Model Developed by

Loreto Day School Sealdah

for working with

Child Domestic Workers

supported by

Save The Children

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

Reach out to a minimum of 500 child domestic workers educate, build skills and provide quality support to them.

Link 300 children less than 14 years into formal schools as per the RTE Act.

Build capacities of 200 children of age group – 15-20 years into vocational training courses for alternative livelihood who are not able to join school.

Provide immediate rescue and repatriation to abused/ traumatized children in collaboration with the CWC and other judiciary bodies , child line and police department.

Maintain proper MIS, Child Tracking for monitoring the progress of the project on monthly basis

TARGET GROUP

CHILD DOMESTIC WORKERSEMPLOYERSPARENTSGOVT. OFFICIALSTEACHERS AND STUDENTSPOLICE

BENEFICIARIES

CHILD DOMESTIC WORKERS

Major Findings

Majority are females

Mainly between the age group 12-17 years

Drop outs of classes I- VI

Come from large families, illiterate parents, poor , landless. The fathers do not have a steady source of income

Some families have several children below the age of 18 years who are employed as child domestic workers

STRATEGIES OF INTERVENTION

Survey and peer education

School students between the age group of 10- 16 years conducted a second survey.

 Areas Covered Central Kolkata and North Kolkata

Total

Wards Covered 10

Child Domestic Workers identified 911

Child Domestic Workers reached out to 358149

Formation of Peer clubs in schools who befriended and developed recreational group work programmes with the child domestic workers.

Informal sensitization of employers

Subsequent integration into the Drop in centres. (They are contact points for counseling medical support,

recreational activities and education to be mainstreamed)

Once children were identified -

Schools Involvement

Total

Schools involved 112

Drop in centers opened in schools 10

“ALMOST EVERY CHILD DOMESTIC WORKER HAS UNDERGONE SOME FORM OF TRAUMA SUCH AS NEGLECT, CRUELTY AND ILL TREATMENT IN VARYING DEGREES”

Sarita Kumari