Mobile nurseries

Mobile Crèches or Mobile Nurseries and Mumbai Mobile Creches are Indian NGO founded to address a widespread lack of access to education and healthcare that children on construction sites face. "Mobile Crèche" was established in 1969 by its founder Meera Mahadevan when she witnessed the plight of “neglected children... at the site of the Gandhi Centenary Exhibition, in Delhi". Mahadevan strongly believed that with parents away at work, “young children suffer neglect” while “older ones bear the responsibility of adult chores”, resulting in a situation where the basic needs of migrant children remained unmet, hampering the essentials for the growth of the older sibling as well, like education .

In 1972 Mumbai Mobile Creches (MMC) was established in Mumbai, India as a branch of Mobile Creches, Delhi. For administrative simplicity MMC established itself as an independent legal entity in 2007. With a mission of ensuring that every child living on a construction site is happy, healthy and educated both Mobile Crèches, Delhi and Mumbai Mobile Creches have since then expanded their operations. Mobile Creches, Delhi now operates 44 day care centres and currently serves almost 14000 children a year at construction sites across Delhi, Noida (Uttar Pradesh) and Gurgaon (Haryana). Mumbai Mobile Creches now operates 29 centres and reaches over 4,500 children a year at construction sites across Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, and Thane. Both MMC and Mobile Creches, Delhi have grown beyond their original mission of providing childcare services. Mobile Creches, Delhi has begun building "platforms for lobbying for rights of all young children from the economically and socially excluded communities".With an expertise of over 45 years Mobile Creches, Delhi has been recognized by the government as a technical resource in the field of early Child care and development. To date, Mobile Crèches has reached out to 650,000 children, trained 6000 childcare workers and run 600 daycare centres. MMC also works to advocate for marginalized communities by providing vocational training for women and youth and promoting migrant families’ rights, access to healthcare, and government services. MMC has reached over 150,000 children and run over 240 daycare centres. Provided by Wikipedia