Vivekanand Resurgance Foundation

Project Brief: Vivekananda Resurgence Foundation (VRF) is trying to unfold itself to serve the interests of neglected section of the society, particularly the children of unskilled and semi-skilled labourers who are living in unhygienic slums, which is our own crea
Project Type: Non-Formal Educational Centers (description)
Primary Focus: children of migrant workers (description)

Secondary Focus: children from slums

Area: Urban
Supporting Chapter Contact: Munich
Status: completed - requirements ended
Project Steward: Niti Kumar
Project Partner(s): Uday Gosain
Other Contacts:
Project Address: , AG- 17, Shalimar Bagh,,Delhi,
DELHI  110088
Tel: 91-11-27478956
Stewarding Chapter: Munich
Feb 2012MunichEUR 2200
Mar 2011MunichEUR 1115
Jan 2010MunichEUR 1800
Dec 2008MunichEUR 850
Jun 2006MunichEUR 1200
Apr 2004MunichEUR 600

Total = $8733.21785

Wazirpur Industrial Area in northwest Delhi is now a well established small scale industrial area specialising in manufacturing stainless steel utensils and other commodities. It has market throughout the country. Some lakhs of workers are daily working here as unorganised labour and in the new phase of ‘insecurity of workers’, there is no law to protect their interests. Most of the workers are mainly migrants from other states who had to leave their hearth and home due to poverty are fighting day and night just to live in sub human condition
We intend to prepare them for admission to neighbourhood Municipality schools, so that they get education to compete in life. The parents prefer to keep the child at home to look after smaller brethren, as both the parents go to job
Vivekananda Resurgence Foundation (VRF) was registered with Registrar of Societies, Delhi (India) on 18th December, 2000
Regd No. 38284 of 2000
The project is being co-supported by The Indian Students Association TU Hamburg
(http://www.tu-harburg.de/isatuhh/)