MAITRY MANCH works towards prevention of child labour and to ensure that the human and education rights of all children, especially girls, are fully implemented. Projects also focus on safeguarding children from abuse and trafficking, combating female feticide and child marriage, and nurturing children's creative capacities. MAITRY MANCH interventions have succeeded in making children aware not only towards their rights but also to ensure that these rights are upheld through active participation in their own communities. The training of child protection committees at Gaya, Sitamadhi, Patna and Koderma have led to community dialogue meetings, and support to community led initiatives on child protection. We have developed and trained children and community workers at local level on child protection translation of key legal and policy documents into local friendly and pictorial languages, data collection on violation of children’s rights. Allowing children to grow and develop safe from discrimination and exclusion is of key importance to Bihar's rural and social development.