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Program Name: Migrant Workers at Mallapur Parish – Distribution of Tailoring Machines to Trained Migrant Workers
Location: Mallapur
Date: 07-07-2023
Labour migration is crucial for economic growth and improving the socio-economic condition of the families. In our interactions with the St Ann’s Church people, we came to understand that the people living Mallapur migrated from Jharkhand and Bihar states of India. Most of the people are daily-wage labour. They work in poor conditions, with little to no access to social welfare schemes. Together, with their families who accompany them, they face various risks that remain unaddressed. Most migrant workers at Mallapur Parish have a seasonal nature of employment. During off-seasons, they struggle to feed their families.
Migrant workers at Mallapur Parish work in precarious conditions with little wages and no access to government schemes and services. As per the women in the focussed group discussion, poor and unsafe working and living conditions make them prone to diseases. Migrants in the area are also suffering from nutritional diseases, alcoholism, and communicable diseases. Unfortunately, most of these workers are unaware of their rights as ‘migrant workers’. Many unscrupulous agents coerce them and don’t pay minimum wages as per law.
Learning about the dilapidated situation of migrant worker, Fr. Anthony Madanu visited the St, Ann’s Church and interacted with all the migrant families. Moved by the difficulties faced by the people, Fr. Anthony Madanu has initiated a situational analysis study in the area to better understand the severity of the problem. On the occasion, Fr. Anthony also distributed three trained migrant families with a tailoring machines as livelihood support. More and more women and men want to learn a start a self-employment as additional source of income generation.
