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News Archive
Year 2012
11 Child Labourers rescued from West Delhi, 4 Employers Arrested, 31 July 2012, New Delhi
41 Minor Boys Rescued from Anand Vihar Railway Station, 21Traffickers Arrested, 19 July 2012, New Delhi
BBA activists attacked while rescuing child labourers from Central Delhi, 11 July 2012, New Delhi
School in Badarpur Khadar after 300 years, 10 July 2012, Badarpur
Sold at 11, 12 year old mother rescued, 4 July 2012, New Delhi
Trafficking Victim rescued from train, 21 June 2012, New Delhi
Trafficking Victim rescued from train, 21 June 2012, New Delhi
2 child labourers rescued from a Hotel in Kapurthala, 21 June 2012, New Delhi
26 Child Labourers freed from slavery on World Day Against Child Labour ; 13 employers arrested, 4 establishments sealed, 12 June 2012, New Delhi
17 Bonded Child Labourers rescued from Computer Recycling units in West Delhi; 4 employers arrested, 11 June 2012, New Delhi
25 Child Labourers rescued from Alipur, 3 employers arrested, 05 June 2012, New Delhi
Guy Ryder elected as Director-General International Labour Organization, 30 May 2012, Delhi
16 Child Labourers rescued from Industries in North-West Delhi, 29 May 2012, Delhi
Child Trafficking through Placement Agencies to face severe Government action, 28 May 2012, Delhi
Employ Child Labour, face Sealing of establishment, Cancellation of license: Delhi High Court. 28 May 2012, Delhi
6 child labourers rescued from Bindi making industry, 25 May 2012, Delhi
80 Child Labourers trafficked from Bihar and Nepal rescued from Central Delhi, 7 employers and traffickers arrested, 24 May 2012, Delhi
Bill passed for Children Sexual Abuse in Parliament, 23 May 2012, Delhi
Two child labourers rescued from Contruction site, 17 May 2012
Rescued Maid Receives 2.8 Lakhs from her Employer, 27 April, 2012, New Delhi
12 Children rescued from Plastic industry in North-West Delhi , 19 April, 2012, New Delhi
Minor girl trafficked to Delhi rescued from Domestic servitude, 18 April, 2012, New Delhi
Rejoice for Children of India as Supreme Court upholds the constitutional validity of Right to Education Act, 12 April, 2012, New Delhi
16 Children being trafficked to Ludhiana rescued from Old Delhi Railway Station, 5 People Arrested, 05 April, 2012, New Delhi
18 child labourers rescued from Gutka and Mobile Parts making factory, 22 March 2012
19 Child Labourers rescued from Hazardous Industries, 21 March 2012
The Mica Star, 20 March 2012
20 child Labourers freed from bondage, 4 employers arrested, 14 March 2012
Holi Celebrations in Child Friendly Villages of Bachpan Bachao Andolan, 12 March 2012
7 child labourers rescued, 24 February 2012
6 Child Labourers rescued!, 22 February 2012
Fate will reunite us one day, 21 February 2012
Hunger struck family hopes for a relief, 18 February 2012
Honesty exemplified!, 17 February 2012
Hunger defeats Hope, Family tried to end Life, 13 February 2012
Raid in CGO Complex, 6 Bonded Child Labourers rescued from Soochna Bhawan, 20 February 2012
Shri Hazari Lal Jatolia passes away, Bachpan Bachao Andolan expresses grief , 17 January 2012
Labour Department orders Employees for Payments of Labourers through Cheque , 16 January 2012
Minor Girl rescued from tortures of employers, Corrupt Cop Transferred , 14 January 2012
Lost and Found – Missing Child Found at Work, 12 January 2012
Bachpan Bachao Andolan Welcomes Ajay Setia in Delhi, 09 January 2012
Child Rights Organizations elated over the Appointment of Mr. Ajay Setia as the Chairperson of State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Uttarakhand, 02 January 2012
 
Year 2011
Closure of the first phase of Bal Mitra Caravan, 30 December 2011
Working for more than 15 hours a day- 15 child labourers rescued from the capital, 6 factories sealed, 22 December 2011
'Eleven Children going missing every hour in India, 10 have little hope of recovery', 09 December 2011
Raid on Shoe Stitching and Wood Cutting units, 15 children rescued, 3 factories sealed, 3 people arrested, 30 November 2011
Rescue operations in several placement agencies in Delhi, 25 November 2011
