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With support from Vedanta, RDO established 31 learning centres, provided meals, uniforms and textbooks, and introduced Hindi language support.

Education for Migrant Plantation Workers’ Children

Donor

Vedanta, Udaipur

Theme

Community & Capacity Building

Location

Tea plantation areas, The Nilgiris

Year

2011–2014

Providing schooling, meals and language support for migrant children living in tea plantation areas of the Nilgiris.

RDO responded to the education needs of children of migrant plantation workers from West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand and Nepal. With support from Vedanta, RDO established 31 learning centres, provided meals, uniforms and textbooks, and introduced Hindi language support. RDO also advocated with the district administration to secure admission for these children into government schools, ensuring long term access to statutory education benefits.

Key Outcomes

631 migrant children enrolled and later admitted into government schools.

Beneficiaries

631 migrant children and their families

Power in Numbers

631

children enrolled

31

learning centres opened

1

government school integration pathway

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