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Change Foundation: Voice of Children who emerge from the children Panchayats and the meetings in Rajasthan – eSHOP24X7
This initiative backed by the United Nations Fund for the Nation (UNICEF) and the Rajastán State Department of Panchayati Raj are based on the principles of the Bijan Rights Treaty ‘, which guarantees the active participation of children in democracy at the village level.
Bal Panchayat is a platform where children choose their children Sarpanch and members democratically.
First lesson of democracy
Bal Panchayats offers children a real experience of democratic processes: they democratically choose their children Sarpanch and members.
Mishika Brachore, Ba Sarpanch by Jahota Gram Panchayat, says: “This is a platform where we can talk to the elderly about our needs, and they listen to us seriously.”
Cleaning, school facilities and social challenges are discussed at meetings, and children’s proposals are maintained directly in Gram Panchayat.
Vasundhara with his grandmother.
Front against child marriage
Vanundhara Sharma, a member of Darda Turkey Gram Panchayat, said that when he was 12 years old, his family wanted to decide his marriage: “I opposed through Bal Panchayat and explained that he is harmful.”
Until now, 50 children’s marriages have been arrested in the village due to Vanundhara’s initiative. Children create awareness sharing information such as 1098 Lypline and are becoming useful to bring changes.
Orange Kumar was the first girl to enter a school away from her town for higher education.
New Education Road
“No girl in our town was able to study beyond the eighth because there was no school nearby. I am the first to enter a distant school.”
With their inspiration, 21 more children admitted higher education, demonstrating that even a voice can foster great changes.
Bal Sabha members, worship, menstrual cleaning are helping to openly promote cleaning.
Menstrual cleaning
Pooja Sharma, a child member of Darda Turkey Panchayat, is breaking the silence with respect to menstruation. She says: “I explain the importance of cleaning for my sisters and I say this is a normal process.”
In Bal Panchayat meetings, the elimination and hygiene of sanitary pads are openly discussed, which causes a healthy, open and conscious environment.
Bal Sabha children are motivating villagers to plant trees to protect the environment.
Environmental Guard
BA SARPANCH MISHIKA MATHORE by Jahota Panchayat says with pride: “previously there were only 54 trees in the town, today we have planted 54 thousand trees!”
Efforts against plastic pollution are also being made. Jhutta’s children participate in campaign without plastic, garbage management and green works. They collect plastic shells in bottles and deliver to Panchayat, which maintains cleaning in the town.
Sarpanch of Rajasthan Darda Turkey Gram Panchayat, Abdul Karim said: “The demands, the infrastructure are bringing real changes in the infrastructure. To the demand of the children, I have built clean and large bathrooms in all the schools of my panchayat …”
From bathrooms to schemes, from the financed digital libraries, these young voices say that schools are safe and accessible to the universal.
Bal Sabha members have also launched a campaign against plastic pollution.
In addition to this, under a scheme, a digital library system has also been introduced in all schools. These children’s leaders are not only asking questions, but are becoming operators of policy changes.
Children’s Meetings: Chaupal of Change
Children’s quarterly meetings provide children with the opportunity to support local leadership. Mishika Brachore said in one of those meetings that “we are in Bal Sabha with Sarpanch Sir today, you can openly ask anything.”
These meetings demand sports, road reforms and school facilities, which include the voice of children in the construction of the plan.
In a Bal Sabha, Mishika Brachore.
Tomorrow photo
Mishika says: “Our thoughts will give direction to the next generation: so that our brilliant and prosperous future, we have to change our attitude.”
With the slogans of “Our Panchayat-Bal-Aukul Panchayat”, these children are realizing the imagination of a Rajasthan where each child’s voice is heard, their interests should not be ignored and feel strong.
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