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Education

Live Projects

Access To Education - Learning and Migration Program (LAMP)

Setu: Centre for Social Knowledge and Action, Gujarat:

$ 157,335 over one year* (2007 - 2008)

As part of AIF’s support, Setu works with migrants in Gujarat, among the most marginalized and geographically isolated of communities.  Through partnership with AIF and Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (the government scheme to provide universal elementary education), Setu will target 6,446 children of migrant laborers between the ages of 6 to 14 years; specifically those working at salt pans, brick kilns, charcoal and tile factories.  Setu runs 54 seasonal hostels and 80 site schools in over 40 villages in Gujarat. 

 

In addition, Setu aims to:

• sensitive school administration to the specific academic needs of migrant children, most of whom are first generation learners.
• decrease caste and religious discrimination in schools toward children which adversely affect retention and learning.
• encourage state government to respond positively to the special needs of migrant children.
• create activity centers for children who migrate to work sites in order to get them out of work and learning.

 

Janarth, Maharastra and Gujarat: $ 249,369 over one year* (2007 - 2008)

Through partnership with AIF and Banyan Tree Foundation (BTF), Janarth will target 10,000 children of migrant families between the ages of 6 to 14 years through 100 sahkarshalas (sugar schools) in 38 factories and 2,500 children through 25 seasonal hostels in Maharashtra.  Janarth also aims to cover 1,000 children in 10 sugar factories of Surat District, Gujarat.  The main objectives of the project are to:

 

• provide education to all children at sugar cane migration sites through sakharshalas .
• prevent migration of children by retaining them in village seasonal hostels.
• ensure universal education in villages, including that of non-migrant children.
• sensitive schools to the needs of migrant children.
• advocate on behalf of migrant children with government and employers.
• lobby for the implementation of the Mid Day Meal Scheme in sakharshalas as well as provisions for free text books.

Cohesion Foundation Trust (CFT), Kutch, Gujarat:

$ 132,949 over one year* (2007 - 2008)

• CFT aims to achieve universal elementary education (UEE) for 3,400 children of migrant salt workers between the ages of 6 to 14 through 42 seasonal hostels and 50 site schools in the villages of Rapar and Bhachau in Kachchh District.  Other objectives of the project are to:
• strengthen the functioning and quality of government schools in project villages.
• advocate with government to encourage implementation of hostel and site school model for all migrant children.
• advocate with employers and state government for improved working conditions for migrant salt workers.
• explore farm and non-farm based alternate livelihood options for migrant salt workers.

Yusuf Meherally Center (YMC), Kutch, Gujarat:

$ 34,911 over one year* (2007 - 2008)

YMC works with fisher folk communities, especially the Wagher community in Kutch District.  Waghers migrate to the Gujarat sea coast for 8-9 months every year, where they live in temporary settlements along the coast in harsh climatic conditions.  These settlements lack basic amenities or infrastructure such as schools and health centers and the literacy level stands at 10 % for men and 2 % for women.

• YMC’s present partnership with AIF aims to cover about 1,199 children in 10 AIF supported seasonal hostels and 10 site schools.  YMC will extend its coverage to the entire belt of villages from where migration takes place for fishing.  The project will strengthen government schools in project villages while working to ensure coverage of all out-of-school children (including non migrant children).  Efforts to increase community involvement in education efforts are also being taken.

Lokadrusti, Orissa:

$ 85,100 over one year* (2007 – 2008)

Lokadrusti is working in Nuapada District, one of the country’s most deprived regions where a large migration (70%) occurs yearly especially to the brick kilns of Hyderabad.  Lokadrusti has identified 120 migration prone villages where it focuses on preventing/reducing migration of elementary school age children by providing Residential Care Centers (RCC) in the village and bridge course programs to enable students returning from migration to catch up to their peers.

Through partnership with AIF and Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, (SSA), the government scheme to provide universal elementary education, Lokadrusti aims to cover 1,800 migrant child laborers through 45 residential care centers, between the ages of 6 to 14 years.  Lokadrusti collaborates with parents, teachers, local educational bureaucracy and elected representatives and will work to strengthen government schools in the project villages.

 

*AIF has partnered and completed grants with these NGOs in past years as well. 

N.B: The years in parenthesis represents the years beginning which AIF has partnered with these organizations. The figures in dollar represent the complete grant amount.