Kamfoundation

We are a group of like-minded professionals, who came together, two decades ago, to challenge the dehumanizing practice of manual scavenging through mechanization.
We at KAM FOUNDATION are dedicate to, bring about a transformation among the Safai Karamcharis through Systematic training to enable them carry out their profession with Pride and Dignity!!

SC on manual scavenging: ‘No country sends its people to gas chambers to die’ A Supreme Court Bench made remarks on manual scavenging and untouchability while hearing the Centre’s plea seeking review of its last year’s verdict on SC/ST Act.

This is not just the story of one but the reality of many. Many lost their lives, and some become physically handicap.
We can prevent this by training them about the use of Personal Protective Equipment’s and Mechanization. Let’s come together and make a change.

A woman in MP recounts the trauma of watching her husband die in a tank full of faeces Chinta Bai lost her son to a snakebite and her husband to the inexorable practice of manual scavenging.

Monetary Compensation can be a way to help families of deceased. But those who are still engaged in this dehumanizing practice needs support to rehabilitate this can be done through training and mechanization.

4 labourers die cleaning septic tank in Muzaffarpur Though local residents rushed and tried their best to pull out the labourers from the pit, they could not save their lives.

Scavenging Act to be amended Despite the law prohibiting ‘hazardous cleaning’ of sewer and septic tanks without protective gear and other precautions, workers are employed to clean these tanks.

We at Kam Foundation have Designed & Developed a unique Workshop, based on our 25 years of domain knowledge in working with sanitation workers called; “THE 4 P” s to Peace & Prosperity” Which aims at, transforming the lives of Sanitation Worker by addressing, The 4P’s namely Perception, Protection, Prohibition & Profession. Perception: - Sanitation Workers are a marginalized group of people with very low self-esteem both for themselves & their profession. [ 145 more words ]

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Manual scavenging: Make new plan work

Manual scavenging: Make new plan work A newly formulated draft national plan for elimination of manual scavenging is expected to achieve what many earlier plans, laws and actions failed to do in the last many decades.

Safety cannot be stored it needs to be Ensured.................

Close shave for sewerman as safety goes for a toss AMRITSAR: A contractual manual scavenger of the Municipal Corporation had a narrow escape when he inhaled dangerous gas emanating from a choked sewerage in Khazana Gate area, here today.

Push to hold civic heads liable for deaths in sewers | Pune News - Times of India The new draft plan under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavenger and their Rehabilitation Act has proposed to directly hold local authoritie.

In 2 yrs, 10 persons died due to manual scavenging in Ggn Gurugram: Death of workers due to manual scavenging does not seem to cease despite various governments announcing that there will be the usage of technology to deal with the challenge.In Gurugram...

These are victims of our system. Manual scavenging is been banned since 1993. Unfortunately, only on papers. Giving financial compensation can only be a way to support their families.
But to prevent such incidents we need to train them about occupational hazards & use of PPE’s.
Join us to make a change.
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Two youths choke to death while cleaning septic tank in Mathura | Agra News - Times of India AGRA: Two of the three manual scavengers died on the spot after inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning a septic tank in Mathura’s Kosilkala area on Wedne.

Sustainability, social equality and the environment are every one’s problems. Only governments are not responsible to solve them. Rotary Club’s all over the world take active participation to address some of these issues. Sanitation is one such issue and priority of Rotary Foundation India. Rotary Club of Pune South came forward and took an initiative in collaboration with Kam Foundation Pune, to address one of the most dehumanizing practice prevailing since ages in our country… [ 171 more words ]

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