Meeting with ZP Chairman

“When you are swimming upstream in a nation where the average conversation is ‘what’s wrong with the policies of government,’ and we are telling them what’s right with the policies already made by them.”

A meeting with a high profile government elected representative could not be better than this.

On Saturday 16^th Jan, we met Thane Zila Parishad chairman, Mr Kapil Patil, with an agenda to present him the details of awareness campaign which we carried out last year, and also brief him about the zeal and support which we received from people of Mumbai and Thane for Photo Signature and First Pay day phases of our campaign.

The meeting started with the screening of AV and short documentary which were prepared after completion of Photo signature and First Pay Day- interview phases of campaign. This was followed by a brief description and discussion on the aim of campaign and developments in the last one year under the campaign.

Mr Patil not only appreciated the work done under this campaign but also explained us numerous ZP level initiatives which were launched for child welfare. He accepted the fact that an awareness campaign like ours is vital in uprooting child labor and related issues. He also sought our suggestions for the new initiative which could be included in the under process ZP child welfare plans for current year.

Meeting concluded on a very supportive and positive note and with an assurance by Mr Patil that a meeting with all child-welfare and education department officers would be scheduled in coming days in order to help the campaign team to access and compile different initiatives taken by ZP and government.

We will be approaching ZP again in the last week of Jan to finalize the date of meeting.