

4. Did anybody ask your opinion about where the wall painting should be drawn?

Yes No

5. Are you aware of any posters/ pamphlets on child labour? Yes No

6. Did the posters appeal to you on

a) Child labour is prohibited b) Equality for girl child c) Education is necessary for the future of child d) Children should be sent to school e) No message f) Others specify

7. Have you used the diary given by the NCLPs? Yes No

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8. If No, Why? 9. Did the diary carry any message of prohibiting child labour?

Yes No 10. What other message / information you could observe in the diary? 11. Have you seen any video clippings about child labour?

Yes No

12. If Yes, Where? a. In Cinema Theatre b. In my village: (mention the

place)__________________

c. Cable TV d. Other____________________

13. After seeing the video clippings, what was your taught

a) All the children should be sent to school b) Children below 14 years should not be sent to work c) Child not going to school is a child labour d) Others specify e) No message

14. Have you seen any street play in your village / place?

Yes No 15. If yes, what was the message carried through the street play?

a) Child labour b) Compulsory education c) HIV/ AIDS d) Any other specify:_________________________

16. Have you participated in any of the following organized by NCLPs?

a) Jatha b) Mela c) Rallies d) Exhibitions e) Any others specify ________________________________

17. Did the above outreach programmes carry the message on child labour?

Yes No

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18. How did you come to know about the outreach programme? a) Community Animator b) Block Community Animator c) Meetings- SHG/ SDMC/ Gram Panchayaths d) Media e) Others Specify______________________________________

19. Would you like to participate in the above outreach programmes regularly

Yes No 20. Have you participated in any of the training programmes organized by the NCLPs?

Yes No

21. If yes, on what issues have you undergone training, specify

a) How did the program benefit you b) Enabled me to understand “as per law, child should not be sent to work”. c) Fine will be levied if we employ children below 14 years d) All the children should be sent to school e) Other:______________________

22. How many training programs you have attended?

23. What changes you would like to recommend for the project in terms of the training a) Organizing Time : Morning Noon Evening b) Trainer:

i) Should be invited from outside ii) The present trainer is ok

c) Training Duration: < 1 hr <2 hr _________ 24. What is your opinion about the project implementation to Chamarajanagar District? 25. What are the lacunae you observed in this project

26. What other programs needs to be implemented to eradicate child labour problem in

Chamarajanagar

27. Your suggestion towards the better implementation of the project

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Vivekananda Institute for Leadership Development (Unit of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement)

Project: Combating Child labour and Economic Exploitation among Adolescents

(Supported by: International Labour Organization through NCLPS, Chamarajanagar)

Questionnaire Mid term Progress and Process Documentation and evaluative Review in Chamarajanagar District

V. Parents and Community

Name: Child Labour Name:

1. Have you come across any child labour related wall paintings in your village?

Yes No

2. If yes, what did u feel once you saw the wall painting? a) Children should not be sent to work b) All the children should be at school c) If the children goes to work it is not wrong d) I could not get any message from the painting

3. Do you think wall painting depicted at the right place in your village? Yes No

4. Did anybody ask your opinion about where the wall painting should be drawn?

Yes No

5. Are you aware of any posters/ pamphlets on child labour?

Yes No

6. Did the posters appeal to you on a) Child labour is prohibited b) Equality of girl child c) Education is necessary for the

future of child d) Children should be sent to school

e) No message f) Others specify________________

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7. Have you seen any video clippings about child labour? Yes No

8. If Yes, Where? a) in the theatre b) In my village:__________________ c) Cable TV d) Other____________________

9. After seeing the video clippings what was your taught

a) All the children should be sent to school b) Children below 14yrs should not be sent to work c) Child not going school is a child labour d) No message e) Others specify ____________________

10. Have you seen any street play in your village / place?

Yes No 11. If yes, what was the message carried through the street play?

a) Child labour b) Compulsory education c) HIV/ AIDS d) Any other specify:_________________________

12. Have you participated in any of the following organized by NCLPs?

a) Jatha b) Mela c) Rallies d) Exhibitions e) Any others specify _____________________________

13. Did the above outreach programmes carry the message on child labour?

Yes No

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14. How did you come to know about the outreach programme? a) Community Animator b) Block Community Animator c) Meetings- SHG/ SDMC/ Gram Panchayaths d) Media e) Others Specify:

15. Would you like to participate in the above outreach programmes regularly

Yes No 16. Have you participated in any of the training programmes organized by the NCLPs?

