Rescued Jharkhand Child Labourer Becomes Voice Of India At Labour Meet

From working in a mica mine in Jharkhand’s Giridih district as a child labour to representing India in a global event by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) at Durban – the journey has been long for Badku Marandi. Badku, 21, is among four people to represent India in the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, organised by the ILO and the government of South Africa from May 15 to 20. “After being rescued by Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi Foundation, the mission of my life is to rescue other children and encourage them to begin a new life,” Badku, who is now studying in class 11, told PTI from Durban over the phone. He said he is a resident of Kanichihar village in the Tisri block of Giridih district and is now engaged in creating awareness about child labour among children of the area and extending support to them through the foundation.