DB PyaR in the Kalaburagi Child Labour Rescue Team
As part of the nationwide rescue and rehabilitation campaign under the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, a coordinated inspection and awareness drive was conducted in Kalaburagi city on 8 August 2025. Directed by the District Magistrate and the Labour Commissioner, the campaign brought together multiple stakeholders including CHILDLINE, the Police, Don […]
Breaking the Chains of Modern Slavery
On 20 February 2025, under the BREADS Child Safety Net initiative, Don Bosco PYaR, Kalaburagi, in a joint operation with the Labour Department, District Child Labour Project, Railway Police (RPF & GRP), Railway Station Manager and CHILDLINE, rescued eight child labourers from the Kalaburagi railway station. The rescued children were barefoot and in torn clothes. […]
From Bricks to Books
Per the 2020 estimates of the International Labour Organisation, 160 million children in the age group of 5-17 years were engaged in child labour globally, projected to reach 168.9 million in 2022, largely impacted by the COVID pandemic. The situation in India is not likely to be different though there are no recent official statistics […]