MELAKAILASAPURAMOBSERVATION VISIT

This presentation is part of the MSW field work / observation program of Madurai Institute of Social Sciences, Madurai, Tamilnadu , India

“BLACK HISTORY OF WHITE SOULS”

SLUM “Curse or Boon”A slum, as defined by the United Nations Agency un-habitat, is a

run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing and squalor and lacking in tenure security.

JUST IMAGINE…..According to this slum population all over India is 40,297,341

(40 million) from the 607 cities/towns reporting slums.

ABOUT MADURAI

Madurai district is one of the oldest district of the Taminadu State and considered as the cultural capital of Tamilnadu.

BUT……Madurai has 208 slums within its Municipal Corporation limits and about a 3 lakh people living there (i.e., 22.35% of total population)

MELAKAILASAPURAMArea: Melakailasapuram is about 5Km away from centre of the

city.Total Area: 26 acres Total Population : 3,030Occupation : Washing, Sanitation Work, Basket

Weaving, Tri Cycle Drivers, Garland work

Religion : All Religions in which ¼ are MuslimsCaste : All caste of people are living together

We observed the following conditions in Melakailasapuram

Environment and HealthAbout Weaker SectionChildrenWomenAged PeopleOccupationGeneral Hazards

ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH

Water

Area

Unhygienic Living Condition

Drainage

CHILDREN

Living Conditions

Education

Health

Others

WOMEN

Health & Occupations

Developmental Programme

AGED PEOPLE

Health

Living Condition

OCCUPATION

Scavengers

Basket Weaving

Washing Workers

Undertakers

UNORGANIZED LABOR ASSOCIATION

General HazardsLack of infrastructure

Lack of Awareness

Socially Exclusion

Poor Literacy

Scopeless and Hopeless

Socially Stigmatized

LEARNING OUTCOME

THE SOCIAL WORK TRAINEES

1. M.Hema Latha2. E.Rijuvana 3. S.Veeramal4. S.Mahesh Karthick5. N.Sritharan6. M.Thangam7. P.Ragu8. S.Pitchai9. G. Sankaranarayanan10. T. Arun Kumar

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