Asha for Education

Ensure that every child who is vulnerable, neglected, marginalized and /or abused or exploited has access to the emergency helpline phone. Care and protection to be given by CHILDLINE service(1098 toll free helpline) to: missing children, abused children, runway children, children in disaster situations, trafficked children, children at work, all children in need of care and protection

Gramin Vikas Samiti was formed on 16 June 1992 and was registered as a Society, under Society Registration Act. GVS always has made an attempt to ensure the Right to Justice, Peace, Development, no caste, class, gender-based discrimination. They have worked for a society in which the poor have control on their nature as well as livelihood resources, people coexist with nature, equality prevails in society, and the citizens of India have strong moral values. GVS is helping implement the CHILDLINE(toll free number 1098) to keep the children of Damoh (Madhya Pradesh) district safe. GVS has helped children who are missing from home, abused, runaway, stuck in situations like trafficking, poor care and underage employment.

GVS is working along with the ministry to support this service in Damoh District which has around 1.26 lakh population in 7 Tehsils, 7 blocks and 1250 villages in about area of 7,306 square km. The GVS staff has attended more than 500 children's since they started service and tackled issues ranging from child marriages, missing children, sexual harassment, community harassment, racial abuse, biased government services, un-authorized evacuations etc. [stat from March 2020.] In all the cases GVS provides a first response support and connects the other concerned government agencies to resolve the particular issue at hand.

Kinds of cases GVS has handled in past: Provided emergency medical help to approximately 70 differently-able children, provided helps in finding the around 15 missing children's and uniting them with the families, stopped child marriages, rescued children separated from the families, helped to stop social media abuse (fake calls, pornographic video message photography message etc.), provided help in connecting the children to the government schemes meant for their benefits. Time and again, GVS sees cases of child abuse and cases where children have been separated from their parents. GVS has helped children get support by connecting with various Government agencies and counselling them as and when needed.