At the age of using the facilities, children are making an action plan for those facilities, but it seems difficult, but this is happening in Badaliya gram panchayat of the area under Anandpuri Tehsil of Banswara district, a tribal-dominated district of southern Rajasthan. The specialty of this village, situated in an inaccessible area, is that the little ones have held the reins of all the work here. The children here not only handled the work of Badaliya Gram Panchayat in the best way but also changed the physique of this village. Under the guidance of the Sacha Bachpan program of Vaagdhara Sanstha, JSS Facilitator Suresh Patel, doing a unique experiment in Badaliya Gram Panchayat, handed over the reins of Gram Panchayat to the children in the age group of 12 to 16 years. Bal Panchayats were formed at the Gram Panchayat level. Like Gram Panchayat, children were made Sarpanch, Up Sarpanch, as well as sub-committees, were formed. After that, through these Bal Panchayats, efforts were made to create public awareness in the villages about many issues like health, education, and development. Its maximum effect is visible in Badaliya village. The Bal Panchayat here is effectively running public awareness campaigns.

The children are planning the works of the villages

Sacha Bachpan program in-charge Majid Khan told that in this children's panchayat, only children are taking monthly meetings. The planning of which works should be done in the interest of the children in the village is also being done in these meetings. Work is being done directly in the Anganwadi to ensure that no child is deprived of education, and does not remain malnourished. Apart from village cleanliness, commendable efforts are also being made through this medium to pay attention to plastic emancipation and de-addiction in the village.

Recently, Bal Panchayat raised the issue of dilapidated Anganwadi in its monthly meeting with its community effort, Badaliya Bal Panchayat Sarpanch Pradeep Kumar Bhabhor.

Through the Village Development and Child Rights Committee of Badaliya village, the Sarpanch of Badaliya Gram Panchayat was apprised of Bhagwati Devi Pargi by the proposal and in the further process, the sarpanch got the women and child development department from the women and child development department by allotting an amount of two lakhs for the repair of the shabby. Anganwadi repaired

Positive changes happening in the village

 “Positive changes are taking place in the village through Bal Panchayat. Children are getting cultured as well as taking information related to their rights, duties, and laws. We are giving this information to them in every meeting, due to which awareness has come in the village. Now these children themselves are doing the work of awareness about health, education, development, etc. issues in the village.
Praveen Kumar Bal Panchayat Sarpanch, Badaliya Village

“Some children in the age group of 12 to 16 years in the village are still deprived of their rights, we are striving for their holistic development, and children need to be nurtured and given good health facilities. As a part of that For the development of these children, by bringing awareness about child rights from the Bal Panchayat, children are being provided an opportunity to develop their potential qualities of children through discussion in an open environment.
Bhagwati Devi Pargi, Sarpanch, Badaliya Gram Panchayat

Vikas Meshram, Regional Facilitator Vaagdhara explains that after the formation of Bal Panchayat, on one hand, the concern and participation of children in the democratic process of the country will increase, while on the other hand, leadership values ​​will also be created in the children. Vaagdhara is making this effort through the Sacha Bachpan program.