Gurukul

Gurukul will be an attempt at recreating the school system of the old, as during the times when children were sent to the ‘ashrams’ of their gurus to gain all-round knowledge and step out as responsible and knowledgeable individuals, well versed in all aspects of life. Here, children in the age group of 9-14 years will be sheltered, given the necessary cultural and scientific education and then given vocational training for them to emerge into the outside as confident and independent human beings.

For more than 4 years, FULORA has been helping governments, communities and families to make the world a better place for children. The United Nations is advocating for children’s rights and helpmeet their needs, Rights of the child and strives to establish children’s rights as enduring ethical principles and international standards of behavior towards children.”

We are now working in 20 areas and plan to expand in almost 250 territories on solutions to the problems plaguing poor children and their families and on ways to realize their rights. Its activities are as varied as the challenges it faces, encouraging the care and stimulation that offer the best possible start in life, helping prevent childhood illness and death, making pregnancy and childbirth safe, combating discrimination and cooperating with communities to ensure that girls as well as boys attend school. Now we are encouraging young people to prepare for and participate in issues affecting them or helping them resist the onslaught of HIV/AIDS. FULORA is on the ground and at the fore, bringing ideas, resources, strategies and support to bear when and where they are needed most. We have developed Executive Community Toilets, which could be the best joint to promote HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns. The Convention on the Rights of the Child organized by United Nations is the first legally binding international instrument to incorporate the full range of human rights civil and political rights as well as economic, social and cultural rights. Children have the right to survival; to develop to the fullest; to protection from harmful influences, abuse and exploitation; and to participate fully in family, cultural and social life.

Every right spelled out in the Convention is inherent to the human dignity and harmonious development of every child. The Convention protects children’s rights by setting standards in health care, education and legal, civil and social services. These standards are benchmarks against which progress can be assessed. States that are party to the Convention are obliged to develop and undertake all actions and policies in the light of the best interests of the child. This treaty defined as persons up to the age of 18 years. In 41 substantive articles, it establishes in international law that States Parties must ensure that all children without discrimination in any form benefit from special protection measures and assistance; have access to services such as education and health care; can develop their personalities, abilities and talents to the fullest potential; grow up in an environment of happiness, love and understanding; and are informed about and participate in, achieving their rights in an accessible and active manner. The Convention also provides a universal set of standards to be adhered to by all countries. It reflects a new vision of the child. Children are neither the property of their parents nor are they helpless objects of charity. They are human beings and are the subject of their own rights. The Convention offers a vision of the child as an individual and a member of a family and a community, with rights and responsibilities appropriate to his or her age and stage of development. Recognizing children’s rights in this way firmly sets a focus on the whole child. Previously seen as negotiable, the child’s needs have become legally binding rights. No longer, the passive recipient of benefits, the child has become the subject or holder of rights.

“To look into some aspects of the future, we do not need projections by supercomputers. Much of the next millennium can be seen in how we care for our children today. Tomorrow’s world may be influenced by science and technology, but more than anything, it is already taking shape in the bodies and minds of our children.” These centers will undertake the complete transformation of street children leading to their upgradation and upliftment in society. At these places, general education alongwith self-employment/cottage industry education will be imparted to the underprivileged children.