By Usha Bhaskar | Project Leader
Bricks to Books is an initiative by Learning Links Foundation to bridge the gap in education inequity and increase awareness of the rights enshrined in the constitution.
It aims to provide support to the not so privileged section of the society and impact the lives of the children by enabling them to maximize their potential and change their lives. The project reaches out to the communities surrounding the nodal schools of Panchkula, Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai.
The project aims to involve students, teachers of the nodal school and the school going children from the community adopt a robust awareness campaigns against abuse, discrimination, exploitation of children from the not so privileged sections of the society.
Activities As a first step meetings were held to motivate the students which led to the formation of a Youth Club. On Tuesday, 7th July’11, the club named ‘PRAYATNA’ was initiated. It’s an endeavor to bring together the youth of both nodal school and community and provide a platform to identify the root cause of child labor and come up with measures to tackle the issue. The meeting consisted of teachers and 22 school students. The students were introduced to the concept, objectives and scope of work within ‘PRAYATNA’.
Survey - On 8th July, 11, the ‘PRAYATNA’, student members visited the nearby catchment areas to study the condition of the people. The objective of the visit was to conduct survey related to ‘Migrated labor classes and ‘Status of children in the family’.
During the survey Harshita Ahuja interviewed Rani who feels, “It is better that my child earns and feeds 10 hungry mouths rather than waste her time in the school”
Pranjal Garg encountered Anita, who opined “I got married at the age of 14 and have 9 kids with 6 daughters. I want them to contribute for my family”.
The visit sensitized the students to the problems of migrated labor and challenges involved in enhancing the status of children in the rural set up.
On the basis of survey report, members of ‘PRAYATNA’ have planned to conduct workshops for labor class and women in the forthcoming weeks. A Community Library has been established and was inaugurated by Mrs. Sangeeta Saxena, Principal of the nodal school, Delhi. The library has an initial collection of 50 books. The first lot of book was issued for the community children.
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