Yes No

17. If yes, on what issues have you undergone training, specify

a) b) Enabled me to understand “as per law, child should not be sent to work”. c) All the children should be sent to school d) Other:______________________

18. How many training programs you have attended?

19. What changes you would like to recommend for the project in terms of the training a) Organizing Time : Morning Noon Evening b) Trainer:

i) Should be invited from outside ii) The present person is ok

c) Training Duration: < 1 hr <2 hr _________ 20. What is your opinion about the project implementation to Chamarajanagar District?

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Vivekananda Institute for Leadership Development (Unit of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement)

Project: Combating Child labour and Economic Exploitation among Adolescents

(Supported by: International Labour Organization through NCLPS, Chamarajanagar)

Questionnaire Mid term Progress and Process Documentation and evaluative Review in Chamarajanagar District

VI. SHG Members: (Focus Group Discussion) 1. Do you participate in weekly meetings?

Yes No

2. What are the various issues discussed in the SHG meetings? 3. Have you participated in any of the training programmes organized by the NCLPs?

Yes No

4. How many training programs you have attended?

5. If yes, on what issues have you undergone training, specify

6. What changes you would like to recommend for the project in terms of the training

a) Organizing Time : Morning Noon Evening b) Trainer:

i) Should be invited from outside ii) The present person is ok

c) Training Duration: < 1 hr <2 hr _________ 7. Are you monitoring existence of child labour in your locality and informing CA and

motivating the family to send the children to school? 8. As a group did you try to avail the benefit of any government schemes

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9. Are you visiting Gram Panchayath now? 10. Have you undergone any skills training program, if yes Which program? 11. Are you involved in any income generation activity after the program? 12. Is there any one here is the member of SDMC / VDMC / GP Members / Child Labour

Eradication Committee 13. Do you have access to Bank Finance 14. Do you observe any changes in the community / in yourself due to the

implementation of this Child Labor Eradication Project? 15. Did establishment of DBC benefited you and motivated your child to perceive

education further?

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Vivekananda Institute for Leadership Development (Unit of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement)

Project: Combating Child labour and Economic Exploitation among Adolescents

(Supported by: International Labour Organization through NCLPS, Chamarajanagar)

Questionnaire Mid term Progress and Process Documentation and evaluative Review in Chamarajanagar District

VII. NGO’s 1. Does the DBC have local support in terms of community mobilization?

Yes No If yes, list the local resources mobilized 2. Have you ever involved in community and other stake holders in running the DBC?

Yes No 3. Have you undergone any training from the project?

Yes No 4. If yes, what are the changes you adopted in your organization after undergoing

training from District Lead Agency? 5. What are the various systems you could develop in your organization from the

training you underwent by the District Lead agency? 6. Quote your experience how the training programme you have received helped you

to bring in effectiveness in your project? 7. Are you satisfied about the training programme received from the District Lead

Agency?

8. How did the Monitoring Visits by the District Lead Agency help you? 9. Your suggestion towards the better implementation of the project

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Vivekananda Institute for Leadership Development (Unit of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement)

Project: Combating Child labour and Economic Exploitation among Adolescents

(Supported by: International Labour Organization through NCLPS, Chamarajanagar)

Questionnaire Mid term Progress and Process Documentation and evaluative Review in Chamarajanagar District

NCLPs Project Personnel:

VIII. Questions to Project Director Environmental Building

1. What is the process project has followed to draw wall painting in the villages?

2. What are the criteria followed to select a. The place: b. The Design: c. The Painter:

3. Did project got any feedback about wall painting from various

stakeholders? If yes, what did they say?

