By Lucy Mathews | Program Officer
There are some stories you hear that just make you sick to the pit of your stomach and at the same time, marvel at the wonders of God’s miracles. This story is one of them.
It would be hard, almost impossible, to understand what must have been running through the mind of the children or the circumstances that could have led him or her to take such a Action. We are here today to talk about the children who have taken an extreme step to violate Indian Penal Code. Yes I am talking about the Juveniles in Conflict with Law. They are known as JCL in India. As per Juvenile Justice Act they are bought in front of Juvenile Justice Board where they go through hearing and then are asked to stay under observation in the observation Home/ Certified home. CSA have come across with one such home, we were requested to work with this home as there are very few organization who attempt to work for JCL. With lots of apprehension we started understanding the children and the atmosphere provided to them when they are in house. Very soon we could make out that after coming from a traumatic condition their stay in the home too is not very soothing. Emotional ups and downs new atmosphere and nothing to do other than watching T.V. was the routine for the young boys of the age between 16 to 18 yrs.
We therefore came forward to offer a counselor who understands talks and help the children through right path. Thus there was some relief for the children and they started sharing their likes and dislikes. CSA counselor also assessed that children are more interested in Technical related and farming related work. Therefore we introduced 3 trades (Mobile repairing, Electricals and Two wheeler repairing) to 20 boys. 10 kids out of 20 showed there interest in doing Two wheeler repairing course and enrolled their names for the course. Two wheeler repairing course started from 22nd Jan. 2015. The course duration is for 1.5 month for 4 hours a day. The course will give them job placements after completion which hopefully will avoid them getting in to criminal activities again. On the other hand farming of vegetable and computer class for the kids is also progressing. With lots of apprehensions this is our baby step to help the kids to avoid the path they choose in past and have a better future.
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