Instead of Kailash Satyarthi’s ideal world for children, we have a very different one. Children can be seen working everywhere: slogging in our homes, begging on the streets, working in the fields, holed up in airless factories making firecrackers, or toiling under the blazing sun in quarries. Yet, till very recently, child labour was an issue ignored by governments, society, and even the media.

One organization did not take the situation lightly. Bachpan Bachao Andolan registered as the Association for voluntary Action, has been a flag bearer for child rights since 1980. The world has recognized its contribution: its founder, Kailash Satyarthi won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for his exemplary work in the field, including rescuing over 83,000 children from fates worse than death.

Vision of BBA is to create a child friendly society, where all children are free from exploitation and receive free and quality education.

 Mission of BBA is to identify, liberate, rehabilitate and educate children in servitude through direct intervention, child and community participation, coalition building, consumer action, promoting ethical trade practices and mass mobilisation.

Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) symbolizes India’s largest grassroots movement for the protection of children, ensuring their quality education. Since its establishment BBA has led the world’s largest civil society campaign in the form of the Global March against Child Labour and has been at the forefront of laying down laws against child labour and trafficking in India.

BBA’s methods are innovative and often unconventional. They include rescues and raids in collaboration with enforcement agencies, 5000 km long marches across the country, theatre and travelling circus acts, or filing PILs. Through its campaigns, the organization has effected tremendous change in the area of child rights violations, including influencing policies and their implementation for protecting children. Some of its campaigns have led to enactments of statutes like the Right to Education Act, the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act and global policies like the ILO Convention 182 on child labour.

BBA’s methodology is holistic one, going from investigation and rescue to rehabilitation and mainstreaming od rescued children. Boys are placed in a short term home called Mukti Ashram where they receive medical help, food, clothing essentials.

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