Focus areas – Bengaluru Homeless

Focus areas of Project Nammane

The Impact India Consortium (IIC) focuses on the Urban homeless community who live and sleep on streets under open sky due to family problems, health problems, perpetual socio-economic factors.

This homeless community has all age groups, genders with no access to civil and political rights and hence are deprived of the general society and the government services.

The multiple interventions of IIC includes

Reduction of Homelessness.
To enable homeless access rights and entitlements.
To improve the health conditions of urban homeless.
To involve concerned stakeholders for effective participation in UHL programme.
To create a knowledge and data center.
To advocate & lobby for Urban Homeless to get a dignified living.

1. Reduction of Homelessness

To open more shelters in urban homeless pockets (providing shelter and support services to 2000 homeless people in 40 shelters)
To identify urban homeless (UH) through periodical surveys and MIS
To have continuous discussion with BBMP to have more shelters in the city
To facilitate housing schemes from various departments to eligible homeless families
To improve skills of UH for better employment opportunities
To facilitate loans for their business thus increasing their earning capacities
To work towards repatriation & restoration of UH
To facilitate Legal Aid services for the needy
To place the old and sick in suitable homes
To raise funds to address some of the above interventions
To empower young community leaders & enable them to fight for the Rights of the Homeless

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2. Enable homeless access rights and entitlements

To have continuous community meetings and give awareness on their Rights & Entitlements
To facilitate access to Social Security Schemes
To facilitate procurement of Voter IDs/ Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPIC), PDS (Public Distribution System) card, BPL (Below Poverty Line) Card, Pensions and Health Schemes.
To facilitate scholarships and widow pensions
To help the beneficiaries to open bank accounts
Train selected UH on their Rights & have periodical meetings with UH

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3. Improve the health conditions of urban homeless

a) Health services

Conduct regular health checkups & distribute medicines
Provide referral services to hospitals on a case-to-case basis
Provide First aid box in the shelters
To provide a clean & hygienic atmosphere in the shelters

b) To address Emergency needs – Rescue and Rehabilitation.

To provide Ambulance services and Referrals.
To run helpline (24*7 service)
To help missing Adult Bureau specifically for repatriation and rehabilitation

c) To provide nutritious Food at shelters and homeless pockets

d) To provide clean toilets and basic sanitation facilities for the UH.

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4. Involve concerned stakeholders for effective participation in UHL programme

Orientation and periodical capacity building programs for all the project and shelter staff.
Conduct sensitization programmes for Government and Non-governmental officials and other stakeholders.
Organizing exposure visits for stakeholders.
Preparation and utilization of IEC materials at appropriate places.
To bring NGOs/CBOs working with UH under the network umbrella to align services to different categories of UH (Homes for the aged, transit homes for sick, mentally ill, and others)

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5. Create a knowledge and data center

Document Homeless Survey Reports, Progress Reports, create audio/video documentaries.
Prepare of IEC materials to empower UH on their Rights & to access project facilities by displaying it at appropriate places/UH Pockets.
Sensitization of stakeholders through website/Social media.
To record case studies & maintain a data base of the Homeless who accessed services from Nammane project through an MIS (Management Information System).

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6. Advocate & lobby for Urban Homeless to get a dignified living

To advocate and lobby with BBMP and NULM for an increased number of shelters. To establish minimum 30 shelters by the end of third year in Bengaluru.
To publish periodical articles/reports in the media.
To create & sustain an MIS system
To support unemployed UH with training/ upskilling/ reskilling and enabling them to secure livelihoods.
To facilitate BBMP to establish a City level monitoring committee, Shelter level monitoring committees & sustain it.
To advocate housing for the eligible UH families.
To advocate for rental housing and working hostels.

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