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Migrant Workers Training

When India went into a 21-day, nationwide lockdown on March 22, 2020, the migrant workers faced the biggest crisis of their lives. These labourers, who were stranded hundreds of kilometres away from home, started their homeward journey on foot, without food or water. Their hope of livelihood was further thwarted when the lockdown extended by a further 40 days, with no signs of the pandemic receding. A complete shutdown of businesses, construction work, industries across the country meant no jobs, no return to the city, and no hope of any wages. The most marginalized community in India was hit the hardest in the aftermath of the pandemic and were left traumatized, tired, defeated, hungry…and jobless.

The Pipal Tree Foundation to the rescue…

With this thought process in mind, the Pipal Tree Foundation launched a project to provide immediate relief (dry rations for a month) and medium-term relief (skills training to 10,000 migrant workers conducted at their villages in 8 states across India). Funds were raised within a short span of two months from corporate and retail donors to support this cause, and by June 2020, the project was well underway to support the migrant community in various states across India.

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