Our Work

Awareness4Aid Pamphlets

We developed a series of concise, informative pamphlets designed to guide informal workers about their legal employment rights. These pamphlets cover topics like minimum wage entitlements, anti-discrimination policies and workplace safety measures. Prior to distribution among local communities and workshop session attendees, they were also translated into Hindi to account for more reach and inclusivity.

Welfare4Aid Repository

Welfare4Aid is a public-access repository that documents government welfare schemes across sectors like employment, healthcare and financial assistance. The easy-to-navigate database includes eligibility criteria, application processes, necessary documents and guidance on benefits. By compiling this information, we aim to bridge gaps in awareness and allow for better access to life-changing schemes for vulnerable workers. This repository is also shared with our partner NGO to extend its impact across multiple networks.

Knowledge4Aid Template

We also designed the Knowledge4Aid Template, which is a detailed survey aimed at understanding specific and current job-related challenges faced by informal workers in India. The questions seek to examine serious issues such as wage inequalities, lack of contracts and limited access to health and social-care benefits. The findings from this survey provide valuable data we hope helps identify recurring problems and direct more specific advocacy efforts and policy recommendations.

Econ4Aid Blog Series

We also began authoring and publishing a blog series to shed focus on the specific labor economics issues that affect informal workers in India. Articles in these series hope to balance complicated academic research with more practical insights that are understood by a wider audience, including the general public, policymakers and NGOs. Some topics include productivity assessment, economic shocks, gender and informal work as well as technology in labor markets. Read here.

Aid4All Workshop Sessions

In collaboration with the Centre for Water, Sanitation & Health for Women NGO, we led a series of in-person workshops aimed at empowering informal workers and their families by providing them with essential information about their legal rights and accessible government schemes. The sessions were conducted at in Darbhanga, Bihar and addressed key topics such as -

Employment Rights and Protections: Specific legal frameworks and fundamental rights related to employment, housing, food security and benefits.
National Welfare Ventures: Information on accessing ration cards, health insurance and pension plans.
Legal Aid: Detailed guidance on securing free legal aid including the creation of E-Shram and Ayushman Bharat cards for attendees. The host, Ananyaa Bahadur also personally assisted individuals by noting down their demographic details to guide the setting up of online portal accounts to enhance access to government services.

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Hygiene4All Workshop Sessions

In line with the Aid4All sessions, we also conducted Hygiene4All workshops focused on promoting health and hygiene among children of informal workers. Over a series of in-person sessions with over 1200 students, across three schools in Darbhanga, Bihar itself, we addressed critical issues including personal health and menstrual hygiene. Menstrual hygiene specifically is still a topic considered taboo in many parts of rural India. Given the same, prior to the sessions, project founder and host, Ananyaa worked extensively on designing informational and engaging student-friendly presentations as well as conducting extensive outreach and sensitization efforts with school faculty and higher level management to secure the participation

both male and female students. The workshops emphasized on -

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH): Educating students on best practices for maintaining hygiene, including adequate waste disposal, handwashing and sustainable water use.
Menstrual Health Management: Tackling stigma by including male students in discussions about menstruation. Emphasis was placed on debunking common myths and viewing menstruation as a natural biological process along with details on symptoms, care practices and common problems.
Community Health Awareness: Encouraging students to adopt mentioned suggestions and share their learnings with others by advocating for healthier practices within their communities.

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