4. Can you quote any instances which made to understand the impact of wall painting, posters and other environmental building materials in the community?

5. If project decides to go for the second round of producing environmental building materials, what are the modifications in the process you would like to bring?

Mass Media Usage: 6. Have the journalists of the project area have been sensitized by the project

about child labour? 7. How do you feel mass media helped the project in creating awareness?

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8. How mass media was utilized in the project? Was there any media plan?

Comment about its effectiveness. Capacity Building

9. Who are the community members / stake holders’ project intended to build their capacity?

10. What was the planned number of training programs for each stakeholder?

11. Did project complete stipulated number of training programs?

12. Who is the community resource persons involved in the training programs?

13. Did project provide any Resource Material to the trained members?

14. Comment about effectiveness of SHG training program. (The strengths, flaws, improvements needs to be done etc)

15. Who have been trained in the training program for “Enforcement Officials”? How it is helping the project?

16. What are your comments about effectiveness of trainings provided by

District Lead Agency to the project staff?

17. How the training programs did enabled the project and its partners in implementing the project activities effectively?

18. What is your opinion about activities and its effectiveness of earlier NCLP structure?

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19. What are the differences you have observed in present NCLPS structure?

20. Comment on

Earlier NCLP Structure

Present NCLP Structure

Remarks

Strengths Weakness (Limitations)

Opportunities Threats

21. After changes in NCLP structure, is enforcement strengthened?

22. What are the improvements in documentation happened in the new structure?

23. Whether monitoring and documentation strengthened and improved? 24. Whether training, awareness raising, community mobilization

better?

25. Whether committees formed at GP, School, Anganwadi, Village, Ward, Block and District Level and how effective they are?

26. Administrative and procedural innovations and improvement, cost

benefits etc.

Effectiveness of Service Labour Cooperative. • Agency Selected: • Expectation: • Process Done: • Activities Undertaken: • Future Plan: Component VII

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27. Community monitoring and strengthening Grass Roots Institutional

Capacities. • Agency Selected: • Expectation: • Process Done: • Activities Undertaken: • Future Plan:

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Vivekananda Institute for Leadership Development (Unit of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement)

Project: Combating Child labour and Economic Exploitation among Adolescents

(Supported by: International Labour Organization through NCLPS, Chamarajanagar)

Questionnaire Mid term Progress and Process Documentation and evaluative Review in Chamarajanagar District

IX. Block Community Animator:

1. Have you undergone any training from the project? Yes No

2. If yes, what are the changes you adopted in your routine after undergoing

training from District Lead Agency? 3. What are the various systems you could develop in your work from the

training you underwent by the District Lead agency? 4. Quote your experience how the training programme you have received

helped you to bring in effectiveness in your work? 5. Are you satisfied about the training programme received from the District

Lead Agency?

6. How did the Monitoring Visits by the District Lead Agency help you? 7. As a BCA, give your opinion about the project?

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Vivekananda Institute for Leadership Development (Unit of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement)

Project: Combating Child labour and Economic Exploitation among Adolescents

(Supported by: International Labour Organization through NCLPS, Chamarajanagar)

Questionnaire Mid term Progress and Process Documentation and evaluative Review in Chamarajanagar District

X. Day bridge center’s & Residential bridge centre Teachers

1. What are the changes you observed in the children

2. Your opinion TLM and Hand Book and “Aralu Mallige 1 & 2 (study book for

children)” 3. What are the changes you would like to bring in the study books

4. Is the book child friendly with enough pictures, rhymes, songs, scope for practicing etc

5. Does the book provides the information about methodology to be adopted which suits targeted children?

6. How did the program you obtained from DLA helped you in bringing change

in DBC and enhanced your competence personally 7. Are you satisfied training programme received from the District Lead

