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"For India to become a superpower, each child should be educated"
Poorva Sagar, OneWorld South Asia Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on linkedinMore Sharing Services
Sep 17, 2011
It’s time to unite and end child labour, educate those children and shape their future, says Kalpana Sankar, CEO, Hand in Hand. Talking to OneWorld, she discusses issues of governance, sanitation and mobilising the power of grassroots groups for sustainable development.
OneWorld: Please throw some light on the issues you work on and the approach you follow. Dr Kalpana Sankar: The main overarching theme where we work is poverty eradication. We feel that a multi pronged strategy is required as poverty itself is multi-dimensional. Hand in Hand focuses on child labour eradication and making poor people self-reliant. We work through Self Help Groups to provide livelihood opportunities for the poor. They lack information about various social issues. So, we help them realise their potential by making them more aware.
Hand in Hand also works in the area of health and environment because we believe these are crucial. We know we cannot compete with the government. However, as an NGO, we can create good models which can be replicated elsewhere by the government. Our philosophy is to address the gaps in the system and to work with the government and not establish parallels. This has been our goal and approach.
OW: A recent report by Bachpan Bachao Aandolan said Child Labour generates 1.2 lakh crores of illegal money each year. What are your views on his? What are the challenges you faced while working on your project to eradicate child labour in Kancheepuram?
KS: Poor people have lost faith in education and we have to restore that faith. In a recently launched book, even our Prime Minister has said that there are two major challenges facing our country. One is decreasing agrarian productivity and second is to make our unskilled employable.
"A right approach of working with the
Poorva Sagar, OneWorld South Asia Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on linkedinMore Sharing Services
Sep 17, 2011
It’s time to unite and end child labour, educate those children and shape their future, says Kalpana Sankar, CEO, Hand in Hand. Talking to OneWorld, she discusses issues of governance, sanitation and mobilising the power of grassroots groups for sustainable development.
OneWorld: Please throw some light on the issues you work on and the approach you follow. Dr Kalpana Sankar: The main overarching theme where we work is poverty eradication. We feel that a multi pronged strategy is required as poverty itself is multi-dimensional. Hand in Hand focuses on child labour eradication and making poor people self-reliant. We work through Self Help Groups to provide livelihood opportunities for the poor. They lack information about various social issues. So, we help them realise their potential by making them more aware.
Hand in Hand also works in the area of health and environment because we believe these are crucial. We know we cannot compete with the government. However, as an NGO, we can create good models which can be replicated elsewhere by the government. Our philosophy is to address the gaps in the system and to work with the government and not establish parallels. This has been our goal and approach.
OW: A recent report by Bachpan Bachao Aandolan said Child Labour generates 1.2 lakh crores of illegal money each year. What are your views on his? What are the challenges you faced while working on your project to eradicate child labour in Kancheepuram?
KS: Poor people have lost faith in education and we have to restore that faith. In a recently launched book, even our Prime Minister has said that there are two major challenges facing our country. One is decreasing agrarian productivity and second is to make our unskilled employable.
"A right approach of working with the