The churches in all nook and corners of the villages must be made aware and sensitized about the dangers of sending their children outside the state in the name of free education, job, training, mission work etc. The churches must check and verify the person, organization, or church that is offering the help to children. There is no doubt that there are genuine and good human beings/organizations doing noble work of helping the poor and needy but we must be aware that most of the so called “ charity organizations” get funds in the name of these poor tribal children. The funds actually do not reach the children; the children are used as “show piece” for prospective funders to fund their interest. The children are used like servants, treated as lesser beings and objects of charity because they are “poor backward tribal from remote villages of Manipur or Nagaland”. There are many street children, child beggars, children from impoverished homes in Andhra Pradesh and for that matter in many other states of India. Why should they bring children all the way from the North East? There are many more things hidden beneath the superficial charity work. The church must also play active role in pressurizing the Govt and NGOs to do what they are supposed to do. Why do the poor parents from the villages send their children to far off places when offered free education for their children? If affordable quality education is available in their villages/towns the poor parents will not send their children which most of the time land them into exploitative and difficult situations? If the government is not doing enough, raise your voice for a good cause. If the government is too poor to do something for its people, start some good schools in the villages like the catholic churches. Money is never the problem, where there is a will there’s a way. Don’t we all believe in a rich God, Who provides? Women organizations, student bodies, village councils, NGOs,Hohos, etc, worth its salt must spread the message, educate its members about this issue of child trafficking and child labor, violation of child rights etc. Every mother must be told that it is illegal to send their children to work as child labor/domestic servants. She must be told that her child has a right to quality education. She has a right to demand from the government to give her child quality education. The student organization, the NBCC women wing, church youth organization must help the poor illiterate mothers fight for her children’s right to quality education. It is time that we must raise our voice against all the injustice being done in our society by our own very people and for which our people/children become easy targets for exploitation by outsiders. How long can we remain silent spectators? God will surely judge us for not doing what each of us ought to do. A good Christian doesn’t start and end simply by going to church every Sunday, singing some hymns of praise and worship and saying some prayers. I believe our God expects much more than that! Nagas, please stop illegal practice of keeping child domestic servants. Do not violate the child’s right to education and the child’s right to have a normal childhood. Stop illegal adoption. Simply giving a Naga name to a non-Naga doesn’t give you the right to say you have ‘adopted’ the child. There is a proper legal procedure for adoption. If you are educated and modernized enough, you should know better! Naga Christians, please know that all these violation of child rights is wrong/sinful/illegal.Every student organization must check and see that a child of their community is send to school even if she is working as a domestic servant in some other homes. Student unions must continue to see that the schools in their villages are running properly so that no poor family is compelled to send their children to some very far off places when ‘free education’ is offered. Every child has a right to quality education. The poor child and the poor/illiterate parents need your help.
note- this is the news in morung express
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