Children’s Participation is
the heart of our program. We encourage children to express their
views/ideas, participate in decision making processes, share their
problems collectively and find suitable solution. To ensure this,
children are given the space to do so, children have their own club
meetings. These meetings are held every month at contact point. The
unresolved issues are discussed in a larger meeting called the Children
parliament, held every month, in which 15 to 20 child representatives
participate from each contact point. Children themselves select their
convener and secretary for these meetings. Children raise issues like
police atrocity, crisis intervention, employer abuse, legal support,
death and took decisions and formed action groups to resolve them. The
main issues were related to the environment, child rights, and
education. Children suggested making some changes in our interventions.
Some of the decisions taken in the meeting have already been
incorporated in our programs and actions have been taken with the
involvement of the children as per their needs.
