Education
Live Projects
Access To Education - Seasonal Migrants
Janarth (2003, 2004, 2005) Maharastra($ 204,000)
Janarth has developed an expertise to work with the migrant communities in Maharastra. Advocacy for the education of migrant children has been one of the key broad areas of Janarth. Currently, Janarth is running sakharshalas at sugar factories for children of migrant sugarcane workers in Maharashtra. The program is co-funded by Banyan Tree Foundation. This year 12,500 children are being covered through shakharshalas and about 413 children are staying in the residential hostels being run by Janarth. Community contact and work with the government is also being carried out intensely. As a result of Janarth’s initiative, the concept of shakharshalas or sugar schools, as a strategy for migrant children, is being advocated at various levels.