Don bosco nest-payanam migrant youth help desk

Migrant youth helpline: 08300088797

Vision
Don Bosco NEST envisages child and
youth friendly society that protects
and promotes rights of children and
works for the integral development
of migrant young especially of those
who are at risk. To support the
migrant youth and they should be
respected in our country

Mission
Don Bosco Nest is committed to
enliven the lives of the neglected
and less privilege young and
developmental programmes with
intention of ensuring them a
better future. To help migrants
workers to protect their rights
and defend their dignity.

Goals
Goal 1:
Give migrants the confidence that
they have competent persons at
every Salesian centre, who care
for them and will assist them.
Goal 2:
Make the Salesian community
an address/Place/home where
migrants can come in for any
emergency or for urgent service
and support.
Goal 3:
Build a network of persons and
organizations committed to
supporting the rights of migrants
and empowering them to access
them
Goal 4:
Motivate, accompany and empower migrants to
overcome the constraints and deprivations they face:
denial of rights and entitlements, lack of access to
state provided services, exclusion from legal rights,
banking protection and social security systems,
vulnerability to ethnic, religious, caste, class and
gender discrimination, vulnerability to abuse,
trafficking and exploitation at the work place and
emotional and spiritual crises.
Goal 5:
Promote positive political discourse for
“inclusion” of migrants in society and
contribute to changing the negative
perception and prejudiced portrayal of
migrants.
Goal 6:
Advocate with the state and others for the
rights of migrants, and for creation of better
options at the source areas in order to
reduce “forced” migration.

INTRODUCTION
‘Dollar City’- Tiruppur
There are migrants both from
intera-state and inter-state
but the focus of our work is
for the inter-state migrants.
 Guarantee for work
 Food & accommodation
 Flock into Tiruppur

Migrant desk at Tiruppur
 Tiruppur has number of Knitwear industries
which attracts migrants.
 We need to motivate, accompany and
empower these Migrants.
 They are unskilled labourers and placed in the
industry as helpers for a very low wages.
 We have a vocational training center to offer
them skill training in Garments, computer,
electrical and plumbing.
 There is also a hostel for their stay during the
training and when they are placed in job.

Reasons for coming to Tiruppur
 Job opportunities.
To make their home for better living
condition. (to help family in difficult
situation, to have better medical
facilities, to clear the debt, to educate
brother and sisters)

Types of Migrants
 Daily wage Labors ( working in the Construction site,
Street vendors, Stone quarries, )
 Temporary migrants (Factories, Industries & Fabrication
labours)
 Skilled Migrants( Shops, Restaurants, garments )
 Unskilled Migrants( street vendors, Construction site,
Garments)
 Interstate migrants : different parts of the state Nepal,
Behar, Assam, Jharkhand – 18 states from India
 Intra state migrants: different parts of Tamil Nadu –
form near by Districts, Theni, Erode, Karur,
Coiambatore, Dindugul, Sivagasi, Tiruchy

Nature of works
Garments
Construction (Private & Government)
Spinning Mills
Farm feeds
Rice Mills
Vendors
Manuel workers
Different categories of work

 Young migrants: Risk of exploitation, trafficking, human rights
violations, sexual exploitation, violence and unpaid labour.
 Subject to indebtedness to their agents and contractors, poor
working conditions especially wages, no safety and securities at
the work sites, no sufficient attention from the government
 Live in deplorable conditions, no provision of safe drinking
water or hygienic sanitation
 Food costs more for migrant workers who are not able to obtain
temporary ration cards. PDS
 Suffer from various health hazards,

• Reach out to the migrants in the locality, meet
the migrants in the neighborhood and make
them to visit the center for Sunday oratory.
• Facilitate the support/help needed to meet
emergency/urgent needs of these migrants.
• Offer opportunities and facilities for awareness
building, counseling, social interaction,
cultural integration, sports and recreation for
migrants in the area.
• Give migrants the confidence that they can
come in for any emergency or for urgent
services and support.

Supporting Centers
Evening study centers – 10
Staff : Identify the migrants
and report to the Desk
Students from different
district came along with
parents
Youth groups : 4
They helped us to meet the
migrants in the
companies and other
places

• Contact centers at the Tiruppur, Coimbatore
and Salem railway stations.
• Target the unorganised migrants who come on
their own and are on the lookout for a place of
safety and immediate employment.
• Make contact with the persons who bring the
organised migrants and also the persons for
whom they would work in the locality.
• Telephone numbers of NEST and Anbuillams
can be displayed outside the contact centers at
the railway stations and a flex displaying the
services offered by the Help Desk.

