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GHMC to convert night shelters into self-employment centres
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GHMC to convert night shelters into self-employment centres. The night shelters that have been set up by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), run by NGOs and other organisations, have been receiving a tremendous response.
To add three more shelters to the present 14
Study finds night shelters are provided with basic amenities
Hyd model is replicated in some foreign countries
The night shelters that have been set up by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), run by NGOs and other organisations, have been receiving a tremendous response. This is evident from the number of people enrolled at these homes. But, now Somesh Kumar, Commissioner, GHMC, doesn’t want these places to be limited to a shelter. Instead, he wants them to be active livelihood centres, where the inmates will get a chance to have permanent employment.
At a meeting held along with the Urban Community Development (UCD) department officials, the Commissioner said that if the shelters were allowed to run in the current state, it would stagnate the lives of the inmates. Somesh Kumar insisted that these shelters should turn into skill development and self-employment centres. He also directed the UCD officials to engage unemployed youth to impart employment skills to the inmates.
The Commissioner said that the UCD would constitute 100 teams who would conduct a survey on Monday night. They would identify and locate areas which had large number of people sleeping on the streets. Apart from identifying the locations, they would also be entrusted with the job of identifying an open-space or building in the vicinity to construct shelters.
K Shashikiranachary, project director, UCD, said, “Currently there are 14 night shelters in the city. We are planning to come up with three more in the near future. Two of them will most probably be located in and around the Begumpet Flyover. Our prime aim is to set up shelters close to a hospital. If not a shelter, we will at least set up a dormitory in the area, as they see the highest number of visitors to the city.”
A team of four students belonging to the Columbia University and Institute of Management Technology, Hyderabad, conducted a research on night shelters in the city and presented the same before the GHMC officials on Thursday.
As part of their survey, they had visited three night shelters in the city --Kacheguda, Tappachabutra and Bible House. During the course of their survey, they observed that basic amenities were being met.
They also highlighted the ground rules that the night shelters followed such as dedicated staff in each centre (in some cases a long-staying inmate is the caretaker), active participation in the basic needs campaign and a disciplined alcohol policy.
The opportunities for growth pointed out were contributions from the city’s populace, data collection, facilitation of the GHMC ID cards, network collaboration and awareness of resources and expansion of shelters.
The students then pointed out that the city’s night shelter model is currently being replicated in many foreign countries and by doing so there is a lot of scope for give and take of information.
Also present at the presentation were Jayesh Ranjan, MD, APIIC, Zonal Commissioners and Executive Engineers.
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