SPAN could able to engage 10 Youth leaders who identified 182 child labourers from 6 Wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Youth leaders through regular educational sessions with identified child labourer could ensure regular school attendance of 129 child labourers. Youth and women councils are in process of formulation in these slums while the local schools are also connected with the process through conducting Jeevan Path sessions.

SPAN also have taken joint initiative with District Child Protection Unit of Kolkata to form Ward level Child Protection committees in 9 wards of Kolkata Municipal corporation.

Sensitization and awareness on prevention of child labour was  organised at community, local schools and with local citizen forum.

SPAN developed a community based child protection System in 5 Tea Gardens of Batabari 1 No GP of Matiali Block of Jalpaiguri district with the help of local Youth Councils and Woment Councils. The local Women and youth council could identify 400  cases of child trafficking in last 5 Years in 80 percent of cases they were able to push forward the process of rescue, rehabilitation and follow up.

Local Youth councils and selected 25 youth leaders were oriented and trained on the issue of child protection and state child protection system. They have taken lead role in formation of Village Level Child Protection Committees in different villages. They are in process of regular tracking of children through JEEVAN-PATH sessions in schools and children group Sessions.

SPAN is focussing on facilitating leadership among local youth and women in every villages of its operational area through formation of Youth and women councils. Selected Youth council leaders are mobilised and trained as CHILD RIGHTS DEFENDERS. Child Right Defenders are capacitated on the functional and operational areas of state child protection system which includes Integrated Child Protection System / Mission Vatsalya and all its local level provisions and services.

Child Rights Defenders along with local youth councils organise orientation of school Teachers, Students, Panchayat members, Village/Ward Child Protection Committees on the issue of Child Protection.

Child rights defenders regularly track the children of their respective villages through Home visit, JEEVAN-PATH sessions in schools, PATH-O-CHAKRA sessions in school, and Children Group/Child Club Meeting at Schools and community. Information or identification of the cases of Child Labour, Missing children, Child Abuse, Child Marriage is done through this process.

Village or Ward level Child Protection committee or Panchayat/Municipal Counsellor are informed about the cases of unprotected children by the Child Rights Defender and the case take on immediately for further rescue and rehabilitation action.
The Police, Block Welfare Officer, School Teachers are informed about the cases as per requirement
to take necessary action. The local youth councils through Child rights defenders follow up the cases.

SPAN could prevent 150 child marriages and could support 25 cases of child sexual abuse for Justice and rehabilitation of victim through Community based child protection system involving Panchayats, Police, ASHA Workers, School Teachers, SHG group members and villagers in Kalimpong district of West Bengal

The economic crisis, long closure of schools and suspension of the services of child protection during the pandemic period left children most vulnerable across the country.  Particularly in the state of West Bengal and Jharkhand rampant increase in the rate of early marriage, teenage pregnancy, child trafficking and child labour has been observed. When the state child protection system is failing to protect the children there is a need of robust Community based Child Protection System to be taken on in mission mode under the leadership local youth and women along with community based institutions such as Panchayat and Schools.

SPAN find its role in capacity building of Youth councils and Child Rights Defenders as well as facilitating convergence of stakeholders at block and district level connecting local Child Rights Defenders and Youth Councils with Child Welfare Committee, District Child Protection Unite, Block Level Child Protection Committee, Police and Special Juvenile Police Unit, etc. for ensuring the harmony in functioning between the district/block level and local level child protection system.

Students and teachers from 13 High schools, 50 Youth volunteers, Member of 10 Gram Panchayat were oriented on the issue of child protection focussing prevention of child marriage, teenage pregnancy and child sexual abuse. Youth councils are in process of formulation in these villages while regular tracking of children are going on through local youth volunteers. Orientation of VLCPC members on child protection issues is in progress. Regular awareness on prevention of early marriages were going on while 60,000 local people has taken formal pledges against child marriage.