CO-CREATING CONSTRUCTION LABOUR COMMUNITIES
Construction Labour Communities (CLC) is Nivasa’s initiative to transform construction worker camps into dignified, healthy, and inclusive living environments. Rooted in research and on-ground practice, CLC addresses the strong link between workers’ living conditions, wellbeing, and productivity. The programme brings together developers, contractors, project teams, and workers to move beyond temporary camps and create humane community environments.
CLC follows a participatory and design-led approach, recognising that sustainable improvement in worker wellbeing requires both physical infrastructure and continued engagement with project teams and worker communities.
Nivasa currently offers two structured CLC engagements:
Deep Dive and I-CARE for Worker Welfare.
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Pelican Grove, Bangalore
“Contractors are starting to understand the importance of providing hygienic and properly equipped worker camps especially given the ongoing crisis India is faced with. The workers have responded very well to our initiatives and during this difficult time we were able to keep them comfortable so they would return to work.
We are now following your guidelines for planning our worker camps.
The MAIA team has become extremely conscious and aware of the requirement to uplift the worker status with our continuous involvement.”
Mr. Rishad Khergamwala
Director of Developments
Maia Estates
Project Boeing, Bangalore
"After a few months of Nivasa’s & APSA’s work, involvement of safety team in worker welfare increased and the communication gap between the safety team and laborers reduced.
Laborers started owning the site and kept toilets and the bathroom clean after usage”.
Mr. Saravanan
Senior Safety officer
L&W – Project Boeing
Bangalore (Dec 2019)
RMZ Azure, Bangalore
"After RMZ Azure in all my projects I ensure the labour housing is ventilated with higher roof and windows, surrounded by landscape with separate area for vegetation.
We tie up with nearest health center on regular basis. Every camp has camp in charge, recreational facilities and security.”
Mr. Chidananda Kamath
Vice President
JMC
One Paramount, Chennai
“With continued involvement of projects team, the maintenance increased, cleanliness level increased by 75 percent.
Sickness used to be 4-5 people amongst 800 nos, per day. It came down to 1 in a month or less, very very minimal!
Workers don't leave the company if good facilities are provided. Attrition is very minimal, less than 5 percent.
Food used to be thrown in open drains leading to a stink. With drains closed, food wastage pick up was organized, leading to no stink or stench. 60 percent gas stoves, so cleaner kitchens.”
RMZ Projects team
Congratulations. Great achievement.
What a great achievement!! Nivasa's passion for innovation is matched by perseverance and total commitment. Many of us who have known Nivasa and it's team and are indeed very proud of it's achievement and well deserved recognition it has received.
Maiya & Girija
"Ms. Akhila Ramesh completed CSIM’s Social Entrepreneurship Outlook Programme with the sixth batch few years ago. She followed through on all her learnings by registering her Trust NIVASA immediately afterwards. Her rare combination of conviction and professionalism secured her the CSIM Fellowship to help her research and develop her ideas on rural housing. She proved herself once again by actually launching her housing project at Thimmaiyanadoddi, overcoming the language and cultural barriers, patiently garnering community support and activating her own professional network for resources and ideas. She is also the recipient of the Sadguru Gyanananda Award, given by our Parent Trust, MSDS, in recognition of her commitment to the development sector.
Akhila’s hard work and innovative ideas are a source of inspiration to all our potential social entrepreneurs and will help to trigger social action for years to come."
- Former Director- CSIM, Bangalore
Aruna Subramanium