Youth group at Vijayapuram

Networking with other organizations
 Creating Support groups at the railway
stations consisting of the station Master,
Railway police, Shop keepers, porters, and
other stake holders to reach out to migrants.
 Enter into dialogue with individuals, local
administration and civil society organizations
on the situation of migrants.
 Avail forums and platforms like educational
institutions, churches, clubs and media to
offer information and support services.
 Lobby with the local administration and
influence government policies in order to
protect & promote the rights of the migrants.

Rented Rooms
 They stayed in room four of
them and paid the rent per
month Rs.2000 to 3000.
Few companies
accommodated them near
the company for the work
force and the companies
never severed canteen/food
to Migrants. They cook
food for themselves
according their wishes.
 They eat Chile more, so
they have ulcer problem

Adapt the time of work
 Visited Most of the places in
around Tiruppur
 We Start our work from from
6:30 am to 9:30am and the
evening at 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm
 Our staff are very Flexible for
working according to the
need of migrants
Reason: our target migrants go
for work after 9:00am and
return back after the work 5:30
or 8:30

CHALLENGES THAT WE FACED
IN THE FIELD
1)They asked for some kind of remuneration for gathering/meetings
2) They don’t trust us because many NGOs have given false assurances
3) Language problem (Unable to communicate)
4) Labour union creates hindrance
5) Reluctant to converse
6) Time constraints in meeting
7) Owners and contractors do not allow us to interact
8) In the evening it is difficult to approach them as most of them are
intoxicated
9) More field staff is required to conduct surveys

PRIORITY TARGET GROUPS
 Construction workers(Intra/Inter state)
 Unskilled labourers in knitwear's –Helpers,
packing, folding.. etc
 Daily wages at markets in cities and bus stands
 Manuel workers
 Industrial workers

Feeling of local people
- Migrants take away most of the work of local
people
- local people are thrown out from the companies
and industries
- Reason: They work hard 12 hours and payment is
very less

Migrant Youth at Present
 At SIDCO and Anupampalayam, Thannerpandal,
Industrial areas like New Tiruppur and all over
City
 They are from Behar, Assam, Jharkhand – 19
states from India
 Interstate migration – from near by Districts,
Theni, Erode, Karur, Salem, Nammakkal,
Coiambatore, Dindugul, Sivagasi, Tiruchy

Identification of migrants
 Code of dress shows that they are from other state.
 Dirty clothes and their mouth is full of pan
masala/tobacco product.
 Living place is very dirty

Advertisement in three languages
 Advertisement in Hindi and English, Tamil
because most of the youngsters form the North
and other states.
 some of them follow the Tamil especially those
who have been here more than three years

Pastoral service for the Migrants
/Fulfilling Spiritual needs
We are assisting their spiritual need those who come to
Church on Sundays. Migrants youth are participating
actively in this mass. This year thrice in a month
offering Hindi mass for them.

Meetings and make known
about the migrant youth Desk
YaR Sector
meeting in the
province level at
Ukkadam Don
Bosco
AnbuIllam,
Covai, Tamil
Nadu

• Build database of young persons who migrate to
Tiruppur, Salem and Coimbatore with details of
the reasons for their migration.
• Maintain communication and information
sharing between other Migrants‘ Desks as a
follow up services done to these migrants.
• Generate periodic reports to assess our services
using the Child MISS software.
• Undertake area specific micro-research in the
neighbourhood.
• Advocate with the state using the datat and
influence the polices of the government to
protect and promote the rights of the migrants

Awareness to the Evening study
center staff

Delhi Migrant Desk Meeting
 To plan the activities
 to discuss about the 8 desk survey
 To collaborate with other Desk

Youth General Body Meeting at
Manikandam, Tiruchy, TN
We have given second preference to the migrants

Awareness to the NSS students
Students from
Bishop Ubagarasami
School NSS students
came to our institution
for the camp and we
explained about migrant
youth work. There were
50 students participated
in this programme.

Local Youth meet at Don Bosco
NEST

Youth orientation programme

Plan to Expand and continue the
Migrant youth work

Chennai and Tiruchy Migrant Desk
Meet
 Our staff visited the construction with help of the
Chennai migrant desk staff
 The staff presented their works that they do for migrants.
Impact:
We searched migrants same kind and we found there in
different places in the city

Supporting the Family during the
Child Birth
 We are helping the young migrant couples during the child birth with
help of Mr. Durai.
 They do not have any relation in Tamil Nadu so they are left alone

Baptism of Migrant child –
Spiritual assistance

Electric drum Blessed

Ensuring Decent Job through
PAYANAM services
 we have placed them in appropriate jobs in the
company for all those who approached us for a job.
 We have placed them in a decent work and with
good salary.
 helped a group of Jharkhand boys and girls
numbering 30
 Another group 15 of them came for work
 We are also concentrating on Local youngster for
carrier guidance /counseling

Skill Training for the Migrants
 Mr. Akash trained in the garments section and put into
the company. He is earning more after the skill
training. He was doing the job of Checking in the
garments company.
 Mis. Surika Sophana was working in the garment
company. She did not like the job and She needed
computer training so we placed her in Marialaya.

