Asin’s new noble role

The actress, who’s becoming popular with her endorsements, has taken a new responsibility now of educating an eight-year-old orphaned girl child.

Talking about her noble act, Asin stated, "I have been working for children's education and child rights for a long time and yes, it is true that I have taken over the entire education cost of this eight-year-old."

The actress also confirmed that she has plans of expanding her boundaries to help as many people as possible

Launch of Save Girl Child Scheme

It was another busy day for the khadims at the Ajme dargah. Besides paying obeissance, the high-profile pilgrims had also come here for a social cause. Minister of state for commerce Jyotiraditya Scindia and minority and corporate affairs minister Salman Khurshid launched initiatives to save the environment and the girl child.
The programmes were planned by Nanhi Chhann Foundation, a non-profit organisation.
"We must decide if our growth and development is only on empirical numbers or we want wholesome development. Protecting both environment and the girl child is important if we want to ensure social development," Scindia said while launching the programme.
The programme was initially launched from the Tirupati Balaji temple. It was then held at the Golden Temple, Amritsar before reaching Ajmer. The programme will involve the dargah as well as schools and colleges across Rajasthan.
"Little girls who grow up to be mothers, and trees which are one of nature's greatest gifts from mother earth, require protection and preservation for the sustenance of life on earth," Khurshid said. Nanhi Chhann foundation chairman Harpal Singh said that the national gender ratio is 915 females per 1,000 males. The national forest cover is currently a little more than 21% while it should ideally be at least 33%. "This requires a gigantic plantation drive," he said
The unique initiative, which has so far involved both educational and religious institutions across the country, has distributed over 800,000 saplings.

Girl Child Day - she rocks !!!!

January 24, is for each one of us to find the awareness in our hearts, and share it with those who are still in the dark. It is for us to make that extra effort, take that extra step forward from our busy lives, and reach out to the yet un-enlightened and un-informed, biased members of our neighbourhoods, families, cities and county, and make that change. That will be the true tribute to the National Day of the Girl Child.
"Our government is rolling out two new schemes-- Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojna for conditional cash transfers to pregnant and lactating mothers. If mothers are healthy, children will be healthy. The second scheme is for underweight adolescent girls. We are going to provide nutrition support to undernourished girls to improve their health and nutritional status. This scheme has been named after late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi," says Krishna Tirath, Minister of State for Women and Child. The Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Adolescent Girls will be dedicated soon for the welfare of every helpless girlchild. In short, the scheme has been named as "Sabla". 

Progressive Alliance (The UPA Government), and steps began to be taken in the right direction. But the real tribute to the girl child is to celebrate every day of her life as the "Day of the Girl Child", celebrate her identity as an equal member of her family, her community and her country. The world's largest democracy can surely awaken today, and extend her largesse to encompass the life-giving section of humanity - the girl child.

What does "Education for All" mean and why does it matter?

Education is a basic human right and has been recognized as such since the 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights.  Since then, numerous human rights treaties have reaffirmed this right and have supported entitlement to free, compulsory primary education for all children. 

In 1990, the Education for All (EFA) commitment was launched to ensure that by 2015 all children, particularly girls, those in difficult circumstances and those belonging to ethnic minorities, have access to and complete, free and compulsory primary education of good quality.  There is much work to do before the goal of Education for All is achieved. 75 million children are not in school according to UNESCO and by 2005-2006, as many as 90 million children were without access to education.

The right of access to education - Education must be available for, accessible to and inclusive of all children.

The right to quality education - Education needs to be child-centered, relevant and embrace a broad curriculum, and be appropriately resourced and monitored.

The right to respect within the learning environment - Education must be provided in a way that is consistent with human rights, equal respect for culture, religion and language and free from all forms of violence.

Welcome to the world of the girl child !

Welcome to the world of the girl child, promising yet gloomy, hopeful, yet in despair. The hand that rocks the cradle, the procreater, the mother of tomorrow; a woman shapes the destiny of civilization. Such is the tragic irony of fate, that a beautiful creation such as the girl is today one of the gravest concerns facing humanity, with a volley of summits, conferences and events held for the cause, with topmost world leaders at the helm.