A large number of daily wage construction workers migrate every year with their children across states for work. While parents work on-site, the children are often left unsupervised and bereft of education. This makes them extremely vulnerable in terms of health and safety and they also miss out on regular education.
As Project Implementation Agency with the Karnataka government, Meerabo Global Foundation partnered with the Karnataka Building & Other Construction Workers Welfare Board in 2022 to set up Smart Crèches for children aged 6 months-6 years of their workers who are registered with the welfare board.
The key objective of this project was to manage and operate Shishu Palana Kendra (Smart Crèches) in Kalburgi District. We currently operate and manage 22 smart crèches.
These crèches meet critical parameters as per the National Minimum guidelines such as close proximity to labour camps, adequate space for minimum 30 children to play and sleep during the day, as well as a kitchen area for preparing fresh food, supply of clean drinking water, electricity, washroom and internet facilities for conducting smart classes.
Our crèches also offer scripted curriculum as per NCERT guidelines based on the NEP framework, supplementary nutrition with 3 meals a day, regular health check-ups, timely immunisation and growth monitoring by empanelled doctors.
With a capacity to scale up without any compromise on quality outcomes, we support the government in its twin objectives of social welfare and human development, in order to create a nurturing early childcare support system where every child, regardless of their background, can learn, thrive and grow.