Reaching out to Young migrants to
give them a better life
 We are concentrating on the important places where
there are more migrant youngsters and we have
limited our territory to only city limit where there are
more Industries. During the field visit we found that
they are from Nepal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Assam
and other north eastern states. They work hard to earn
more money in order to send the money to the native
place. Four of them stay together in a single room and
pay the rent of Rs.2000 to 3000 per month.

Rescued Four Bonded migrant
labourers (Baiga Adivasi) in
Thanjavur
 Migrant Youth Desk has addressed the migrant youth
issue at Thanjavure.
 We could see this incident that there are bonded
labourers in the companies but its difficult task to
identify them.
 Modern slavery is taking place in the name of Hostel
in the companies at Tiruppur

Let us Focus on Migrants dignity and rights
 They are denied of their rights in their own country
 Government has come up with smart card and
Aadharcard but is not able to link the various schemes
and the public distribution system for all its citizens
throughout the country.
 We are trying the possibilities to get PDS for Migrants

Christmas carols at the diocese
level and the Church
 This year we encouraged them to participate the carol
competition in the diocese level.
 They staged one Hindi Christmas song and one English
Christmas hymn.

Awareness was given to the MSW
Students
MSW students came to our
institution to know
about our work.
Fr. Arul kumar explained
about Migrant Desk
services to them. They
were 15 of them with
head of the department
and staff accompanied
on that day.
Mrs. Sujatha explained
about VTC programme
to them.

Cooperators unit ready to support
in our new ministry

Motivational seminar for migrants
Migrants were not cared about their life
because they want to earn more money.
They worked hard but sometime they were
hopeless whenever they do mistake.
There was nobody to console them and
motivate them. We organized the
motivational
seminar in the church itself after the Sunday
services. Fr. Savariyar SDB gave first talk and
followed by Mr Suresh Babu. Who is running
the printing company.

Awareness programme at
Kovilvazhli for Garbage cleaners
We had awareness programme for the migrants those who are from Karnadaka
And Maharastria, Tamil Nadu. We have given the importance of education
And Labour welfare. Fr. Arulkumar introduced the migrant Desk to them in order to
get the help for any need. Fr. Xavier spoke about the coursed that offer to the drop
outs he asked them to send the children those who are not interested in studies.

STATE LEVEL CONSULTATION ON LABOUR CODES AND SOCIAL
PROTECTION

TPF (Tiruppur Peoples Forum)
 The meeting was held at Coimbatore , TN
 Awareness creation of new Labour code
 Planned to give awareness to the people whom we are
working, Leaf let to distribute the people, protest
against this new labour code.
 Awareness Rally each districts with help of labours
and labour union members.

ETI (Ethical Trading Initiative)
 Tamil Nadu Multi-Stakeholder Conference 2018
 Respect for workers worldwide
 Good for workers and good for business

Organizing medical camps and
access to free health activities
 Due to deplorable living conditions they are
susceptible to various illness, hence proper free
medical camp has to be provided; also maternity
leave for the women workers

Medical camp for Migrants at
Devampalayam
 We came to know that migrants are there more than 500 of
them at Devampalayam staying in the rooms. We asked the
help of Ravathi medical center for conducting this camp.

Medical camp for Migrants at
SIDCO - Muthilipalayam

Migrant youth Mela

Migrant youth Mela
 Don Bosco Feast Mass with Migrants in Hindi -
‘Give me the souls take away the rest’
 Tricky and challenging Games:
 Cultural Programme
 Input session: Fr. Francis Bosco SDB spoke about the
migrants’ rights and labours’ welfare.

Staff training at Don Bosco NEST
 Mr. Anath gave training to the staff for report writing.
He had attended the monitoring and documentation
training in KKID at Coiambatore. He trained the staff
on the various steps in monitoring and the methods in
reporting and documentation.

Staff Training at Seerapalaym at Coiambatore
The staff meeting was held at Seerapalayam, Coimbatore. This programme organized
by the Don Bosco Anbu illam. The staff participated in that programme.
The participants were
from our presences in
the south zone:
Staff from Don Bosco
Anbu illam Covai,
Salem Don Bosco
Anbu Illam, Namakkal
Don Bosco.
Tiruppur Don Bosco
NEST

Unorganized Trade Union Training
for the staff at Salem
 Mr. Vijay kumar and Mr.
Lakshmanan underwent
unorganized Labour union
union training at Salem.
 We have a plan to state our
own trade union for the
migrants in the province
level which would help
migrants to get their
benefits and schemes.

