Child Marriage

1. -: Problem being attempted to change :-
-: Problem being attempted to change :-
“Child Marriage”
“Child Marriage”

2. That child marriage is a big social evil prevailing in Rajasthan
and it has gripped our village so badly that many of children
are married in early age. This evil tradition has affected the
education of the children/students adversely and the married
children leaves the school and add to the number of drop outs
in the schools.

3. The recent report from UN stating India as the capital of child marriage followed by local case of our
student “Vishna Ram” getting married in early days of his childhood which is one among many such cases,
made us feel the urge to bring awareness among children and their parents on this blazing issue. Child
marriage is a curse for every child but is specially destructive for a girl child. Child marriage denies a girl of
her childhood, disrupts her education, limits her opportunities, increases her risk to be a victim of violence
and jeopardizes her health. So we stepped in to do our bit and make the current situation as better as we
can so that these little flowers can bloom upto their potential and not be bogged down by this evil.
Student of Vth class
lead this campaign

4. That this evil tradition is annihilated from our village
and all the children of our village realize their dreams
our village becomes the role model to initiate a
campaign against this social evil.
.

5. We organized a rally through the village and stuck posters on
the village walls to sensitize people against this evil. We
persuaded the parents,who had already got their children
engaged, not to get their children married and succeeded in
getting the commitment letter filled by them.
Sarpanch & other key person of society Sharing of success stories
flagged off the rally to village.

6. Students organized a role play to highlight the after effects of
child marriage and the woes that the children and parents
suffer. We took support from the social activists working on
this issue and organized their talks.
Role play by students

7. Students organized small meetings in village with group of 5
to 6 men & women, discuss & highlight the after effects of
child marriage and the woes that the children and parents
suffer.
Sharing of success stories and signing affidavit.

8. Students shared success stories of child marriage with all
community members in small groups and also take oath from all
members not to encourage child marriage in village and also not to
attend such marriages.
Sarpanch & Community members taking oath Affidavit by Sarpanch

9. The extremely wonderful and realistic performance by the students touched the heart
of each and everyone present. Moved by the play, people came forward and
requested the people to stand against the social evil of child marriage. The people
appreciated the play by the SBS students and requested them to enact the play in the
neighboring villages also. The village panchayat also gave us a letter of appreciation
for this noble campaign. Sarpanch of village and other key members assured all
students that they would not encourage such evils in village/society. Sarpanch of
village also assured that he will take action / inform police if somebody caught doing
so.

10. The success of the campaign strengthened our belief that we were
working in the right direction. We were successful in saving the
future of many students who had been engaged. Now they can
continue studying and realize their dreams. We feel that we are
strong enough to take on even the serious most social issues
Our effort are
covered /
supported by
“Rajasthan
Patrika”
leading News
Paper of
Rajasthan.

11. Experience of Community Members & Teachers:
“ These little kids have done a wonderful job & sensitized us to pick up a
sensitive issue. I am planning to raise this issue in upcoming gram
panchayat meeting. Personally I promise not support child marriage in
my village. - Mr. Dudaram Sarpanch of Sopara.
“ I am very pleased with efforts of little children's. Mr. Jetha Ram (Youth
Leader)
“ These kids sensitized us, thankful to them. Mr. Shriram (Ex Sarpanch)
“ It’s a good initiative taken by students of Satya Bharti School, Sopara.
We promise not to encourage such social evils. Its our responsibility
to this forward & ensure implementation. Mr. Guman Ram (Patwari)

12. Students Of Class V Satya Bharti School,
Sopara (Jodhpur, Rajasthan)
Students
Ramswroop Mamta Gulab
Bhavana Kana Ram Mahendra
Bharat Vijesh Vishna Ram
Prakash Kusum Rampyari
Thank You