Hundreds of millions of migrant workers travel within their countries to seek out means of survival — often leaving behind all they know for months or even years.
Many face poverty and exploitation, and they need a robust social safety net to protect them, says migrant advocate and 2023 Audacious Project grantee Ashif Shaikh.
He shares how his grassroots organization Migrants Resilience Collaborative is making life-changing benefits like social security and health care accessible to those who need them while also amplifying migrant voices — paving the way towards a world that supports the workers actually building it.
(This ambitious idea is a part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)