Children's Day Celebrations in Bal Mitra Grams of Bachpan Bachao Andolan, 20 November 2011
Unreported World: Missing Children in India, 18 November 2011
Human Trafficking on a rise in India, no data on crime available, 01 November 2011
Raid on Shoe Stitching and Wood Cutting units, 15 children rescued, 3 factories sealed, 3 people arrested, 30 October 2011
AN EXEMPLARY LIFE; Kalu Kumar (1988 - 2011), 19 October 2011
53 child labourers rescued from north-west Delhi, 7 arrested, 04 October 2011
35 child labourers rescued from shoe and slipper unit in the capital, 6 employers arrested, 28 September 2011
India Action Week kick started with the rescue of 86 child laboureres from the capital, 15 September 2011
Vishal finds his family after four years- joy at Bal Ashram, 29 July 2011
Working in hazardous condition for months without any wages, 26 July 2011
39 child labourers rescued from two seperate rescue operations in the capital, 6 July 2011
Domestic workers' plight finally being addressed through International Convention on Domestic Labour: BBA launches a nation wide Campaign Against Child Domestic Workers', 16 June 2011
80000 Changed Lives: 80,000 children rescued so far, BBA reaches another milestone
Capital Corruption: Child Labour generates Rs. 120,000 crore black money annually, 11 June 2011
Working for more than 12 hours without any wages, 8 June 2011
34 child labourers rescued from the capital and 8 from Jalandhar, Punjab, 7 June 2011
44 child labourers of Bihar rescued from different sweat houses, 19 May 2011
India ratifies UN Conventions against Organized Crime (Palermo Protocol), 13 May 2011
20 child Labourers rescued from Zari units in the capital, 10 May 2011
Rs. 3,40,000 recovered from the employers of child labour in a single day, 2 May 2011
Delhi High Court orders cancellation of  licence of factories employing children, 27 April 2011
39 child labourers rescued from the capital in two rescue operations, 26 April 2011
26 child labourers rescued in two days, 25 April 2011
4th Raid in three days, 21 April 2011
One child labourer murdered, two missing, one recovered, 19 April 2011
Justice at last for Shanti: Supreme Court prohibits child labour from Circus, 18 April 2011
A 7 year old girl rescued from child labour condition in the capital, 7 April 2011
Nowhere children: missing from Census to Right to Education, 1 April 2011
How effective has RTE Act been in ONE year?, 31 March 2011
Impact of the appeal by BBA on regulation of placement agencies, 28 March 2011
6 Factories sealed, more than 20 employers arrested in a rescue operation in Khanpur, delhi, 24 March 2011
Delhi Police will end Child Labour
Delhi High Court orders Delhi Police to report within three weeks time on the child labour rescue matter,
21 March 2011
Child Labour Rescue team attacked- Commissioner of Police summoned before the Delhi High Court in child labour rescue team matter, 19 March 2011
Child Labour rescue team attacked, 4 hospitalised, Children snatched away, 17 March 2011
Delhi High Court gives direction in the case of missing children, 16 March 2011
7 girls rescued from being trafficked for flesh trade, 11 March 2011
25 arrested for interrupting the rescue operation of Child Labourers, 09 March 2011
12 Child Labourers rescued from beendi making factory, 23 February 2011
26 Child Labourers rescued from Jamia Nagar, 15 February 2011
High Court of Delhi directs Deputy Commissioner of Police to recover all the child laboure, 03 February 2011
Impact of the demonstration on missing children, 02 February 2011
“My Dream- to open up an orphanage for children like me”, 31 January 2011
Agitated parents of missing children met Police Commissioner, Delhi, 27 January 2011
117 Children went missing from Delhi between 1st January to 23rd January 2011, 24 January 2011
Jharkhand to set up Child Rights Commission, 21 January 2011
The BMG program of BBA has been chosen as one of the most innovative development project, 20 January 2011
Ice Breaking Session for the rescued child labourers, held at Mukti Ashram, 19 January 2011
29 children rescued from 8 hazardous factories in Sadar Bazar, North Delhi, 18 January 2011
43 children working in zari works rescued from North Ghonda Chowk, Delhi, 12 January 2011
