Stories of the South: Mercy - NDWM Madurai
Channel: WSM Asia
Date: 2014-09-01

Social welfare: One of our domestic workers got a fever and passed away. When the union learned about it, I went to see the family, her two sons to pay my respect and offer my help to assist with the case for the welfare board. Since she was affiliated, the family is entitled to a death compensation. Within one month, I helped them to gather all the documents and introduce the file. Four months later, the family received a death compensation of 17,000Rps.  They used this to clear the debts the mother had. 
World Solidarity (WSM) believes strongly in the power of people together. Creating Decent Work worldwide in order to guarantee a better life is our ultimate goal. WSM is the NGO of the Christian Labour Movement in Belgium, funded partly by the Belgian Development Cooperation. 

WSM works with 91 partners in 31 countries regarding the right to social protection. In South Asia (Nepal, Bangladesh and India), WSM supports 10 partners working on issues like the garment industry, domestic workers, access to social security, unorganized workers, labour law reforms and community health. These videos capture some of the stories regarding the projects of our partners. 

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