In India, there are millions of children who are not able to go to school and obtain primary education for themselves. Under the Indian Constitution, free and compulsory education is provided as a fundamental right to children between the ages of 6 and 14. Besides these rights, there are at least 35 million children aged 6 – 14 years who do not attend school. 53% of girls in the age group of 5 to 9 years are illiterate according to the Smile Foundation. In my diploma course of 10 months, we were part of different NGOs for volunteering work. A part of my colleagues got to visit an NGO for children where we could participate in helping the children with education. That’s where the realization of reality hit me. Children in India are uneducated and our future is them. Children below the age of 14 are employed as laborers for domestic help including hazardous occupations for helping their own family for bread. If I had an opportunity for spending forty thousand rupees I would donate it to an NGO that ensures primary education for underprivileged children.
Hence, I would spend my forty thousand rupees for this cause and the PR I would opt for this would be social media platforms. NGO can run a campaign around this where people could sponsor and help these kids with books, stationary. I would connect with journalists that could cover stories of the good deeds of the NGO.
Like Alfie Kohn says, “If children feel safe, they can take risks, ask questions, make mistakes, learn to trust, share their feelings, and grow.”
Therefore, we are the ones to provide children a safe environment where they are encouraged to learn and conquer the world.
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