Poverty had forced many such rural kids to quit school and toil in the local mica mines. A 2016 survey revealed that about 20,000 kids worked in mica mines in Jharkhand and in neighbouring Bihar. Some were as young as five years, boys and girls, among them many school dropouts, too. Besides stunting their future career, this hazardous occupation also afflicted their health.
In 2011, activists from Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi, selected this village to become a Bal Mitra Gram (BMG) (Child Friendly Village). Promoting child-centric rural development, BMG ensures kids are not employed, married or exploited. Instead, it provides them with quality education by empowering their parents and the communities.
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