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

2. 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 )
child migrants 15 million (UNESCO)
Mostly in building construction, highways, brick kiln, stone crushers & other informal sectors
Invisible, unorganized and victims of exclusion

3. 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

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

5. Inclusion of young migrants in cities
Mapping of migrant families & children
Demonstrate Child Care &
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 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

6. Key milestones
Reached out to 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. CARING FOR YOUNG MIGRANT IS ALSO A RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS

10. Thank you very much