Sampark is working to improve living standards by increasing livelihood opportunities for migrant construction workers in Bangalore. Sampark is presently working in 26 labour colonies in Bangalore, and aims to reach out to 5000 construction workers over a period of three years.
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Facilitating migrant workers’ access to healthcare: Sampark
Radhika M. Chakraborty on June 17th, 2015
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Pooja’s rescue and return to Odisha: Gram Utthan Case Study
Radhika M. Chakraborty on May 29th, 2015
Pooja* was just seventeen years old, and had been employed as a domestic worker in a household in Kolkata from a very young age. Pooja’s father was a migrant labourer who had been working in Kolkata for many years. However due to a severe illness, he returned to Odisha, leaved his daughter in Kolkata to […]
Lack of accountability and lost lives: PARDA Case Study
Radhika M. Chakraborty on May 25th, 2015
Asha* (18) left her village in Odisha to work at a brick kiln in Telengana in 2014. She secured this work through an agent, and she and her father Vishal* had been working at the same destination since December 2014. In between, Vishal returned to his village to obtaining a BPL card, while his daughter […]
Connecting migrant families to government entitlements: Mumbai Mobile Creches
Radhika M. Chakraborty on May 14th, 2015
Mumbai Mobile Creches runs comprehensive day care centres for children of migrant workers living on construction sites, taking care of their health, education and nutrition. Below is a case study of one of MMC’s interventions, and a documentation of the outcome of their efforts to connect this migrant family to government entitlements. Rohan’s story reflects the difficulties […]
