Being Good Samaritan, Monisha wins Bravery Award 2021

Being Good Samaritan, Monisha wins Bravery Award 2021

November 22, 2021

Monisha Sarkar, is a 13 years old girl of Mokundo Kati Village who is also the leader of our Child Club at Mukundokati. Her courageous work changed another child’s life. One day she noticed a child working at a sweet shop near Dhopar More under Itinda Panitor Gram Panchayat. After communicating with local people for few days, she came to know that the boy is only 13 years of age and his name is Koushik Sarkar. She collected much information regarding the child and came to know that the boy is working there for few months and he is a school drop-out. Monisha is well aware of Child Rights and Child Labour Prohibition Act and she had understood very clearly that the rights of Koushik were being violated.

Monisha informed the matter immediately to Child Protection Workers of Child Rights project on 05.11.20 and they visited the spot on 13.11.20 and 19.11.20 with Monisha. They found that the child was working at the sweet shop and reconfirmed it through the visit on 19.11.20. On 21.11.20 they informed the district Child Line about the mater. A member from CHILD LINE visited the shop on 23.11.20. In this process, Monisha helped the team and information provided by her enabled us to find the child very quickly.  When the member of CHILD LINE saw the child working at the shop, he talked to the child and came to know that the child is working there due to his poor economic condition.

After that the child’s parents were contacted and CHILD LINE member conducted the home visit of the child. He made the parents aware of Child Rights and Child Labour Prohibition Act and made them understand the importance of education for a child. His parents agreed with the representative and gave assurance for not involving the child to any kind of work that violates his Rights.  Monisha kept the child, Koushik under her regular follow ups and she informed us that the child is not working anymore.  Thus, Monisha saved a childhood and utilized her knowledge gathered from Child Club. Monisha and her child club members have talked to the head master of the school to readmit Kaushik in the school. The required documents have been kept ready by them for the admission.