A happy childhood is the foundation of life and school days are an important part of a child’s formative years. Unfortunately large numbers of children in India’s carpet weaving belt start work at an age when urban children are starting school. To deal with this problem TCES was founded in 1989 to provide a three year non-formal education course to children. Our aim is to help eradicate the use of child labour on the carpet weaving looms and enable working children to regain their lost childhood. Currently we teach up to Grade 12.
Patrons
Felicity Kendal CBE
Sir Mark Tully OBE
Lady Young
Madeline Weinrib
The Maharaja of Benares
Corporate Patrons
Obeetee Pvt. Ltd.
Surya Carpets Ltd.
Members of The Children Emancipation Society (TCES)
- Prof. Bupinder Zutshi
(Chairman) - Prof. Amaresh Dubey
(Secretary) - CA Sumit Arora
(Treasurer) - Mr. Robin Garland MBE
(Member) - Prof. Pradeep Mishra
(Member) - Prof. Mondira Dutta
(Member) - Prof. Pradeep Shukla
(Member) - Prof. C J Daswani
(Member) - Mr. Suneet Paul
(Member) - Dr. Vinod Kumar
(Member)
Objectives
- Facilitating personal growth through education and rehabilitation training
- Providing physical improvement through healthcare and nutrition
- Mainstreaming the children into formal education system
- No discrimination between boys and girls
Operational Area
Traditional carpet belt in the Mirzapur/Bhadohi district near the holy city of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.