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about us

“Every child is born with their rights” – With the thoughts - Bachpan started in 2001 as a child rights initiative of NIWCYD in state capital Bhopal of Madhya Pradesh. Initially the work started in 10 habitations of slums in Bhopal as child labour initiative and later in 2007, the work was expanded in 10 new places within the slums of Bhopal and this entire project was also linked with Madhya Pradesh Education Campaign. In the year 2004-05, BACHPAN widened its scope from child labour to the children living in and around railways Platforms. In the year 2006, the project started day and night shelters for platform children in Katni and Bhopal. Gradually the project also initiated advocacy for ensuring residential shelter to these children. The advocacy initiatives started yielding result when government accepted that there are children on the railway platforms who are subjected to all forms of exploitation and abuse.

  • Survival & Development Working for overall development of children. We work with local ICDS centres to support and extend their services as well as outreach in urban as well as in rural pockets. We motivate and train the mother committees to access the services from the centres.
  • Education We work for the education of unreached, marginalised communities, girls, waste pickers, drop outs and child labour. We also work for the education and entitlements for children with different abilities.
  • Training - Conducts trainings on child rights and develop and engage the facilitators from the communities it self.
  • Child Participation Facilitating a child led community based institutional model of Bal-Panchayat Bhopal. Structure, training modules, earlier work of Bal-panchayat, case stories of Leaders, fellowships
  • Research We promote child led research processes to enhance their learning skills and build knowledge on development issues. This also helps to generate their voices and concerns on issues which effects children.
  • Campaign Against Child Labour Believes to end child labour in all forms. Associated with the campaign since 2003. Presently holding the state secretariate of Madhya Pradesh. Campaign is supported by the district level partners. (List of CACL – MP Network). Developed election manifesto through children participation in 2019-20 state election in Madhya Pradesh.

Our Themes

Core Team

  • Sanjay Kumar Singh

    Post graduate in social work, development worker and poet working since 1998 on children’s issues. Currently facilitating the child participation model through Bal-panchayat with the team.

  • Tarannum Khan

    Started career as field facilitator and evolved as campaign facilitator. Presently supporting CACL Madhya Pradesh and dialogue works campaign through strengthening child advisory committees.

  • Deepti Diwan

    Post graduate in social work, gender expert and support for planning, analysis and documentation

  • Ramesh Dubey

    Development worker and facilitator for the children’s activities for their effective engagements through extracurricular activities. He is also works as sculptor.

  • Niharika Pansoriya

    Development workers associated since childhood. Evolve as a children rights facilitator and engage currently on mental wellness of youth and children and trainings on child rights. Also worked as community youth fellow.

  • Raveena Prajapati

    Development worker associated since child hood. Evolved as children and youth motivator. Worked as Gandhian fellow at Jharkhand.