Agency? 8. Cite the examples / cases of students who developed interest about education

after bridge schooling. 9. Your opinion on usefulness of DBC to the targeted children. Elucidate

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9.2.Annexure 2- Interviewees list

INTERVIEWEES SELECTED FOR THE PROJECT EVALUATION Sl No

Name Designation / Department Place

District Level 1. Mr. Gopala Krishna Labour Department Chamarajanagar 2. Mr. Ramachandra Raje

Urs Project coordinator, SSA Chamarajanagar

3. Mr. Jayaram Chief Executive Officer Chamarajanagar

Taluk Level 4. Mr. K.S. Siddharamiaha Executive officers Kollegal 5. Mr. Chandrashekhar D Executive officers Chamarajanagar 6. Mr. Rajamurthy.S Child development

Project officer Kollegal

7. Mr. Sridar Block education officer Gundlupet 8. Mr. M Chandrakanth Block education officer Chamarajanagar 9. Mr. Swamy Block education officer Kollegal 10. Mr. Devaraj Thasildar Gundlupet 11. Mr. V. Nagaraja Thasildar Kollegal 12. Mr. Hulloli Thasildar Chamarajanagar 13. Mr. Rachaiah Block Resource centre Gundlupet 14. Mr. Chandrashekaraiah Taluk level Executive

Officer Kollegal

15. Mr. Devaraj Taluk level Executive Officer

Gundlupet

16. Dr. Vasudev Taluk Health Officer Chamarajanagar

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Grass root

1. Gram panchayath members Mr. Madamma- President, Mr. Srinivas – Secretary Annurkeri, Gundlupet Ms. Dodamma – President- Therakanambi, Gundlupet Mr. Mallesh - chairperson Therakanambi, Gundlupet Mr. Shivakumar – Secretary, Badigere, Chamarajanagara Mr. Shivanna – Member, Bandigere, Chamarajanagara Mrs. Chikkathayamma – Member, Miniam, Kollegal

2. SDMC Members Mr.Ranashetty - Annurkeri, Gundlupet Ms. Mahadevamma - Therakanambi, Gundlupet Mr. Subramanyaswamy – Bandigere, Chamarajanagar Mr. Venkatachalaiah – Miniam, Kollegal 3. Anganwadi Ms. Lelavathi, Bandigere, Chamarajanagar Ms. Suvarna, Shettahalli, Kollegal 4. Community leaders Mr. Kundashetty - Annurkeri, Gundlupet Mr. Madevappa - Therakanambi, Gundlupet 5. Child Labour parents

Annurkeri, Gundlupet Mrs. Lakshmamma mother of Sunanda Mrs. Gowramma mother of Sunitha Mrs. Mahadevamma mother of Jyothi Mrs. Lakshmaamma mother of Mahesh Mr. Mahadevashety Father of Shivakumar, Bandigere, Chamarajanagara Mrs. Jayama mother of Mahadev (Ashraya Yojana Beneficiary) Mrs. Mahadevi mother of Mahadevi, Therakanambi, Gundlupet Mrs. Mubina mother of Shabeena Mr. Thimmaiah Father of Venugopal, Elemala Kollegal Mrs. Doddamma Daughter of Siddamma, Shettahalli, Kollegal Mrs. Jyothi Daughter of Sannamma, Shettahalli, Kollegal

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6. School going children Annurkeri, Gundlupet Shivaprasad, Nagashetty of 8th std 7. Government Teachers Mr.Basshetty and Mr.Siddashetty Annurkeri, Gundlupet Mrs.Sunada, Head mistress Therakanambi, Gundlupet Mr. Venkatacharya swamy Therakanambi, Gundlupet Ms. Malini, Teacher, Bandigere, Chamarajanagar Ms. Kamalamma, Teacher, Bandigere, Chamarajanagar Mr. Shashidhar, Asst. Head Master, Shettahalli

