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Andhra Pradesh: Child-related Activities of Key UN
Agencies
ILO activities: Mahabubnagar, Kurnool,
Hyderabad
ILO is currently implementing the second phase of the Andhra
Pradesh State Based Project (APSBP) for the Elimination of Child
Labour, the first phase of which, started in 1999. Under the second
phase of the project, activities in the rural districts of Mahabubnagar
and Kurnool follow the integrated strategy, which has been developed
and tested during phase I. This strategy includes (i) ensuring
full enrolment and prevention of school dropout through Early
Warning Systems; (ii) providing additional income opportunities
for child labour families through skills training and self-help
groups formation and (iii) developing participatory monitoring
and evaluation based on community-developed indicators. Simultaneously,
a new model addressing the special issues of urban child labour
and focusing on providing vocational training to older children
is being developed in Hyderabad.
UNICEF activities: East Godavari,
West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Chittoor, Anantapur, Kurnool, Hyderabad
UNICEF is currently implementing the Elementary Education Programme
in East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Chittoor, Kurnool and
Hyderabad, and the Child Protection Programme in East Godavari,
Krishna, Guntur, Chittoor, Anantapur, Kurnool and Hyderabad. The
Elementary Education Programme supports the Government’s
SSA initiative by making efforts to: (1) reduce gender disparities;
(2) promote access and quality education for children from disadvantaged
groups; (3) enhance learning achievements by improving the quality
of education; (4) improve and expand educational data and analysis
and (5) deliver and document quality education. The Child Protection
Programme complements the Government’s initiatives in the
areas of child labour, child trafficking, and children in difficult
circumstances. In the field of child labour, the programme focuses
particularly on the informal sector and also explores the risk
implications of the spread of HIV/AIDS in the context of trafficking,
and of commercial sexual exploitation of children. Regarding children
affected by difficult circumstances, the Programme emphasises
strengthening indigenous-coping and resilience mechanisms.
UNIFEM activities: Cuddapah,
Anantapur, Hyderabad
Consistent with the Government’s priorities and key issues
identified in the National Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking
and Commercial and Sexual Exploitation, the Regional Programme
on Trafficking in South Asia, which started in 2001, implements
national and regional level activities, including field operations.
Field operations, undertaken by partner NGOs, include social mobilization
and awareness raising at the community level in the trafficking
source districts of Cuddapah and Anantapur districts and rehabilitation
of trafficked children in Hyderabad.
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