Twenty Seven children now free to enjoy their childhood, 07 January 2011
Child Trafficker/ Kidnapper who foiled the rescue in November arrested, 06 January 2011
Follow up after a rescue (Sunday Times- London News) - Back with Mum the boy labourer earning 1p an hour, 05 January 2011
 
Year 2010
Tight rope ahead for the Placement Agencies: Happy New Year for Domestic Workers, 24 December 2010
A drug addicted eight year old boy chained by his family, 09 December 2010
“My body was coated black with the harmful gas”- a 12 year old child rescued from electroplating units said, 02 December 2010
They used to serve tea to others but today they were served, 29 November 2010
BBA office attacked: Still awaiting action, 23 November 2010
BBA, Mc Cann Worldgroup joint project wins gold medal at the London International Advertising Awards, 15 November 2010
Child Labour Rescue Operation failed due to inefficient attitude of administration, 01 November 2010
Three major rescue operations in a week, 27 October 2010
Bicycle Distribution in Jharkhand, 21 October 2010
Another feather in Mukti Caravan’s cap: stops child marriage in Jharkhand village, 21 September 2010
Rs 82,000 as pending salary for rescued domestic labour, 06 September 2010
Sixteen children rescued from Zari unit in Hyderabad, 06 September 2010
Amar Lal’s Sweden visit, 06 September 2010
They cook for others but are deprived of food, 12 August 2010
Union for Kiln Workers on the Anvil, 30 July 2010
South Asian Regional Consultation on Child Labour on Agriculture: Ratification of Convention 182 on the anvil: Harish Rawat, 29 July 2010
Units making toys for export exposed of using child labour, 12 July 2010
Employers fly abroad but keep domestic child labourer "jailed", 08 July 2010
38 child labourers rescued, 03 July 2010
National Convention focuses on Education for All, 16 June 2010
GO FOR THE GOAL: END CHILD LABOUR,12 June 2010
India Action Week Against Child Labour 2010, 9 June 2010
30 Trafficked Bonded Labouers Rescued From IT Hub, 17 May 2010
Chief Justice of Delhi meets child labourers, 15 May 2010
Rescued child labourer urges world to show will-power, 12 May 2010
Action against Child Labour and Child Trafficking continues, 07 May 2010
Third major rescue against Trafficking in 8 days, 06 May 2010
Children rescued from electrical appliances factory, 05 May 2010
International exporter caught in child labour case, 16 rescued, 03 May 2010
Crackdown Against Trafficking, 10 Arrested, 72 Children Rescued, 28 April 2010
Bal Ashram Children Play Cricket with Mr. Adam Gilchrist, 17 April 2010
Campaign on Missing Children, 5 April 2010
Child Labour Free reaches British High Commission, 27 March 2010
Training workshop on Counselling organized in Bal Ashram, 24 March 2010
Child labourers do 'Chak De' act with Holland Hockey Federation, 13 March 2010
Municipal Corporation of Delhi violates Child Labour Laws, 12 March 2010
Beauty lies in the hands of the innocent: 14 children rescued from bindi making factory, 9 March 2010
Mukti Caravan observes International Women’s Day with 'Accenture', 9 March 2010
SC directs formation of CWCs and JJBs in each district within the next 6 weeks, 22 January 2010
Global Monitoring Report on Education for All 2010 Reaching the Marginalized launched, 19 January 2010
27 trafficked bonded child labourers rescued from zari factory, 18 January 2010
Domestic child labourer rescued from Government employee’s house, 15 January 2010
9 Trafficked Bonded Child Labourers rescued from Bindi Factories, 12 January 2010
Missing Child found chained in Central Delhi, 07 January 2010
 
Year 2009
What is it we mean by freedom and childhood?, 23 December 2009
66 Trafficked Bonded Child Labourers rescued from Karol Bagh, 20 December 2009
Supreme Court of India mulls trafficking issues on eve of Human Rights Day, 10 December 2009
Freedom for bonded child laborers on International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2009
50 trafficked children from Katihar rescued from shellac ornament units in Delhi, 09 December 2009
Kailash Kher – Live in Concert, 01 December 2009
From car cleaners to class toppers, 23 November 2009
