Care & education for children of migrant city makers Umi Daniel, Regional Head- Migration education

Migrant city makers Internal migrant population 400 million (Census 2011) 100 million seasonal migrant labourer Work related migration annually 9 million (ES16-17) Domestic remittance 1.5 lakh crores (ES 2016-17) child migrants 15 million (UNESCO) Mostly in building construction, highways, brick kiln, stone crushers & other informal sectors Invisible, unorganized and victims of exclusion

City’s young migrants Children constitute 15% of seasonal migrants 90% children don’t access ICDS and child care services 65% children are diseased and malnourished 80% do not access education 90% don’t access decent stay & basic services 40% work as child labour Undocumented and unnoticed, spent half of their lives in unhealthy and hazardous worksites Aide et action- Bernard Van Leer Foundation Young migrants study in 7 cities of India

Our work with young migrants Worksite ECCE and crèches @ Creating access & inclusion Govt- Business Collaboration & replication Policy influencing Mapping children & worksite

Inclusion of young migrants in cities Mapping of migrant families & children Demonstrate Child Care & Learning @worksites Enroll and mainstream children into govt. schools (inter & intra state) Promote decent housing and healthy environment at worksite Making access to government nutrition, health, immunization and child care @ urban area Safe and institutional child birth and birth certificates Policy engagement on National Portability of basic entitlements for migrant children Influence Interstate government collaboration and corporate social responsibility for young migrants

Key milestones Reached out to 16715 children since 2013 in 60 worksites across 4 cities 7276 children in ECCE, 656 in Crèches 3000 children integrated into schooling. 2948 children accessed mid day meal 6391 children accessed govt nutrition food 7464 many children immunized 171 institutional delivery taken place Rs. 80 million worth of govt entitlement mobilised

Key collaborations Department of women & children, Govt of Odisha, TN and Telengana Department of Education, Govt of Odisha, TN and MP Department of Labour, Govt of Tamilnadu CREDAI, Bhopal, NBCC, Delhi State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Govt of MP & Odisha. Centre for policy research National law University, Cuttack

Key challenges Tracking and enumeration of seasonal migrants and migrant children ( database on migrant inflow) Access to childcare, health, nutrition & multilingual education Decent housing for migrant workers Access to quality urban delivery serivices Corporate and business house participation Inter-state government partnership and collaboration Policy on National portability of basic entitlements for migrant families Migrant friendly and inclusive city planning

CARING FOR YOUNG MIGRANT IS ALSO A RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS

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