Principles and Core Values

Principles

SDC Mahottari strongly believes and advocate the following principles to eradicate child labor and ensure universal quality education, which all of the SDC MAHOTTARI Item members are fully committed to adhering to:

• All children should be enabled attending formal school's days full-time,
• Every out-of-school child is a child laborer irrespective of whether the childis engaged in wage or non- wage work, workingfor the family or for others, employed in hazardous occupations, employed on daily wages, or on a contract basis as bonded labor.
• All work/labor that a child isengaged with is hazardous as it harms their overall growth and Development.
• There must be total abolition ofchild labor.
• Any justification perpetuating the existence of child labor must be condemned.

Core Values

SDC MAHOTTARI believes that better informed, organized and empowered rights holders make government and local institutions accountable and responsive towards fulfillment of their development needs and human rights.

• Trust in people's power and participatory approach.
• Respect for local culture and communities.
• No to all forms of discrimination and everyhuman rights violation incident is reported.
• Human Rights-based Approach toDevelopment.