Children Club formed at Kagay
KNE REPORT
Kalimpong,5th December 2013
Bal Suraksha Abhiyan Trust
(BSA) today formed a new club for children from the remote village of Kagay
Gram Panchayat.
BSA had first taken the
initiative to form a club at Maria Children’s Club where around 30 children a
member of this group. Through this Maria Children’s Club initiative, BSA was
invited at Vengbong village under Kagay Gram Panchayat to form a club for the
children.
Today through proper election process similar to that of Adult Voting
system, 90 children from the age group of 6 – 15 year old took part in the
election process. 12 Children had filed their names for nomination. Out of
these 12 children, other children elected their governing body members. At the
end of the election, Mr. Krishna Kumar Pradhan, headmaster of Kagay Junior
Basic School declared the results.
Ms. Puja Sharma won the seat for President
with 54 votes. Others members who were elected for the various posts were Ms.
Sushmita Chettri as Scecretary; Ms. Sunita Mangar as Treasurer; Master Akash
Subba as the Vice President; Ms. Manisha Gurung, Ms. Nalina Pradhan and Anoj
Biswakarma as the members of the Executive Body. Children named the club as “Kagay Vengbong Children’s Club”.
The election was held at
Kagay Junior Basic School, Vengbong under Kagay Gram Panchayat.
Over the past 3
years, BSA has been forming clubs all over the sub-division. Such club are forum
for children where they can express their opinions about any issues or concerns
related to child rights and collectively try to find problems to their
solutions. It aims at operationalizing the child’s right to participation.
These clubs will
works on the basis of its elected governing body. In their meetings, children
raise social as well as developmental issues about their village and seek
solutions in liaison with the community as well as with the panchayat body / concerned block
department. These issues include better infrastructure for schools, demand for
setting up of ICDS centres, etc. Such clubs will emerge as an effective medium
for empowering children by involving them about their welfare and other matters.
By involving children
in such clubs it will help to build potential leader cadres who can take
responsibility of looking after their village.
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