5. * Child Labor is a global phenomenon and a big issue in Tamil Nadu, India. *Dharmapuri is a city from Tamil Nadu in which child labor exists the most.

9. Child Labor is a hazard to a child’s mental, physical, social, educational, emotional and spiritual development

10. UNICEF has classified child work into 3 categories. 1. Within the family - Children are engaged without pay in domestic household tasks, agricultural pastoral work, handicraft/cottage industries etc. 2. Within the family but outside the home - Children do agricultural/pastoral work which consists of migrant labor, local agricultural work, domestic service, construction work and informal occupation e.g. recycling of waste- employed by others and self employed. 3. Outside the family - Children are employed by others in bonded work, apprenticeship, skilled trades (Carpet, embroidery, and brass/copper work), industrial unskilled occupations/ mines, domestic work, commercial work in shops and restaurants, begging, prostitution and pornography.

12. Boy begging in the road. Busy in making patchwork bedcover Child weavers News paper seller child labor minors and self employment selling for survival of his family children performing circus

15. In conclusion the government action plans in Dharmapuri District work for the common good of the society above all common good of each child. Non Government Organizations and the volunteers really participate and dedicate themselves, work together to give a new life for the children

16. The Hindu Newspaper of Tamil Nadu. http://www.childlabour.tn.gov.in/ngo.htm . http://www.tamilinfoservice.com/manitham/article/2005/5.htm . http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/pardev/download/mdg/mdg2.pdf)