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UNICEF has from
time to time adopted a number of covenants for providing
facilities, opportunities and rights to children. But India is
among those developing countries where very few opportunities of
health, education and development are available to the children
of a general family. So much so that for a child born in India
to become legal resident of the country, very few pieces of
information and opportunities are available. Apart from this,
very less information is available at the community level for
the facilities and services being provided by the government to
the community.
Shashwat is
carrying out the following activities in the above context: |
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No baseline
information is available about the total number of children in a
particular geographical region like state, district, or block.
this leads to unequal distribution of facilities and services
available. This happens because registrations of births and
deaths are not done by the agencies responsible for the task.
The organisation is creating information regarding this through
street plays and workshops at the community level. Efforts are
being made to ensure registration of births and deaths by the
agencies responsible it. Employees of schools, panchayats, child
development department and health department are being
sensitised on registration process and its importance. |
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