Addressing
the Issue of
Child Labour in Mica Mines
What is Child Labour Free Mica
The Child Labour Free Mica is a unique initiative and platform for children, community, civil society members, NGOs, and local government, aimed at eliminating all forms of child labour from mica mining regions of Bihar and Jharkhand in India.
We are working with communities, government, and partners on child labour monitoring and remediation to ensure that children from all 684 mica-revenue-dependent villages in Bihar and Jharkhand are protected from child labour and other forms of labour and exploitation.
684
Child-Friendly Villages
137,997
20,584
Children Protected
children withdrawn from labour
30,364
children enrolled and regularised in schools
275,516
people benefitted from infrastructure development & linkage with welfare programmes
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Our Approach
To ensure that the Mica supply chain is free of child labour by 2025, we have come up with the PICKET approach.
In simple terms, a picket is a point of stake or post e.g., a fence, or a group of soldiers standing guard. Our PICKET approach acts as a guard or a fence for child protection in the mica mining areas.
Our Partners
