Students at DAV Public School in Vasant Kunj, Delhi organized an awareness campaign against child labor. [1] They held poster-making, pamphlet-making and banner-making competitions at school. [2] They also collaborated with an NGO to make a documentary film showing the real plight of children working on the streets. [3] The students took out a rally, visited neighborhoods and homes to spread awareness and get people to pledge not to support child labor.

1. SAVE WASTED LIVES –
FROM STREET TO SCHOOL
OUR STORY OF CHANGE – FROM DAV
PUBLIC SCHOOL,
VASANT KUNJ,DELHI
APARAJITA, POOJA, ADITI, TANYA,
GEETIKA,
VIPUL, UJJWAL, RISHABH
MENTOR TEACHER – MRS ABHA SETH

2. STEP 1 - FEEL
LIVES ARE WASTED ON THE STREETS
CHILDREN SHOULD BE GOING TO
SCHOOL AND NOT SEEN EXPLOITED
IN ANY WAY
AS CHILDREN OF THE SAME AGE
GROUP WE FEEL MORE ATTACHED TO
THEIR CONDITION

3. STEP 2 - IMAGINE
WE DISCUSSED THE WAYS AND WHAT
WE COULD DO TO SENSITISE OUR
PEERS AS WELL AS THE SOCIETY
ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
COMPETITIONS WERE HELD ON THE
TOPIC IN ORDER TO SPREAD
AWARENESS.
POSTERS BANNERS AND PAMPHLETS
WOULD BE GENERATED AND USED

4. THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEDIUM WAS TO REACH
OUT TO THE PEOPLE AT LARGE ON THE STREETS,
TALK TO THEM ,MAKE THEM TAKE A PLEDGE…..
AND ALSO MAKE A VISUAL IMPACT THROUGH
A DOCUMENTARY TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE
AGAINST CHILD LABOUR

5. STEP 3 - DO
WE ORGANISED COMPETITIONS AT
SCHOOL LEVEL
POSTER MAKING
PAMPHLET MAKING
BANNER MAKING

6. POSTERS AND BANNERS

7. DOCUMENTARY/FILM
WE COLLABORATED
WITH STUDENTS OF
NGO ‘BAL SAHYOG’
TO MAKE THE FILM

8. ON THE ROAD – IN THE SUN
AND RAIN
CHILDREN TOOK OUT A RALLY
SHOTS WERE TAKEN OF CHILDREN
ON THE STREETS - CAR CLEANERS,
SWEEPERS
MEETING WITH RWA OF THE AREA
A COLLECTIVE PLEDGE WAS TAKEN
DOOR TO DOOR CAMPAIGN WAS
DONE

9. ON THE ROAD – IN THE SUN
AND RAIN
CHILDREN TOOK OUT A RALLY

10. SHOOTING

11. TOOK A PLEDGE

12. HOW WE WERE CHANGED
WE REALISED DURING FILM MAKING
THE REAL PLIGHT OF THESE CHILDREN
COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION
WERE THE KEY TO SUCCESS OF OUR
PROJECT
WE REALISED THAT FOR BRINGING
ABOUT CHANGE THE SUPPORT OF
ELDERS OF SOCIETY IS REQUIRED BUT
WE ARE THE CHANGE FINALLY…..

13. FROM PRINCIPAL
AN ENRICHING EXPERIENCE FOR
STUDENTS WHICH MAKES THEM
BETTER HUMAN BEINGS….THEIR
EFFORTS WOULD CONTINUE IN
THIS DIRECTION FOR THE CAUSE OF
SUCH CHILDREN.
MRS ANJU PURI