Bangalore: FedEx Express, one of the world's largest express transportation company, providing fast and reliable delivery to over 220 countries and territories, along with CRY (Child Rights and You), a leading advocate for child rights, has launched a three-day programme to create awareness about child labour on the occasion of Anti-Child Labour Day, observed internationally on April 30.
‘FedEx Cares' initiative that was launched on Friday, was aimed at sensitising the public on Child Rights and issues of Child Labour in the country.
This initiative involved an interactive theatre workshop for children to share their perceptions and experiences of their rights as children and bring to the fore how these 'Rights' impact their lives on a personal and community level.
The workshop would culminate with the staging of a play called 'Playground' at the Guru Nanak Bhavan on Saturday. The children would also be seen performing the play at Shoppers Stop, Bannerghata Road and outside the popular Forum Mall in the city over the next two days, a joint realease said on Saturday.
"About 17 million children in India work as per official estimates, while NGO's estimate the number to be a whopping 100 million. We believe it is time for all of us to come together as a community and give our children their basic rights," Fed Express Managing Director (Sales and Marketing for India, Middle East and Africa) Mr Jacques Creeten said, commenting on the inititaitive.
"Children are seen as insignificant and invisible sections of our society, their voices rarely heard or considered. Being the most vulnerable, it then becomes our priority to ensure that children receive their basic rights to a happy, secure and carefree childhood," CRY South Director Regina Thomas said.
"There is a great deal each one of us can do to ensure a positive change. Whether it is refusing to employ a child in one's home or workplace or by refusing to be part of any system that exploits child labour. Getting more people to be aware and to take responsibility for the problem is precisely what we seek to achieve through this performance," she added.
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