Insight into the situation prevailing in cities of intervention!

A National Workshop on Urban Poverty: Whittling or Withstanding  has been organized in the National Capital from 22nd-23rd March 2012 as a part of the Golden Jubilee celebration of Caritas India. The two day workshop has accentuated on various aspects of urban poverty and priortising Urban poverty as key concern to addressed by concerned government institutions, NGOs, activists and individuals.

Taking the follow-up of the “National Workshop on Urban poverty” Caritas India team along with the IGSSS-Delhi team has developed a document ( questionnaire) to analyse slum situation where intervention is needed. We request you all to go through the document and could use the same to analyse slum situation in your respective districts/areas. Hope this document would give you all an idea about moving foreword to take urban poverty situation as on priority basis.

1. Identifying slum situation

·         No. of poverty pockets (PP - slums) and the CityMakers (Urban workers in poverty pockets, Homeless Residents)

·         What are the major issues affecting the people  (CityMakers) and PP? Studies (govt.;  CSOs; Academic researches)

·         Any schemes that reach them? Any policies / High court orders/ judgements – positive / negative? Are people aware  of these?

·         Evictions – faced or facing

2. Migration-employment & unemployment

·         What all are the existing employment and unemployment situation in slums?

·         Average income of families living in slums?

·         Places from where they have migrated to the particular slum?

·         Average staying period in slums?

3. Government programmes

·         Programmes been implemented by government in the particular slum

·         Average % of the CityMakers getting the benefits of the government programmes?

·         Basic hurdles and facilities in availing government schemes benefits?

3. Role of CSOs and Media in mitigation urban poverty

·         How many CSOs are working with the CityMakers ? Is there any network that looks into this?

·         Does media engage with  this issue regularly?

·         Role of civil society, students (schools, colleges, Universities), volunteers, middle class, retired persons (bureaucrats, media, academics,… ), home makers, professional groups, corporates (chambers of commerce – CII, FICCI, PHDCC, ASOCHAM,), academics, …

4. Any other issue?