Community Support Model

Benefits of Labour Card (one who is registered under Labour department) :   Sl # Benefit Description   1 Free BMTC Bus Pass   BMTC offers 1 year free bus pass for all labourers – enables them to travel all over city 2 Scholarship for Education   Intent is to encourage the kids to study well.    Merit students will get additional benefits 3 Marriage Loan   Marriage loan of up to 1 lakh will be provided for self or for kids (2) marriage.   The marriage has to be registered in the registrar office.   4 Maternity Benefits An amount will be given to the family on the birth of the first 2 children Boy Child (20,000 Rs) and Girl child (30,000 Rs).   5 Health Benefits If any worker is having health issues and is admitted, they get...

Phase 1 (starting 9 th April’20): Relief It started with us chipping in as last-mile delivery folks. We volunteered to deliver cooked meals on behalf of BBMP - Labour department to the residents of Gurumurthy temple area, near Somasandrapalya, a locality which is just adjacent to HSR layout in Bangalore. Thanks to the fantastic support from the Labour Department, we didn’t skip a single day during those 50 days.                                                                                Distribution of cooked meals, fruits and ration kits During this period, we also received calls for help from another community near Somasandrapalya lake and a few families scattered in and around HSR Layout. Regular visits to these communities helped us establish a bond with them. The families we...