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With the aim to educate the children of migrant workers, a non-governmental organization has started a mobile school that will tour construction sites in the city of Chennai. The NGO, Udavum Karangal, began the mobile school as a pilot project in 2012. "We started the school at one spot after I visited a site and saw children playing among the mud and bricks," said Udavum Karangal founder and director S Vidyakar. "Initially, we started the 'Wings mobile school' programme with VGN Builders. Now we train children of migrant labourers at several places." The NGO spends about 500 a day on refreshments for the children and teachers and hopes to sustain the mobile school with help from public. "We expect to spend 250 a year to provide educational material like pens, pencils and notebooks at every site, which will be a one-time expenditure. We also have to buy sports equipment such as volleyball nets, footballs, cricket kits and chess sets," said Vidyakar.
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internal migrants, migrant children, education, schooling, right to education, migrant labourers
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