Glimpses of CREAM Impact (Jan 2013 to March 2014)
CRC: • 29 out of school children, 12 child labourers and 3 siblings of a CRC member admitted to school • Children from different CRCs took initiative to write letters to authorities complaining on the issue of lack of drinking water, toilet facilities, construction of speed breakers to slow down speeding vehicles in front of the school, absence of PT / Hindi teachers, school infrastructure facilities, scholarships they are entitled to, etc. Many cases have been solved – cleaning/repairing of water tanks in schools, repair of leaking roofs, sanctioning the construction of 2 toilets, completed construction of 6 toilets, new gates for two schools with a heightened compound wall, issue of new black boards, construction of a 3 new kitchens for mid day meals (checking adulteration in food served to children), construction of pipeline for water supply, distribution of books and uniforms, new plates for serving MDM, new benches, supply of solar lamps. Class room in the school granted for evening tuition classes, construction of a new play ground, new library, budget provisioning for the solar lamps by Gram Panchayat, etc. • In cases that could not be addressed by the school management, the Head Masters have written to the BEO (drinking water); and where BEO needed further influence, they had written to the local MLA (drinking water, kitchen shed) • Demanded for a separate room, by writing letters to TalukPanchayat and School Development and Monitoring Committee (SDMC), for serving mid day meals accepted by the local government and construction has begun.
• CRC members went on a strike for one full day demanding the supply of clean drinking water in their school. • CRC members sent a letter to BEO asking for a complete school compound and to address the shortage of teachers in that school – BEO has promised to do so. In one of the schools, the compound wall was constructed through NREGA. • CRC member nominated to be a member of SDMC. • SDMC meetings regularised in 7 schools. • CRC members planned and organised Independence day, Teachers’ day and Children’s day celebrations in their schools. • Children brought to the notice of SDMC and teachers problem of water for toilets, drinking water and dilapidated roof. It is decided they will write to BEO and if there is no response then the case will be escalated to KSCPCR. • CRC children decided to write a letter to Child Rights Commission in the state on unavailability of school uniforms. However, the head master intervened and arranged uniforms for all the children in the school through a donor. • CRC members discussed the appointment of a staff to teach computers in their school, where the lab was not used at all. • CRC members gathered details of 12 drop outs in their school and plan for home visits. 2 drop out girls readmitted.
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