COVID Crisis: Over 1000 Migrant Workers' Families Need Your Help Urgently

Thank you so much! We have crossed our initial goal of raising 20 lakh rupees to help migrant workers in need across India. However, we are still accepting contributions - the additional funds raised will only be used to further the relief efforts, and help more families in crisis.

The more contributions we get - the more migrant workers in need can be helped.

We have therefore raised the goal to 25 lakh rupees, and will be welcoming all contributions till the last day of this crowdfunding campaign, which is the 10th of September.

India's migrant crisis may no longer be on the news, but it is far from over. Here's how your contribution can make a difference.

• ₹ 4,000 will support two families of 4 with one month's worth of ration supplies
• ₹ 20,000 will support 10 families with a month's worth of ration, or help provide debt relief to affected members from the local community, preventing them from being engulfed into a vicious cycle of bonded labor.

About the campaign:

A collective of reputed NGOs is working relentlessly on the ground to assist our migrant workers and their families. Helmed by the Indian Leadership Forum Against Trafficking (ILFAT) and Tafteesh, in collaboration with HELP, we are conducting relief operations across the country.The campaign is being led by survivors of human trafficking. Having survived the scourge of trafficking, they are now working to effect positive change in their communities.

Now, we need YOUR HELP – to continue and expand our relief work.

What will your contribution be utilised for?

• Providing monetary support for rations and supplies to workers and families left without cash and any source of income.
• Providing debt burden relief for low-income workers – to help pay off loans accumulated during this crisis, and prevent them from falling into exploitative debt traps set by moneylenders.
• Providing monetary support to address healthcare needs (both mental as well as physical health) of families coping with the fallout of the ongoing crisis.

Every contribution matters. Will you help us improve the plight of our migrant workers and their families?

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Here’s a little more about the organisations which are a part of the collective conducting the relief operations.

• The Indian Leadership Forum Against Trafficking (ILFAT) is a national platform by and for survivors of human trafficking.
• Tafteesh is a coalition of survivors of human trafficking, lawyers, social workers, probation officers, psychologists, researchers, and human rights activists who work to empower survivors of human trafficking to claim justice, and to support governments in preventing and combating human trafficking.
• HELP is an organisation committed to protection of women and children from violence, sexual exploitation, abuse and trafficking, through grassroots level interventions and evidence-based advocacy for better laws and policies.
• Sanjog is a pan-India human rights organisation that works with governments, civil society organisations, and youth survivor leaders on gender equity, legal & policy reform as well as empowerment of individuals and marginalised communities.
• Goranbose Gram Bikash Kendra (GGBK) is a not-for-profit human rights organisation working on the issues of human trafficking, migration, sexual abuse, child labour and early marriage, gender violence, disaster risk reduction and the impacts of climate change.
• International Justice Mission is an international NGO which works on countering sex trafficking and bonded labour.
• Rights Education And Development Centre (READ) is a non-profit organization working on socially & economically sustainable changes in the most marginalised communities of Tamil Nadu.
• Srijan Foundation is a Jharkhand-based rural development agency engaged in the processes of community empowerment & development, particularly with women and children.
• The Centre DIRECT works on awareness-building in the areas of child protection, health and education, women’s issues and community development.
• Gram Chetna Kendra (GCK) is an organisation that has been working in Rajasthan since 1989. With a community-based approach, their activities focus on women, children and the youth. GCK intensively works on development interventions in the fields of women empowerment, education, health, child protection and natural resource management.
• Jan Jagriti Kendra, an NGO founded in 1983, works with tribals, Dalits, and marginalised communities. It works extensively on issues affecting migrant workers, and Dalit and bonded labourers.
• Aide et Action is a not-for-profit international development organisation working for vulnerable communities, with a focus on empowering community leaders as advocates for safe migration laws and policies to combat labour trafficking and exploitation.
• PAT (Partners for Anti-Trafficking) is a consortium of eight community-based organisations in West Bengal which implements rights-based programme interventions on access to justice, rehabilitation and reintegration services for survivors of trafficking. 

All these organisations have joined hands to help counter the migrant crisis across the country. But they need your support. And so, we are counting on you.

Will you contribute to this cause?