BBA mourns the loss of Neil Kearney, 23 November 2009
Children stuffed in rucksacks to escape law enforcers, 17 November 2009
From Picking minerals to cinematic masterpieces, 11 November 2009
BBA applauds Bihar State Plan of Action on child labour eradication, 04 November 2009
26 trafficked bonded child labourers rescued from bindi , toys , zari making units of North East Delhi, 4 buildings sealed, 04 November 2009
Social Activist Kailash Satyarthi bestowed with the world acclaimed “Defender of Democracy Award”, 20 October 2009
35 Trafficked Bonded Child Labourers Rescued From Zari Industr, 08 October 2009
National Child Labour Commission Announced in Nepal, 17 September 2009
94 Trafficked Bonded Child Labourers Rescued From Bindi and Zari factories of North East Delh, 19 August 2009
The Landmark judgement of Delhi High Court defines the roles of various agencies on child labour, 15 July 2009
52 Bonded Child Labourers Rescued from Zari sweatshops, 22 June 2009
Liberation of 46 Bonded Child Labourers on the eve of World Day Against Child Labour, 12 June 2009
A child worker's journey - from Jharkhand to Geneva, 11 June 2009
Zari Designed Clothes Taking Away the Life of Children, 28 May 2009
Kailash Satyarthi, Founder, Bachpan Bachao Andolan bestowed with the world acclaimed “Defender of Democracy Award”, 21 May 2009
BBA to run All India Legal Aid Cell on Child Rights, 18 May 2009
Hundreds of parents of missing children protest against the apathy of Loksabha candidate, 24 April 2009
BBA wins a compensation of Rs.1.5 lakh, 06 March 2009
Aditya Birla Group companies employing child labourers / Activists Attacked, 01 March 2009
Bachpan Bachao Andolan Welcomes the Verdict of Special Court on Nithari Case, 13 February 2009
Bachpan Bachao Andolan Welcomes the Verdict of Special Court on Nithari Case, 13 February 2009
Delhi Government to constitute a high level committee to frame guidelines against trafficking, 02 February 2009
Crime Branch told to investigate child trafficking cases, 29 January 2009
Dhoomdas Honour to End Child Slavery by Bachpan Bachao Andolan, 27 January 2009
Delhi High Court orders probe into child trafficking, 22 January 2009
For Hemraj , the wait is still on... while 35 girls were rescued, 13 January 2009
 
Year 2008
28 trafficked bonded child labourers  were rescued from leather units and zari embroidery units, 18 December 2008
"Send us a postcard, and we will ensure punishment against employers of children" - the Chief Justice of India promises former bonded child labourers, 14 November 2008
34 trafficked Children Rescued From Zari Industry, 23 October 2008
Offside: Child Labour in Football Stitching, 06 October 2008
Former bonded labourer, Devli asks the world leaders at the High Level Event on MDGs in the UN, New York, 30 September 2008
Appeal to all concerned individuals, 10 September 2008
20 flood victim children were rescued from trafficking in Bihar, 10 September 2008
Ghazal maestro Pankaj Udhas and Bachpan Bachao Andolan to work together for flood victims of Bihar, 09 September 2008
WINROCK International Launches the Best Practices in Preventing and Eliminating Child Labor through Education, 23 July 2008
From child labourer to representing India globally, 03 July 2008
Gruesome act of child trafficking uncovered in Indore’s Sarafa Bazaa, 25 June 2008
Exposed! Primark, garment retailer, for violating the child labour norms, 24 June 2008
16 Children rescued in a major raid in Nandanagari, 28 May2008
208 children see the light of freedom in one day, 07 May2008
Thousands of Teachers Protest For Right to Education, 06 May2008
Children knocked the door of Parliamentarians during Global Action Week, 25 April 2008
Bollywood Demands Quality Education For Child Laborers in Rising India, 23 April 2008
Children For Peace and Peace For Children – Stand up for the Tibetan child victim, 11 April 2008
Designers pledge for the better future of kids - A Victory of Bachpan Bachao Andola, 19 March 2008
Freedom of 13 children from Forced Beggar, 20 February 2008
Founder of BBA Unanimously Re-Elected as President of the Largest Education Rights Movement - Global Campaign for Educatio, 24 January 2008
