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Salt Pan Workers Community (Agariyas) Empowerment project Mahithi Adhikar Gujarat Pahel, Agariya Heeth Rakshak Sangh and Janpath have been working on the issues of the Traditional Salt making community called Agariyas for 8 years now. The Agariya community has been devoid of the basic facilities such as medical, educational and even potable drinking water among others. They are stuck up in a vicious cycle of debt-salt making-debt due to middlemen and other practices. This project funds the Honorarium of 2 Fellows who have been working in empowering the community by:

1. Coordinating between various stakeholders like community, government, civil society, media, small traders etc. in interest of the Agariyas

2. Conducting meetings and training sessions for the community on leadership building, NREGA, RTI, advocacy, Panchayati Raj, Minimum Wages, Act, Payment of Wages act etc. etc.

3. Conducting field visits in salt producing areas 4. Communicating to government about the grass root processes, and needs

identified during training and field work. 5. Representing at various government meetings like district empowered

committee, multi-stakeholder’s meeting. 6. Reporting to the head office regularly by proving detailed documentation of

various activities conducted during the month

and thus providing the whole community the essential backbone in empowering themselves. More details can be found on theProject Documents page

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Apna Skool, Jagriti Bal Vikas Samiti

Apna Skool, Migrant Labour Project (MLP) is a network of schools that have been running for over 25 years in Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) to provide education to the children of migrant labourers. Because of the nature of the work adopted by these families, their kids move from one place to other, often finding themselves either working with their parents or supporting their family at domestic work. Apna skools are build close to the construction sites or brick kilns providing education and nutritious food to children.

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