The children’s clubs provide children an opportunity to meet and interact with each other, develop personality, explore their talents and potentialities. Children gather every Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning in a particular place like a school, club or community hall, etc. Children participate in activities, such as, quiz, drama, extempore speech, drawing, storytelling, sports and games, singing and dancing. Each Branch Maina Parijat has an Executive Body including an adult facilitator or `Parichalak’ to guide and help the children. The facilitator works on a voluntary basis and is selected by the Executive Body of the branch. The organisation is working both for school going and non-school going children. Many children come from very poor and underprivileged backgrounds, often grappling with challenges and have limited opportunities.
Maina Parijat’s vast network of children’s clubs in the entire state offers a great platform to act as catalyst and change agent in promoting Child Rights & Child Participation specially on Child Labour and Right to Education, creating unity and integrity among the children and to enhance the awareness and understanding on conserving biodiversity, water along with health care and hygienic sanitation at the grass root level of the society and enable them to exercise and enjoy their right to participation. Activities initiated with external support are
Child Participation Initiatives supported by UNICEF, Assam under which following activities are implemented.
Promoting Child Rights & Child Participation
Campaign against Child Labor (CACL)
Awareness on Right to Education (RTE)
Yong Reporter Network (YRN)
Case Study for understanding biodiversity in the neighborhoods, schools, home, community areas of the children.
Creating awareness on the importance of the sustainability of biodiversity, water.
Organised cultural camp at Nagaon, Kaliabor, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Majuli, Charaidew and Dhemaji to enhance awareness and understanding in creating brotherhood and patriotic feeling among different communities through culture i.e. folk songs, folk dance, traditional dress, Art and Craft, expressing their concerns/ views.