At 13, Surjeet Lodhi rallied children in Vidisha to fight alcohol abuse and child labour. By 17, he helped restore classrooms and hope across villages.
Shekhar Mahajan’s 'Sahyog Care for You' has rescued over 2,788 bonded child labourers in 148 missions, providing education, rehabilitation, and the tools to rebuild their lives with dignity and hope.
Started with the motive of giving back to the society, Shekhar Mahajan’s 'Sahyog Care For You' has successfully rescued 2,788 children via 148 successful rescue missions along with other Government departments, creating a dignified future for the young minds.
Amar Lal, once a child labourer in Rajasthan, was rescued from a quarry by Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi. Having gained an education and purpose, he's now fighting child exploitation as a lawyer.
From spreading awareness and sensitizing farmers, monitoring fields for rescue, initiating a contractual ban on child labour, incentivising those who refrained from it to implementing penalties upon violation, Bayer's Child Care Program (CCP) has been tackling the problem of child labour with a multi-layered approach.
Anumuthu's childhood was marred with poverty and struggle as a child labourer after he lost his father at only 7. Learning from his own experiences, today he provides dignity and care in the form jobs, medical attention, food and clothes to the homeless through his NGO Snehan.
A N Varghese is a social activist and once a victim of child labour who is now helping other children fight the evil practice in Chikmagalur's coffee plantations through his NGO, Vikasana.
Surjeet Lodhi from Madhya Pradesh was conferred with the Diana Award for his courageous fight against eradicating alcoholism and child labour in his village.