2008-A New Beginning, 01 January 2008
 
Year 2007
Bachpan Bachao Andolan kids shine on the world stag, 19 December 2007
BBA Senior Leader, Ghuran Mahto awarded National Award for Child Welfare 2006, 14 November 2007
Mukti Ashram Children at the Inter Agency Meet organised at the Dept. of Social Work, D.U., 12 November 2007
A rehabilitation package of Rs. 280,000 given to 14 rescued bonded labourers, 29 October 2007
A rehabilitation package of Rs. 280,000 given to 14 rescued bonded labourers, 17 October 2007
A Childhood Scarred with Blood and Shards of Broken Glass.., 16 October 2007
Biggest Rescue Operation after 10th October 2006 Notification of Governmen, 15 October 2007
12.67 million Child Labourers – Govt. identifies only 6,669, 10 October 2007
13 Yr old kept in Bondage for Land, 04 October 2007
  Regional Consultation: Rescue, Recover, Rehabilitate- The 3 R's to ensure safe childhood to all child labourers, 26 September 2007
Child Leaders in the Fight Against Trafficking share experiences with US TIP, 18 September 2007
India still Enslaved, 17 September 2007
8 bonded child labourers rescued from artificial jewellery workshops, 22 August 2007
Freedom for Suraj: A New Lease of Lif, 16 August 2007
Full Bench of NHRC Upholds BBA's Stand on Bonded Labour, 07 August 2007
Nathu Ram tops Board examination, does BBA proud, 01 July 2007
Bal Ashram kids shine in their exams, 01 July 2007
9 Children rescued from being trafficked from Jharkhand, 23 June 2007
Kailash Satyarthi featured in Principal Voices, CNN, 13 June 2007
Kailash Satyarthi recipient of 2007 US State Department's Heroes Acting to End Modern-Day Slavery Award, 12 June 2007
BBA Rescues 19 Bonded Child Labourers from Plastic Factories, 08 June 2007
BBAs’ Rehabilitation Centre Attacked by Employers Mob, 01 June 2007
Rescued 93 child bonded labourers allege that they work for top jewellers in the capital, 22 May 2007
The leaders of the future, 08 May 2007
Rakesh Kumar selected as jury member of World Children's Prize, 20 April 2007
Demonstrators question the relevance of SAARC protocols outside the SAARC summit venue in New Delhi, 03 April 2007
6 children rescued and 9 traffickers arrested at Raxaul (Indo-Nepal border)
39 Child bonded labourers rescued from zari units of North West Delhi, 24 January 2007
Kailash Satyarthi steps down as BBA Chair, 19 January 2007
Gordon Brown reaffirms his commitment to eradicate illiteracy, 18 January 2007
Silent protest march by children to condemn Nithari incident, 04 January 2007
 
Year 2006
50 bonded child labourers rescued from zari units
78 Child labourers rescued From East Delhi
Bal Ashram Boy wins International Children’s Peace Prize
President of India administered a pledge to the legal fraternity for free legal aid to victims of child labour
Mukti Caravan takes off in Jharkhand and Bihar
India Launches Liberation Caravan (Mukti Caravan) Against Child Labour
"From WORKto SCHOOL" Campaign Launched
Rescue and Rehabilitation of Child Labourers– Government’s Responsibility says High Court
CHILDREN FOR PEACE, PEACE FOR CHILDREN
BBA scores with ban on Child Domestic Labour
Child Labour emerges as key obstacle in achieving Education for All
Kailash Satyarthi decorated with Freedom award at Freedom Festival
Football Stitching Kills Tender Dreams
A new lease of life for 32 bonded labourers
Holton Arms High School Students host child laborers as Ambassadors of children missing out of schools  
39 bonded children, working in inhuman conditions at a zari unit in Delhi were released on 23rd May 2006
8 Child Labourers rescued
Rescued child laborers visit Blair
Trafficked Bihari Boys Rescued from Amritsar
 
Year 2005
Global Task Force on Child Labour and Education For All Announced at Third Round Table on Education in Beijing
Satyarthi addresses 6th World Nobel Peace Prize Summit in Rome
From Darkness to Hope...
Ankita, a childhood saved
4360 Child Labourers Start Formal Education
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BBA is the pioneering child-friendly organisation of India working to end child labour, child trafficking, and provide free education for all children since 1980