Bachpan bachao andolan founder

Why you should listen Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi has been leading the global fight against child slavery for over three decades. As the founder of a grassroots nonprofit, Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or Save Childhood Movement, he has rescued more than 80,000 Indian children to date from various forms of exploitation from child labor to child trafficking. Kailash’s work has involved organizing almost weekly raid, rescue and recovery missions on workplaces that employ and enslave children. Since 2001, Satyarthi’s has risked his own life to rescue these children and has convinced families in more than 300 Indian villages to avoid sending their children to work, and instead putting them in school. Satyarthi’s has also managed to grab and retain the world’s attention on the problem. He organized the Global March Against Child Labor in the 1990s to raise awareness and free millions of children shackled in various forms of modern slavery. His activism was also instrumental in the adoption of Convention No. 182 by the International Labour Organization, a statue that's become a guideline for many governments on child labor. In 2014, he and Malala Yousafzai were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for “their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.” What others say “Despite saving almost 80,000 children from child labor, and now adding the world’s most famous award to his name, Kailash Satyarthi has always relentlessly...

Mr. R.S Chaurasia started his career as a lecturer in 1954 and began participating in trade union activities for ensuring the welfare of workers. In 1983 he got associated with Bachpan Bachao Andolan for the liberation of bonded labourers trapped in stone quarries & brick kilns and for ensuring the freedom of child labourers from the carpet industry in Mirzapur. A dedicated movement leader, Mr. Chaurasia has personally freed thousands of children from slavery and left no stone unturned to ensure timely repatriation & rehabilitation of children. He also participated in marches organized by BBA and Global March in India. He was the General Secretary of AVA and now is the President of the Board of Bachpan Bachao Andolan. Ms. Priyanka Ribhu is a human rights activist and an anti-child labour movement unifier and strategist with more than 15 years of experience in identifying and leading opportunities for public policy advocacy and has acted as a trusted counsel for decision makers for strategic planning and other interventions. Ms. Ribhu has served as the Officer in Charge of the largest anti-child labour movement, the Global March Against Child Labour for almost a decade and now she serves as the General Secretary of Bachpan Bachao Andolan. Mr. Laxman Singh is among the earliest children rescued from inter-generational slavery by Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi. When Mr. Singh was rescued, he was seven-year-old and used to work in the stone quarries of Faridabad in Har...