Workers and vulnerable groups
Legal aid and documentation camps
A very large share of Indian poverty is administrative. The pension exists, the scholarship exists, the compensation exists, and the family cannot access any of it because a death certificate was never registered or a name is spelled two ways.
We run camps that fix exactly this. Bring whatever papers you have and volunteers work through what is missing — registration, correction, affidavit, application — and follow up until the entitlement actually arrives.
It is unglamorous work with a very high return. A single afternoon can restore a widow's pension that has been stuck for six years.
How the programme works
- Camps at bastis, villages, labour nakas and worksites
- Every common document handled in one place, in one visit
- Follow-up until the entitlement is actually received, not just applied for
- Coordination with District Legal Services Authorities and Lok Adalats
What your donation buys
- ₹800Documentation support for one family, start to finish
- ₹18,000A one-day camp serving around eighty families
- ₹90,000A paralegal working a district for six months
Questions about this programme
What documents should I bring to a camp?
Everything you have, even if it is torn, wrongly spelled or expired — old ration cards, school certificates, land papers, bank passbooks, hospital slips. Volunteers work out what can be built from what exists.
Is the legal aid really free?
Completely. We charge nothing and we do not accept anything from the people we help. Government fees, where unavoidable, are paid by us for those who cannot afford them.