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SPEED Trust (Slum People Education and Economic Development) is a Charitable Public Trust which acts in the slum areas of Chennai, the fourth largest city of India and capital city of Tamil Nadu
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Baladarshan is a network of South Indian social organizations involving socially marginalized women in crafts production.It was founded by social workers concerned in improving the livelihood of isolated women and children in the slums of Chennai, India.
Crafts include candles, wooden jewelery, kalamkari art, and stone carving. Almost all of the products are exported.
A member of the Fair Trade Federation, Baladarshan:
- Pays a fair price.
- Creates opportunities for economically disadvantaged producers, particularly marginalized women.
- Fights child labour.
Baladarshan works with Speed Trust and encourages people to develop income-generating activities in order to become independent and self-sustainable.
For more information, visit www.baladarshan.com
Crafts include candles, wooden jewelery, kalamkari art, and stone carving. Almost all of the products are exported.
A member of the Fair Trade Federation, Baladarshan:
- Pays a fair price.
- Creates opportunities for economically disadvantaged producers, particularly marginalized women.
- Fights child labour.
Baladarshan works with Speed Trust and encourages people to develop income-generating activities in order to become independent and self-sustainable.
For more information, visit www.baladarshan.com
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245, Sathyavani Muthu Nagar, Pallavan Salai
Chennai
600 002
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SPEED Trust concentrates its efforts in one of the biggest slum areas of Chennai: Gandhi Nagar – Sathyavani Muthu Nagar.
This slum is located in the heart of the city, opposite the Central Railways station. 800 metres in length, 200 meters wide, it is bordered in the North by the sewage-river Kuvam. It shelters about 2,600 families, i.e. 15,000 people, among which half are below 18 years old.
Most of the male slum-dwellers work as casual laborers, cycle-rickshaw pullers or auto-rickshaw drivers. Many women, most of them being isolated, are employed as house-maids for monthly wages below Rs.600. All of them live in a state of deep poverty, leading them to put their children to work as soon as possible.
SPEED Trust also intervenes in other slum areas in Chennai: Chintadripet, Sathya Nagar, Nochikuppam and Pallavan Nagar.
This slum is located in the heart of the city, opposite the Central Railways station. 800 metres in length, 200 meters wide, it is bordered in the North by the sewage-river Kuvam. It shelters about 2,600 families, i.e. 15,000 people, among which half are below 18 years old.
Most of the male slum-dwellers work as casual laborers, cycle-rickshaw pullers or auto-rickshaw drivers. Many women, most of them being isolated, are employed as house-maids for monthly wages below Rs.600. All of them live in a state of deep poverty, leading them to put their children to work as soon as possible.
SPEED Trust also intervenes in other slum areas in Chennai: Chintadripet, Sathya Nagar, Nochikuppam and Pallavan Nagar.