This article shares the findings of a study conducted by Aide et Action and the Bernard van Leer Foundation to assess the situation of seasonal migrant workers’ children in Indian cities. It also describes a model intervention at a brickworks in Hyderabad to explore how safer and healthier living conditions can be created for these children. The study starkly reveals how dangerous it is for the children to live in close proximity to worksites. Children of 306 households – just over 8% of those surveyed – reported having sustained injuries in accidents on the worksite, including falling from buildings under construction. Not only this, 2% were often abused by the contractors or owners. Being unfamiliar with their surroundings, 61% of the children said they didn’t go out to play for fear of being abused. Most of the families and their children reported facing discrimination at the worksite.
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