There are 200 million migrant workers in India who are forced to migrate due
to lack of livelihood opportunities at home. Poor working conditions, long working hours, lack of water,
sanitation or safety equipment and forced labour are perennial problems faced by the migrant workers and their
families.
From the past two decades, Jan Sahas has been working intensively with over a million migrant communities to
ensure
their
social protection and safe migration. Jan Sahas’s PR-3 model ensures reduction in prevalence of forced labour
conditions by ensuring prevention ( raising awareness within the communities and ensuring access to social
security schemes), response (technology based tracking of migrant workers and immediate case based assistance),
rehabilitation (connecting to welfare measures) and system reform (working with government departments and private
bodies for large scale policy and practice reforms).
In the year 2020 we anchored the formation of the Migrants Resilience Collaborative (MRC), a grassroots-led
multi-stakeholder collaborative of nonprofit, philanthropic, and private sector actors focused on ensuring safety,
security, and mobility for vulnerable migrant families across India. Over the next 3 years, MRC aims to enable
equitable recovery of approximately 10 million workers and their families in 100 districts and cities.
Mazdoor Helpline - 18002000211
The Migrants Resilience Collaborative (MRC) runs a toll-free helpline to support migrant workers. Migrant
workers
and their families can call on this helpline free of cost, in case of disputes, emergencies, as well as to gain
information around social security benefits.