Visiting Companies
 Migrants learned the trade very fast with a month. If
they perform well they have kept in the company
otherwise and they through out of the company or put
in the menial job.
 They work for 12 hours in a day

Local people feed backs about
migrants in the city:
 There is no proper work for local people and they lost
their job due to the migrants. They asked us to give
First preference for the Tamilians.
 The following are some of their impressions.
1 . The North Indian Hindi speaking people to get rid of
them too - ‘North Indian should be chased out’ If a
North Indian comes to Tamilnadu and doing a
business successfully and living like maharaja then
why not these people. Treat every human as human.

2. The Telugu and Kannada Muslims Hindi valas and
Marwardis who come from neighboring states to make
Tamils minority in Tamil NaduThey express their
anger against them because they are taking away their
livelihood especially unskilled and manual works.
3. They worked hard for twelve hours a day but paid less
than the normal daily wages They really work hard
without any break during the working hours
4. They eat chapatti while working they would not take
break for meals

SAVE NGO
 . We had long discussion about the migrant
situation at Tiruppur
 We agreed upon these following things:
 Ration provision from government by getting PDS
smart card for them
 Education and skill training, animation for the
children
 To get the labour benefits by enrolling them in the
trade union at Tiruppur.

‘Problem’ / Need of Migrants
 problem regarding the salary,
sanitation, hygiene
 brokers take away 20% of the
money from them due for
providing work on that
day/week.

 They need awareness on drugs addiction, local ID
cards, Health hygiene, free medicines, healthy food,
good living place, decent work and salary, technical
studies, toilet facilities, Sports materials,
entertainment programmes, Mind relaxation
programme,skilltraning, medical facilities,
Anganwadithey need proper break during the working
hours. Needed medical facilities, ask theowner to
increase the salary, Food provisions for low cast,
Children safety and education, Labour benefits, games
articles etc.,

During the survey our staff encounter the migrants in the
field

Visiting the construction site

We gave carom board to the migrants to relax
themselves

Communication barriers of
language for Staff
 Staff find difficult to
communicate to them
in their languages
 migrant youth moved
from them
 We are looking for the
person one who knows
Hindi and English as
staff

Delhi team visited construction site

Delhi team visited the company

Meeting the migrants in their rooms

Migrants living conditions

Migrants asked for job

We have
collected
the details
of the
migrants

Offering skill training to the
migrants on Sundays
 Mr. Akash has been working as checking master and
now he attended training in the garment section. Now
he is working as the tailor
 Mis. Suraka asked for computer training on Sundays.
We were not doing on Sundays and we asked to
Mariyalaya to give training. They accepted she
underwent training.

Providing life skill education
Purpose: Better employment opportunities, better
learning scopes; Short-term/long term courses with
job placement opportunities
Activities: Counselling sessions, Motivational
programmes
Duration: 1 year

skill training

Migrants from Manipur were
waiting for the job outside the
Railway station at Tiruppur.

Republic day with migrant children

Holi Festival celebrated with youngsters

Skill training to the Railway
children – Erode, TN

Our Concerns
1. To give awareness about the
job, working site, savings,
culture, Health camps
2.Self-Motivation/Self
Confidence
3.Relaxation / Sports, Gym

Activities Planned
 Meeting the migrants at Construction site,
Institutions, Fabrications Industries & Factories,
families, shops and neighbourhood.
 Collecting information and other details as per
requirement [working
conditions/wages/rights/problems] from the migrants
working in Tiruppur
 Building rapport with the migrants / owners / stake
holders/employers.

CHALLENGES of Migrants

Networking with Government bodies and
other like-minded NGOs
 Purpose: Making the Government understand the
migrants issue and the discrimination they face in the
work-place; to work in collaboration with the Government
so that the employers give due rights to the labourers and
that they follow the Labour Laws while making these
migrants work in their organization.
 Networking in close association with other NGOs working
in the same sector

Collaboration with Chennai
Migrant Desk
 We have planned to do this
ministry together with the
Chennai migrant desk at
the state level.

Launch into Migrant Helpline
We are linking you through Don
Bosco institution it will help you
for the emergency.
You can call for near by house
and get support from any state
in the Salesian houses/
Institution.
Helpline no: 08300088797Migrant youth helpline: 08300088797

Migrant Help line :08300088797

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