Global Activism: Ending Child Labor in India

Global Activism: Ending Child Labor in India

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Parul and Falgun Sheth—Child Rights Activists, Founders of Shaishav, an organization working to end child labor in Bhavnagar Gujarat, India

India has the highest number of child laborers in the world. To change these children’s fate, Paul and Falgun Sheth founded the organization Shaishav. Shaishav means “childhood.” They hope to return the childhood of child laborers by empowering them from access to educational and other resources.