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December 16, 2021
Association for Voluntary Action (AVA) popularly known as Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) is India’s largest anti-trafficking and anti-slavery grassroots movement. It was founded by Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi in 1980 with a vision to protect and prevent children from all forms of exploitation. BBA works with the Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) and the community to protect and prevent vulnerable children and their families from trafficking for labour, marriage and child sexual abuse among others.
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Started in 1980, Bachpan Bachao Andolan is India’s largest movement for the protection of children and works with government agencies and policy makers to strengthen the system.
Our Founder
Kailash Satyarthi has been battling relentlessly for the rights of children for over 4 decades… Read more
Our Founder
Kailash Satyarthi has been battling relentlessly for the rights of children for over 4 decades… Read moreTHOSE WHO STILL
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BBA uses a multi-pronged approach to create a society that is vigilant towards exploitation of its children and strengthen the justice delivery system to ensure creation of deterrence for the crime. Through the combined efforts, BBA seeks to create a Child friendly world where every child is protected from exploitation and is free to be a child.
BBA is working relentlessly to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030. BBA works to expedite the achievement of the following Goals –
Anti-Trafficking &
Slavery Initiatives
Anti-Trafficking & Slavery Initiatives
We liberate child victims of trafficking, slavery and forced labour from exploitation besides rehabilitating and reintegrating back them in society.
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Legal
Interventions
Legal Interventions
We provide legal aid and representation to child victims of crime to ensure speedy access to justice.
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COVID-19
Relief Efforts
COVID-19 Relief Efforts
We provide relief materials and access to essentials to vulnerable children and their families amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Stories of Change
Amar
When 13-year-old Amar’s parents were told by a stranger that their son could earn up to Rs 5,000 a month, they were ecstatic. Little did they know that they were about to push their son into the worst form of exploitation. Born in extreme poverty in Madhubani, Bihar, Amar was like any other child his …
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Kajolata
In May 2013, an elderly woman, Rama, visited BBA’s office in Delhi, seeking help to find her granddaughter, Kajolata. Narrating the story behind Kajolata’s disappearance, Rama said that when her granddaughter was 14, the two left their village in for Delhi. Kajolata was excited since it was her first visit to the national capital of …
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Malvati
The sweet innocence of Malvati’s face hides unimaginable horrors that the 13-year-old girl from a tribal community in West Bengal’s North Dinajpur district. Malvati fell victim to human trafficking when she was not even in her early teens. And since then she knew only pain and suffering until she was rescued by a team of …
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Our Impact (2023-2024)
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Being trafficked by train, 29 children were rescued from three different railway stations across the country on August 4, 2021 following prompt
On 3rd August 2021, 13 child labourers were rescued by Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) in a rescue operation conducted in coordination with
Strategic intelligence provided by Bachpan Bachao Andolan and close coordination with law enforcement agencies concerned led to the rescue of 21 children
Following key intelligence provided by Bachpan Bachao Andolan, seven children who had been engaged as child labourers were rescued by the Karnataka
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