Approaches for Boosting Child development and Empowerment {ABCDE}
This project's parent organization is International Services Association
It operates in India
It uses Multiple sports
Entered the Best New Project
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India has the world's largest number of sexually abused children with a child below 16 years raped every 155th minute, a child below 10 every 13th hour, and one in every 10 children sexually abused at any point in time. These figures resoundingly break the silence that surrounds and perpetuates sexual abuse of children. Sexual abuse of children is a very real problem in India, and the situation is aided by the the silence that surrounds the offence.{Volume 20 - Issue 21, October 11 - 24, 2003, Frontline.}
Our work since 1990 in schools colleges and communities has highlighted several instances of children being abused by known trusted members of the family and community. We are beginning children parliaments in 30 sites of Bangalore where we intend to begin 30 children parliaments to get them to ownto preciousness of body, identify good touch bad touch, assertive skills building 1098 child helpline and aid them to develop life skills to prevent child sexual abuse and prevent further abuse. Sports is a strong process for building life skills.Sports helps strengthen children’s participation in the parliament, breaks the gender divide and gives them the voice to demand the protection which is their right.