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Udupi: Dr Kiran Kamal Prasad conferred prestigious CNCDH Award

  •   Sun, Jan 09 2022 01:13:04 PM

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Udupi, Jan 9: Dr Kiran Kamal Prasad, founder and coordinator Jeevika Free, a organization working for providing freedom to bonded laborers in Karnataka has been conferred with the prestigious CNCDH – 2020 (National Consultative Commission on Human Rights – France) Award. The award was conferred to Dr Kiran Kamal Prasad by Ambassador of France in India Thierry Berthelot.

Dr Kiran Kamal Prasad aka Cyprian Lobo is a native of Barkur. In 1988, Kiran Kamal Prasad begun the Jeevika Free, an NGO working for the eradication of bonded laborers in Karnataka. They help to free bonded laborers from the jaws of mighty and powerful and rehabilitate them to lead a meaningful and dignified life.

They work with bonded labourers who are mostly Dalits and Moolnivasis and as such struggle against the bonded labour system is a fight against the unjust and unequal caste system. Jeevika believes education and community organization to be keyy in allowing people to stand free. That should lead to change in government policies and make it respond to instances of bonded labour.

Jeevika has setup committees at the district and talluk level for the cause. The NGO has freed more than 30,000 bonded laborers in Karnataka. They are given education and are also given support for rebuilding their lives.

 

 

 
  

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  • francis lobo, Mangalore

    Sun, Jan 09 2022

    Congratulations to Dr . Prasad. I did not know that such an organization exists which works for the eradication of bonded labour system. Well done

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