Eradication of Manual Scavenging Unit

The main objective is to work towards the eradication of Manual Scavenging as per the law in force in India, namely, “The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavenging and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013”. While covering two districts in Tamil Nadu, Madurai and Virudhunagar, the Madurai Legal Awareness and Coordination Team, is making a lot of efforts for the implementation of this Act through field-based activities by providing awareness of the law to the workers and the government officials in the local panchayat bodies. Besides, the team is engaged in imparting special training to around 40 selected workers who are very active in each district, to empower them to take up the issues of the workers in their respective areas. Moreover, the team has set up 15 evening study centers in the two districts to help the children of the workers to pursue their studies and to motivate them to go for alternative jobs. Periodically, job placement programs are being conducted by the team.