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Sustainable
Development:
As part of the GOLD Standard Banyan
wishes to track and report progress on the
measurable parameters on the targeted social
benefits to ragpickers & urban poor. Banyan
has carried out a preliminary survey amongst
52 members of this Rag pickers/ Recyclers
group, in some of the areas of Khairatabad,
Kavadiguda, Somajiguda, Ameerpet areas of
Hyderabad to profile this group. The survey
was explained to help identify their health
insurance needs etc. Please see pictures
of some of this group enclosed. Some of
the key findings from this preliminary study
are as under.
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Age group Is highly distributed from 8 years to 65 years, with an average age of 27.5 years |
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Only 15% of the group has studied up to primary school that is 7th Grade.. |
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A
large population or 37% percentage of this
group is not in good health & suffers from
some kind
of serious or persistent disease including
problems relating to Chest, Eyes, Night Blindness
etc. |
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Many
of the entire families are in the same activities. |
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Average
Income per day varies from Rs 15 (0.33 USD/
day) to Rs 100 ( 2.22USD/day), with the over
all average of Rs 40 (0.88USD/day). |
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A
vast majority of them take shelter next to
Municipal Solid Waste Dumps in the Urban areas, under
the Flyovers, bus stops etc. Very few have
reported living in rented space costing about
Rs 400/month (9USD/month) . |
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Most
have access to drinking water from hand pumps
or bore wells or municipal water in some instances. |
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It
appears that almost entire group, with exception
of one person (2%) is from outside the city & |
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comes
from districts like Kurnool & Cudappah,
which are rain dependent for agriculture & have
often been a victim of low rain fall & poor
agricultural incomes.
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Welfare
Needs assessment: Many of the surveyed
volunteered to speak out their needs &
it may be
best summarized as under. |
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Age
Group: 50+ ability to do
productive work has dropped considerably and
finds it hard to earn |
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enough.
Lives on Free Food being distributed by Temples.
Wants employment that does not require very
hard work. Many need medical help. |
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20-35
years Age group: Productive group.
Many not wanting any welfare activity at all.
Some have said
a Tri cycle Rickshaw costing Rs 2000 ( 44 USD)
would help then do more. Many Need medical
help. |
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Below
20 Years: Mostly do not know what
is happening to them. Some of them will be
in their |
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prime
by 2020. Needs education & counseling to
help them access development choices through
education. |
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Access
to shelter or Low Cost Housing: this appears to be the most basic need across
the entire
age group, thus avoiding the source of new
diseases from decaying Municipal Solid Waste
in various dumps etc. |
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Counseling
on Hygiene & Good Living: This
is another area where many of them could be
helped by
preventing them from wasting the hardest earned
money in Cinema, Alcohol etc. |
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