Child Marriage

* Door-to-door contact was made at the village level.
* Awareness rally was taken out for the village level Stop Child Marriage Campaign.
* Individual, collective and family oath was taken by the people.
* Students and youth were also made aware and sensitive at Anganwadi and 277 school, college level.
* Announcements and poster pamphlets were distributed at the big hot-market level.
* Orientation was done at the block and sector level with the Sarpanch and Anganwadi workers.
* Orientation was done at the sector level with Asha workers.
* Orientation of child protection committees was done.
* Religious places and events like Bhagwat, Katha -Puran, Sat sang etc.
During the campaign, administrative officers, Pandits, Maulvis, Police Department etc. were sworn in to make the country child marriage free. In both the districts, about 5,86,556 people were sworn in individually, family and collectively.
* 85 Gram Panchayats took proposals to make their Panchayats child marriage free.
* In 277 schools, school children were made aware by giving information about child marriage law through painting, street plays, wall writings, slogans etc.
* For the widespread publicity of the campaign, the organization workers also participated in the ‘Vikas Sankalp Bharat Yatra’ being run by the Madhya Pradesh government and informed as many people as possible about the child marriage law and administered the oath.
* Child protection committees in every village and hamlet were also made aware through orientation so that if any child marriage takes place at the village level, then the enlightened people of the village, Sarpanch, Anganwadi workers and Asha workers together can stop child marriage by mutual counselling.
* Anganwadi workers, Asha workers and Sarpanch were oriented and made responsible for child protection. They should explain the law like child marriage and it should be ensured that no child in their panchayats area and surrounding areas is subjected to child marriage. Child marriage is a social evil and a heinous crime in the eyes of the law. Due to which the childhood of children is snatched away and children are deprived of education, physical and mental development is not possible. Legally, child marriage is considered in the category of child sexual abuse.
Achievement of the organization during the child marriage awareness campaign:
(1.) The organization administered oath against child marriage to 5,86,550 people in 300 villages of Betul and Chhindwara.
(2.) Resolutions were taken in the Gram Sabha to make 85 Gram Panchayats 'Child Marriage Free Panchayats'.
(3.) 1000 Anganwadi workers(AWW) are joining this campaign and fighting a battle against child marriage in their villages.
(4.) During the public awareness campaign of 'Child Marriage Free India Creation' in Betul and Chhindwara districts of Madhya Pradesh, 80 Sarpanchs, 70 PESA mobilizers and 50 Panchs joined the campaign and took oath from people to not let child marriage happen by participating in the campaign rally in their respective areas.
(5) From May 2023 to April 2024, a total of 533 child marriages were stopped in Betul and Chhindwara districts by the organization. Out of these, 189 parents were made to fill undertakings and in 343 cases of child marriages, child marriages were stopped by counselling the parents. In 01 case of child marriage, the organization assisted in filing an FIR on the request of the girl.