May 21, 2013, New Delhi: The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India issuedlandmark directions for the protection of missing children and other child victims of crimes in the country. In a petition filed by Bachpan Bachan Andolan (BBA) on the issue of missing children and trafficking, a bench headed by Hon’ble Chief Justice of India Mr. Justice Altamas Kabir and comprising of Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vikramajit Sen and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde issued the directions...... Read more>>
1st May, 2013, Delhi: On the occasion of 'Labour Day', the High Court of Delhi has taken exemplary action for implementation of child protection legislations and elimination of child labour in Delhi...... Read more>>
April 26, 2013, New Delhi: On a complaint by Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), 18 child labourers were rescued from shoe manufacturing units in Narela Industrial Area....... Read more>>
April 25, 2013, New Delhi: On a complaint filed by Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), 23 child labourers were rescued from garments & purse manufacturing units in Nabi Karim, New Delhi. ...... Read more>>
April 24,2013,New Delhi: Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) pays tribute to late Jagdish Sharan Verma, former Chief Justice of India, who passed away on Monday 22/04/2013...... Read more>>
April 17, 2013, Tirupur: On a complaint filed by Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), 17 child labourers were rescued from garment manufacturing & export units in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu..... Read more>>
April 16, 2013, Delhi: On a complaint filed by Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), 14 child labourers were rescued from garment manufacturing in Trinagar, New Delhi during raids at four different units related to garment manufacturing and export...... Read more>>
April 15, 2013: On a complaint filed by Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), 22 child labourers were rescued from garment manufacturing units in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu.... Read more>>
April 8, 2013: Within a week of Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2013 becoming an Act and incorporating trafficking as a crime in the Indian Penal Code, Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) activists...... Read more>>
21st March, 2013, New Delhi: Bachpan Bachao Andolan has hailed the Parliament of India for passing a landmark law against trafficking....... Read more>>
20th March, 2013, New Delhi: On 4th of February, 2013, the Government of India brought an ordinance to change the Indian Penal Code(IPC) providing stringent and wide ranging measures to protect women and children against trafficking, sexual exploitation..... Read more>>
24th Feb, 2013, Delhi: On a complaint filed by Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), 27 child labourers were rescued from Bangalore by the State government. BBA had done a investigation and filed a complaint this month that a large number of children are being trafficked to work as a child labourers (bonded labourers)..... Read more>>
19th Feb, 2013, Delhi: On a complaint filed by Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), 47 child labourers rescued in two separate rescue operations in North East and North West Delhi by the State government. BBA had done an investigation and filed a complaint that a large number of children are being trafficked to Delhi to work as a child labourers (bonded labourers).... Read more>>
13th Feb, 2013, Delhi: On a complaint filed by Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), 5 child labourers were rescued from Tirupur by the State government. BBA had done an investigation and filed a complaint this month that a large number of children are being trafficked to work as child labourers (bonded labourers)..... Read more>>
12th Feb, 2013 Delhi: In an exemplary legal action against trafficking and child labour in the capital, the District Task Force rescued 14 child labourers today from Garment industry and bakery in Sultanpuri, Aman Vihar, arrested 4 employers on a complaint filed by Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA).... Read more>>
6th Feb, 2013, New Delhi : Exploitation of tribal girls continues to be rampant in the city as Bachpan Bachao Andolan rescued another such girl trapped in domestic servitude. 13 year old seema (name changed) who had trafficked five months ago, could not stop crying when she met her father today.... Read more>>
5th February, 2013, New Delhi: In a writ petition filed by Bachpan Bachao Andolan on missing children of India, the Central government and several state governments came for sharp criticism by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India for their inaction on the issue of missing children today.... Read more>>
04 February 2013, New Delhi: You might be aware that the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India is hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the issue of missing children filed by Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA). .... Read more>>
31st January 2013, New Delhi: 36 children held in bondage in the capital who were victims of trafficking for forced labour, were rescued on today morning from garment industry located in Gandhi Nagar in the East district of Delhi. six employers arrested, 8 factories were sealed immediately.... Read more>>
Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) is not a conventional NGO or a typical institution, it is the ray of hope in millions of hearts, the first dream in their eyes, the first smile on their faces. It is the sky and wings together for innumerable children, excluded from human identity and dignity, with a desire to fly in freedom. It is the tears of joy of a mother who finds her rescued child back in her lap after years of helplessness and hopelessness. It is a battle to open the doors of opportunities, a fire for freedom and education in the hearts and souls of thousands of youth committed to wipe out the scourge of slavery and ignorance from the face of mankind.
BBA is the first lamp lit by those who didn't believe in cursing the darkness, they dared to hold fire in their hands, determined to dig out spring from stones. In an age of ignorance, neglect and denial on the issue of child servitude, these ordinary youth had a vision to see beyond heavens. Equipped with a strong will to demolish age-old myths and misconceptions about child labor, they fought mighty criminals, slave masters and mafia with exemplary courage.
Beginning its operation in 1980, a mass movement was ignited to create a child friendly society where all children are free from exclusion and exploitation and receive free education of good quality. The movement engaged itself in identifying, liberating, rehabilitating and educating children in servitude through direct intervention, community participation, partnerships and coalitions, promoting ethics in trade, unionizing workers, running campaigns (on issues, such as education, trafficking, forced labour, decent work, building child friendly villages) and mobilizing the masses on a common action.
BBA has triggered a ripple effect in India and in international community. The tide is turning in favour of children, a ray has multiplied itself into a sun which is constantly supplementing brightness and warmth to the lives of unprivileged children. We need more support...BBA calls you to join hands in bringing a smile, the smile of freedom, love and peace, on the face of every child in this world.
- Kailash Satyarthi, Founder
