Climate change, migration and vulnerability to trafficking

A helpline that is a lifeline for migrants

A helpline for Indian migrant workers returning home during the COVID-19 pandemic has evolved into an 'embassy for migrants', offering support for low-income workers facing unsafe or unfair working conditions. Ritu Bharadwaj says the model has the potential to expand...

Power of ‘tech plus people’ in early warning, early action and climate risk management

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is a social protection programme in India that provides a safety net by offering 100 days of wage employment to every rural household, with 50 additional days in the case of severe drought.

Slow onset climate disasters leaving migrants at greater risk of human trafficking

People migrating to escape slow onset climate disasters like drought are two and a half times more likely to experience trafficking or modern slavery than those people fleeing rapid onset disasters like floods or cyclones, according to new research conducted in two...

How women leaders are getting better social protection for the vulnerable

Ritu Bharadwaj and Daljeet Kaur discuss how women leaders in India are showing the way for enhancing access to social protection and delivering climate resilience at scale.

Alok Sharma, PHIA Foundation members meet migrant workers in Delhi and discuss climate action

On 22 July, 2022, Mr. Alok Sharma, MP, the Government of UK, and President, COP 26, and his team met and held a discussion on scaling climate efforts in the country with Mr. Anand Kumar Bolimera, Honorary Director - PHIA Foundation; Dr Archana Shukla Mukherjee, Senior...

Triumphant Start To 2021

24 girls were airlifted and rescued from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu to Jharkhand on 15th Dec 2020. They approached the State Migrant Control Room under Department of Labour, Employment and Training, Government of Jharkhand to come back to Jharkhand. The girls from West...

Stranded In Karnataka: A Service Worker’s Story

Once the Control Room was set up by the Jharkhand government hundreds of calls started coming in each day in search of some form of relief. Surendra Yadav a native of Kubri village in Giridih District of Jharkhand was among the many people who had reached out to the...

A Dream Come True

At the Jharkhand Control Room, we have been counselling distressed migrant workers, students and other stranded people every day since we set up the helpline centre in April. So many people with so many different stories but all of them affected by one event- The Lockdown.

Sunil Minj Oraon – The Search For A Better Life

Sunil Minj Oraon an ambitious young man from Rolzara Village in Ormanjhi, Ranchi is a permanent resident of the State of Jharkhand. He grew up in relative poverty but was determined to work hard and achieve a level of financial stability to provide for himself and his family. Mr.

A Story Of Courage In The Face Of Abuse And Intimidation – Women Working In The Clothing Mills

Mrs.Somari Samad a post-graduate from Chakradharpur, in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand was a young teacher in the village and earned Rs 3000/- per month but as a local policy permitted only one or two people to seek a civic job, she lost her source of income and found herself in a very help

Across The Border- Stories Of Stranded Migrants From Bhutan

India has been suffering from the issues of migration for a very long time, and this pandemic has worsened it the most. The country had been in total lockdown due to the novel coronavirus, and the migrant workers were desperately waiting to go back home.

PHIA Foundation Extends Support To Health Workers Of Government Of Jharkhand With Support From APPI

Honourable Chief Minister Mr Hemant Soren and Jharkhand State Head of PHIA Foundation Mr Johnson Topno met at Chief Minister's residence at Kanke Road and jointly provided personal safety kits worth more than Rs 1.56 crores for the protection of health workers working...