El Shaddai in Goa, India – struggle against child labour

The main activities of El Shaddai are to open homes, Day Care Shelter and Community Centre for the children

in need of care and protection, Underprivileged, orphans, children leaving on street and slum and children from commercial sex workers. 

We also provide children/women with vocational training, adult literacy, slum school and recreational activities. 

We provide children basic necessities that is food, clothing, shelter, education, medication, counselling, community sponsorship. 

 

– Through outreach work  – our staff goes to the field where vulnerable children  are given an opportunity to communicate them and build a relationship.

– Through parent’s or guardian’s reference – (when Parent’s come for the purpose of admission)

 Same is followed by a  home study report by visiting their homes and check if the child is in real need.

 

In Goa, mostly people from other states are migrated for work purpose, so they force their children to sell things on the beach, railway station, rag picking, working in restaurant or hotels or shops as helper. 

– We address these issues by talking to the owners, parents and the children – making them aware about the child labour and importance of education.

 

We do this by:

1. Meeting them individually and sharing the background of work we do and how we can help them.

2. Following up with them on regular basis and encouraging them to learn to read and write with non formal education.

3. Enlightening them on the importance of the education and the safety und above all by

4. Making them feel safe and secure.