About Children's Rights in Goa (CRG)

Children's Rights in Goa (CRG), a programme of Vikas Adhyayan Kendra, is involved in child protection and
the advocacy of children's rights. Its activities are concentrated in the coastal belt of North Goa.

Although Goa is considered as one of the more prosperous states in India, it is not free of problems. Some of the problems faced by children that CRG has identified are as follows:

• There are children in Goa who do not go to school and others who drop out of school before reaching middle school.
• There are child labourers (including domestic child workers), whose hours of work are long and unregulated.
• Some children are forced to sell their bodies or are victims of tourism related paedophilia.
• There are children who may not face economic deprivation but who are physically, mentally and/or sexually abused.

Support received
CRG receives support from Aide a l' Enfance de l'Inde (AEI), Luxembourg, through Terre des Hommes (TDH), Germany and from UNIFEM.

CRG has also received the support of CRY.

Community members in the areas that CRG works have been a source of constant support, generously giving of their time and/or resources.

A few individuals have also extended help to CRG in various ways, acting as resource persons, advising us on particular issues, providing professional services to CRG, giving donations or simply extending their good will.

CRG's effectiveness has been enhanced because of the constant support it receives from its many well wishers.