Author: stopglobalmovement

Ms. Smriti Kana Ghosh Paul, Senior Programme Manager at STOP, attended a Regional Workshop in Kathmandu from August 26th–29th, 2024, organized by ECPAT International. It was mainly focused on analyzing civil society movements, addressing child sexual exploitation and abuse in the whole of South Asia. Key discussions included the scale, scope, and trends of exploitation, with emphasis on gender, emerging challenges, and collaboration with private sectors, governments, and communities. Sessions explored topics like child exploitation in travel and tourism, the impact of climate change and humanitarian crises, trauma-informed approaches amplifying survivors’ voices, access to justice for child victims, and child safeguarding standards and requirements. Watch a small recap of these sessions by clicking here.

STOP’s Communities celebrated Janmashtami with spirited hearts and joyful faces. The pictures below display their collective celebratory mood!

STOP collaborated with Jan Sahas, a Non-Profit Organization to set up a camp for providing certain public services to STOP’s Tughlakabad Community residents. On the 17th of August, 2024. About a hundred people got the benefits of new E-shram ID, Abha ID, Labour and Voter ID cards. A few of them also were helped in opening their new bank accounts.

STOP’s Communities celebrated the Indian Independence Day a day before the 15th of August, 2024. The pictures bring out the dynamism these children displayed during their stunning performances. Do visit our Instagram to view the full programme!

An impactful Anti-Human Trafficking Day event was organized by RBC Trust (STOP) at the Tigri community, on the 30th of July, 2024. The primary objective of this event was to educate the public about the stark realities and dangers associated with human trafficking. The event sought to raise awareness by informing the community about the tactics employed by traffickers, recognizing the signs of trafficking, and providing guidance on how individuals can protect themselves and others from falling victim to such exploitation. An audience of around 200 people were warmly welcomed by STOP Team.

STOP had conducted a Spot Test for its students engaged in Indira Lahiri Scholarship Programme in both of its Communities, Tigri and Tughlakabad on the 22nd of March, 2024. The question papers were made in two sets, one catering to the 3rd to 5th, and another for 6th to 8th standards respectively. The ones who came first from both the standards in both the Communities were awarded with a Certificate of Performance by STOP’s Advisor, Retired IAS Officer and Chief Information Commissioner, Sh. Amitava Bhattacharyya.

STOP organized two Roundtable Conferences in the month of March, 2024, on “Developing Action Plans for Inclusion and Economic Empowerment of Women“, on the 13th and 27th of March, respectively. Its partners, hailing from different grassroots level NGOs located in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, came to actively attend and form the Action Plans, on the former and latter aforementioned dates, respectively. In total, around 50 NGOs collaborated with STOP in both these events. The reports are attached in the reports section of this website, and the photos are attached below.

An educational field trip was also planned for increasing the general awareness of about fifty students on the 21^st March, 2024. They were assisted by Shirine Marian Tigga, Project Coordinator, Sakshi Gaur, Psychological Counsellor, Mamta Gopal and Gulnuma, Community-in-Charge(s), and all the community teachers of STOP. They went to visit to the National Science Museum and History Museum in New Delhi to hon their skills in both these subjects.

STUDENT’S EDUCATIONAL TRIP, 2024