Belonging to the ‘unorganised sector’, construction workers face a lot of problems like – inadequate and unequal wages, long working hours, poor housing facilities, lack of safety measures, etc. They also very often fall prey to violence, oppression and maltreatment.
Being into provisioning Housing Finance, Aavas feels responsible towards well-being of Construction Workers. Project Vishwakarma by Aavas Foundation is a project dedicated to work towards safety, security and well-being of construction workers and their families by providing on-site training for safety, educating about preventive measures at the construction sites and providing free safety gears.
Project DurationJune 2020 – May 2023
Impact Area30+ Districts of Rajasthan
More than 5300+ construction workers, 25,000+ family members indirectly benifitted.70+ blocks, 30 + districts1500+ beneficiaries add to Nirman Shramik Suraksha Yojana. 1000+ free health check up,2500+ helped in linkage with government schemes.200+ Jan Dhan Accounts opened. More than 9500 safety kits have been distributed directly construction workers from 2020 to 2022-23 and trained them about the precaution major while working on construction sites.