Campaign for the rights of urban homeless

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The Hindu  28.10.2010

Campaign for the rights of urban homeless

Staff Reporter

MADURAI: A 20-member national level team campaigning for the rights of slum-dwellers, pavement dwellers and urban homeless with an aim to make them “citizens” through inclusion in census, provision of voter and identity cards organised a meeting in the city recently.

New-Delhi-based City Makers Indo Global Social Service Societyis the campaign organiserCategorising them as ‘City Makers,' and victims of urban life, the campaign was aimed to make sure that the city makers through this effort to mainstream could as well avail of government welfare measures and schemes.Shelter Trust and City Makers Forum organised the campaign activities here in the city at Kaalavasal and West Masi Street. P.Radhakannan, President, Deepam Blind Society, K.Baratheeyan, President, Bharathi Ilakkiya Peravai, and Jawahar, Tamil Nadu Workers Federation, spoke on the occasion.

Reuben Raj, State co-ordinator, City Makers Caravan in Tamil Nadu for Indo Global Social Service Society, gave the special address. Geethan Winson, Financial Trustee, City Makers, gave welcome address, Caldwell, Trustee, Shelter proposed vote of thanks.

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