Código:
FSL - LTV 03H
KUNDAPUR
India
Fecha de inicio:
01/01/2013
Fecha de fin:
31/12/2013
Extra fee:
184.00
Euro
Idiomas:
Inglés
Inglés
Edad mínima:
18
Edad máxima:
75
Plazas:
10
Plazas para discapacitados:
0
Descripción:
Children have the right to a joyful childhood. Every child has the right to grow up in a safe and nurturing environment with protection and guidance from their guardians. Whether in the cities or in villages, at home or in schools, a child is always a child and deserves a childhood free from exploitation and abuse. Yet millions of children in India are being robbed of their childhoods every day. With an officially estimated 12.6 million children engaged in hazardous occupations (2001 Census), India has the largest number of child labourers under the age of 14 in the world. They are employed in many industries and trades, including garments, footwear, brick kilns, stainless steel, hotels, and textile shops. Many work in export-oriented hazardous industries like carpet weaving, gem polishing, glass blowing, match works, brassware, electro-plating, lead mining, stone quarrying, lock making and beedi rolling (indigenous cigarette in which tobacco is rolled in a tendu leaf).There are legislations that have been enacted to prevent child labor in India. Many NGOs across the country are working for elimination of child labour and promote child rights. Starting from rescue, relief and rehabilitation interventions designed by NGOs and other actors with education, health, alternative livelihoods as prevention strategies. As a volunteer you will be associated with a community organisation that is involved in: 1) Special health care programs for children living on the streets, 2) Expose exploitative child labour practices, and 3) Ensure children joining residential bridge schools and vocational training programs for children above 14 years to lessen their chances of becoming child labourers again. Conducting awareness, facilitate training and capacity building for the parents and community workers, prevention/rehabilitation of child labour, counseling, conduct surveys, documentations, designing appropriate IEC (Information, Education and Communication) materials on child rights will be your assignments as a volunteer.
You could be staying with local families near to the project. You could be sharing rooms with 2-3 volunteers or staying on your own. Sometimes, projects provide accommodation for the volunteers. The project will provide a room that is shared by other volunteers or with the staff of the project.
Our projects are spread out across different regions in South India. Your project location could be in any one of the following locations - Bangalore, Mysore, Chennai, Kundapur, Udupi, Mangalore, North Karnataka. You will be notified of the location of your project a month prior to your arrival. During the Orientation week, one can find out the leisure activities around your area. There are lots of things to do in south of India.
What is needed to be an LTV We welcome anybody who is interested to participate in our voluntary programs regardless of age, sex, religious belief, ethnicity or sexual orientation. Most of our programmes do not require any specific skills. But as the work is humanitarian in nature, we encourage volunteers to be: O Open Minded: It is essential to be open to new ideas, situations, morals, values and ways of doing things. Things may be different from what you are used to or your existing expectations. If you remain open minded then you will be flooded with new opportunities. Broadening the mind is at the heart of inter-cultural exchange. O Flexible: Remaining flexible to ideas, people, situations and encounters is important. While working at social projects, you will be dealing with people i and people are unpredictable. Taking a flexible approach is often the best way to deal with such situations. O Creative: Taking a creative approach to your volunteer placement and work maintains motivation and, prevents routine and boredom for yourself and the project. When you start to think creatively it is amazing what can be achieved.
Aeropuerto:
IXE
Estación de tren:
Mangalore
Notas:
Project starts on the First Monday of each month. Note: Limited projects are available, and most require a minimum application of five months.