Skill Training and Assistance for 50 Girls and Young Women, Ravulapalem, Andhra Pradesh
Surakshitha, Ravulapalem was established in 2014 to serve as a safe home for women and girls fleeing from domestic violence, sexual abuse, child labor, human trafficking, and forced marriages. The center provides such women with residential care, counseling, skill training, and support services to ensure their safety and well-being. In this project, we received financial assistance to conduct a skill training program in tailoring for 50 girls and young women enrolled at this center. The goal of the program is to provide high-quality skill training in tailoring for a period of 1 year. The outcome of the program is to ensure that these beneficiaries have high-quality skills to either gained employment with small tailoring businesses in the region or start their own businesses after graduating from the program.
Project Duration
2021-2022
Location
Ravulapalem, Andhra Pradesh
No. of Beneficiaries
50 Girls and Young Women
Services
Skill Training and Counseling
Impact
Economic mobility and financial security of beneficiaries
Renovation and Certification of Don Bosco Technical School, Ongole, and Kurnool
Don Bosco Technical School, Kurnool, and Ongole were founded in 1991, and 2000 respectively to provide skill training opportunities for poor youth and young people in the community. The goal of these two institutions was to provide 3-to-6-month courses in tailoring, carpentry, welding, motor mechanics, plumbing, electricals, and other trade skills such as sales, hospitality, logistics, and tailoring, to ensure that poor youth can enter the workforce and be better equipped to support themselves and their parents. In recent years, students and parents in the community have been demanding that these centers provide certified industrial training to ensure that the degrees of graduates are recognized by the Government of India and industrial employers.
Such certification results in students earning higher wages and entering the workforce of major industrial organizations operating in our region. Our organization is working with these two institutions to install high-quality technical training equipment, renovate the campus, upgrade existing equipment and provide better student services. Such renovation and improvements will ensure that these two centers will meet regulatory requirements and will eventually be recognized by the Government of India as formal industrial skill training institutes.
Project Duration
2021-2022
Location
Ongole and Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh
No. of Beneficiaries
200 – 400 Students
Services
Certified Industrial Skill Training
Impact
Advancing industrial skills and training for poor youth and young people
Reducing youth unemployment and improving workforce productivity
