A successful action gives lot of
motivation in the work ......…… Ravi – YCW
Full-timer
I am Ravi
Jayaprakash. I am the national secretary and the full-timer of YCW India. I am
organizing the young workers in the district of Thiruvarur. I started to contact
the young agricultural workers in Parutiyur, a village in the district of
Thiruvarur from January this year.
I started with an
investigation about the situation of the workers in this village. Through this
investigation, I discovered that most of the workers in this village were
working in agricultural farms on daily wage.
Moreover, these workers would have work in
the agricultural farms only six months in a year. Therefore, the other six
months either they are unemployed or migrate to towns and cities to find work.
In this situation, the 100 days job program was introduced in this village by
the government and they started to work in this program. However, I discovered
that they do not have the awareness about this 100 days job program and their
rights while working in this program.
I was trained in YCW to develop actions”………Story
of Gajendran
Gajendran, aged 35 is a
National Team Member of YCW. He has been with YCW actively for last 6 years. He
is a real young worker working in a spinning mill for the last 13 years, as
full time regular workers. He has been trained as leader through actions. He
says “I was involved in the actions for wage increase, and retirement benefits
in my factory. I also accompanied the YCW members of Ethiload who developed
actions for the wage increase for Applam making workers and flower picking
workers”.
I am Tamil Kavi. I am 24 years of age. I am from Pallapatti, a village in the district of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. I am the National Treasurer and part-timer of YCW India. Victoria Mary and I from India participated in the Asia Pacific regional Action Meeting from 10th to 15th Oct 2009 held in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Delegates from Australia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka also participated. I am happy to share with you my experiences and what I learned from this program.
I am Victoria Mary. I am from Melatur, a village in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. I am the National team member and part-timer of YCW India. I am the only women member in the national team. Tamil Kavi and I from India participated in the IYCW Asia Pacific regional Action Meeting from 10th to 15th Oct 2009 held at YMVA Centre, Chiang Mai, Thailand. I am happy to share with you my experiences and what I learned from this program.
I am happy to share with you my experiences and how I developed myself through the movement Young Christian Workers.
My family situation
I am Felix Xavier (28 years of age). We are six in my family. My father was Xavier. He died in 1988. He was working in the cooperative shop. My mother is Rita (55 years of age) a social worker organising women into self help groups. My younger brother is Brutus Xavier (27 years of age) working as a plumber in construction. Another younger brother is Stubert Xavier (24 years of age) working printing press. My youngest sister is Benasir Mary (21 years of age) doing Masters Degree. My grand mother is Maria Nesam (78 years of age). My mother took the whole responsibility of my family after the death of my father. She did not have any permanent job to get the income to run the family. Therefore she had to borrow money from others to spend for our education. We did not have regular food and at times and we were starving. We could not buy dress like other children in my neighbourhood. This experience developed inferiority in me. I was not confident to speak with my friends and felt depression in my life.
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