The unhygienic environment in slums, lack of basic amenities, and inadequate awareness of social and health protection rights are the major hindrance to below-par health outcome indicators and overall wellbeing. In addition to the socio-economic vulnerabilities of the families, major protection concerns/violations of child rights emerge which need attention.
The project aims to work with the exploited and at-risk children from poor and marginalised families living in the urban slums of Coimbatore with the overall objective of improved access to education, health, child protection and socio-economic development, and social protection for their families.
Presently, the project is in the baseline survey process across the 7 villages