8. SHG women Annurkeri, Gundlupet Buvaneshwari SHG: Ms. Shailamma, Ms. Lellavathi, Ms. Nillamma and Ms. Lakshmamma Kalikamba SHG: Ms. Rajamma, Ms. Lakshmama, Ms. Chickabasavana

and Ms. Nagamma Therakanambi, Gundlupet Danalakshmi SHG: Ms.Jayamma, Ms. Mahadevamma Bandigere, Chamarajanagar Durga Devi Sangha: Mrs.Amalamma, Mrs. Jayamma, Mrs. Girijamma,

Mrs. Chickamma Minam, Kollegal Kona Maramma Sangha: Nagamma, President & Members Shettahalli, Kollegal

Mamatha Sangha: Madevi, Member

Elemala, Kollegal Maramma Sangha: Mahadevi, Member 9. Siblings who are undergoing training

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Ms.Savitha Annurkeri, Gundlupet Ms. Rohini, Ms. Mahdevamma - Therakanambi, Gundlupet 10. Youth leaders Annurkeri, Gundlupet : Mr. Mahesh, secretary, Mr. Sathyaraj, Mr. Abdul kadir, Mr. Manjunath Bandigere, Chamarajanagra: Mr. Putaraju, President, Mr. Siddaraju member

NCLPS 1. Project Director – Mr. Mahesh. M 2. Day bridge centre teachers : Ms. Amudhaveni, Mr.Guruprasad Annurkeri, Gundlupet Ms. Sunada , Therakanambi, Gundlupet Ms. Hemalatha, Shettahalli Mr. Achutaraman, Bandigere 3. Block Community animator: Mr. Vasanth Kumar- Gundlupet Mr. Gururaj - Kolegal 4. Community Animator Mr.Kumarachari, Mr.Kalingaswamy - Gundlupet Mr. Bangarashetty – Chamarajanagar Mr. Mahadev – Kollegal 5. Others Mr. Vasudev Murthy – Amateur Theater Artist, Natana

NGO

1. MYRADA- Raviprakash, Training Coordinator

2. Vivekananda Educational & Social Welfare Trust - Mr. Suresh Naidu

3. Youth Development Charitable Trust – Mrs. Saraswathi, Mr. Sharath

4. Holy cross – Sis. Mercita

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9.3. Annexure 3 - NGO’s List LIST OF NGO’S IN THE PROJECT Chamrajnagara Adivasi mattu grameenabhivruddi

Paripalna Sadhana NCLP

Kollegal Holy Cross Gundulpet Parinathi

SCIP Vivekanandha YDCT

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9.4. Annexure 4- Testimony of the Beneficiary family

9.5. Annexure 5- Glimpse at

Evidence for the efforts take by the project to

give Ashraya Housing scheme along with

Grampanchyath in Bandigere, Chamarajanagar

District.

Child labour family in Bandigere, Chamarajanagar District is the beneficiary of Ashraya Scheme, with the support of Gram Panchayat and NCLPs.

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9.5. Annexure 5- Glimpse at the Mid Term Evaluation

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Interaction with the children from various Day Bridge Centres

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Mr. Swami, BEO of Kollegal Taluk sharing his views on project Diary

to the evaluators.

Verification of effectiveness of mass media usage in the project.

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Have a look at the outreach activities organized by the implementing NGOs in Chamarajanagar District

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Tablo depicting children working in hazardous sectors, on the event of Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations held in Chamarajanagar District

CEO Deputy Director of Women and Child Development and Block Education officer of Chamarajanagar District, precede the function with their speech in Mela celebration.

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Project personnel giving training on child labour issues to Anganwadi Workers,

Project personnel giving training on child labour issues to Gram Panchayat and SDMC Members

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Project involved in Enforcement raid in Gundlupet Taluk

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Bandigere Day bridge centre has taken efforts to make the school child friendly approach.