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Makkala Toofan TV – Launch on October 21, 2012

Posted on October 16, 2012

The Concerned for Working Children is proud to announce the launch of Makkala Toofan TV Programme. Makkala Toofan will commence broadcast from October 21 (Sunday) …

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Inauguration of Namma Nalanda Vidyapeeta

Posted on October 16, 2012

Namma Nalanda Vidyapeeta was inaugurated on 8 October, 2012. Over 500 children, their parents, community members, Panchayat representatives, officials and Ministers gathered together to celebrate …

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Child Rights Friendly Panchayats

Posted on October 06, 2012

In an exceptional display of Children’s participation and Children’s Right to Self Determination, children of various Panchayats in the Kundapura Taluk in Udupi have been …

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Namma Nalanda Vidyapeeta – Inauguaration

Posted on October 06, 2012

The Concerned for Working Children is proud to announce the inauguration of its school – Namma Nalanda Vidyapeeta. Namma Nalanda Vidyapeeta is a model school …

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‘Taking Destiny In Their Hands’ documentary film

Posted on September 27, 2012

“Taking Destiny in their Hands” is the first attempt to visually document the relevance of the International Movement of Working Children and the central themes …

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Debate on Corporal Punishment

Posted on September 15, 2012

The pupils ‘own’ the school as much as the teachers or the headmaster does, especially in government schools. The education transaction has to shift from …

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‘Citizens Today’ documentary film

Posted on September 12, 2012

‘Citizens Today’ is a film made by The Concerned for Working Children (CWC) in 2002 to provide an overview to our work in children’s citizenship. The …

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Makkala Grama Swaraj (Born with Rights) documentary film

Posted on September 12, 2012

In order to document the experiences of the Makkala Panchayats and their immense positive impact on rejuvenating democracy, we have made the film ‘Makkala Grama …

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Heroor Panchayat’s Makkala Grama Sabha

Posted on September 11, 2012

The Makkala (Children’s) Grama Sabha in Heroor Panchayat was conducted on April 5th , 2011 in the middle of beautiful field. There was no hierarchy …

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Welcome to our new website

Posted on September 06, 2012

We’ve been working hard to make it easier than ever for you to learn about us, the work we do, and the children who inspire us through this new website. In some time we will migrate the old site (www.workingchild.org) completely, and it will be removed altogether.

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