This presentation is part of MSW Field work report presentation by the students

1. MELAKAILASAPURAMOBSERVATION VISIT This presentation is part of the MSW field work / observation program of Madurai Institute of Social Sciences, Madurai, Tamilnadu , India

2. “BLACK HISTORY OF WHITE SOULS”

3. SLUM “Curse or Boon” A slum, as defined by the United Nations Agency un-habitat, is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing and squalor and lacking in tenure security. JUST IMAGINE….. According to this slum population all over India is 40,297,341 (40 million) from the 607 cities/towns reporting slums.

4. ABOUT MADURAI Madurai district is one of the oldest district of the Taminadu State and considered as the cultural capital of Tamilnadu. BUT…… Madurai has 208 slums within its Municipal Corporation limits and about a 3 lakh people living there (i.e., 22.35% of total population)

6. Total Area: 26 acres

7. Total Population : 3,030

8. Occupation : Washing, Sanitation Work, Basket Weaving, Tri Cycle Drivers, Garland work

9. Religion : All Religions in which ¼ are Muslims

11. Women

12. Aged PeopleOccupation General Hazards

13. ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH Area Water

14. Unhygienic Living Condition Drainage

15. CHILDREN Living Conditions Education

16. Health Others

17. WOMEN Health & Occupations Developmental Programme

18. AGED PEOPLE Health Living Condition

19. OCCUPATION Scavengers Basket Weaving

20. Washing Workers Undertakers

21. UNORGANIZED LABOR ASSOCIATION

22. General Hazards Lack of infrastructure Lack of Awareness Socially Exclusion Poor Literacy Scopeless and Hopeless Socially Stigmatized

23. LEARNING OUTCOME

24. THE SOCIAL WORK TRAINEES 4 M.HemaLatha E.Rijuvana S.Veeramal S.MaheshKarthick N.Sritharan M.Thangam P.Ragu S.Pitchai G. Sankaranarayanan T. ArunKumar 5 6 8 1 3 9 7

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