2. PROBLEM | SOLUTION | IMPACT
Our goal is train 1 million people in next 10 years in four focus
sectors:
Work in states/areas where there is a need of skill building with
Government and NGO’s
Setting up a distributed delivery model such that education is
available at the source of students
3. PROBLEM | SOLUTION | IMPACT
Execution and pilot testing: THREE pilot projects were
run in 4 states of India which focused skill building and
basic livelihood training in the area of
Handicrafts, Sustainability and Technology
Total of 88 hours out of targeted 200 hours of touchdown
courses have been conducted
Outreach of 3500 people comprising a diverse group of
students, women and rural population
Team working on ground:
Volunteers: 70 | Trainers: 4 | Academia: 10 colleges
States where the pilots are being conducted:
Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana
LINKS TO WORK VIDEOS:
SAKSHAM PROJECT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKiK5WSLbe4
SUSTAINABILITY PILOT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpDOaqGONn4
4. Education:
A rural awareness program was run in Haryana for 100 below poverty
line families (BPL, earning less than 2 euros a day)
Focusing on education for kids between 7 to 14 , health awareness
and women empowerment
125 kids were given education in college campus for free with an
objective to bring them into mainstream education
200 women were collected and awareness was spread about
government schemes and policies
115 kids were admitted to government local school and 15 women
were admitted into teacher training program to be self dependant
Audio tutorials were recorded for visually challenged people in
collaboration with All India Confederation of the Blind and National
School of Blinds.
LINKS TO WORK VIDEOS: SAKSHAM PROJECT | SUSTAINABILITY PILOT
5. Handicrafts sector:
Indian Handicrafts is one of the decentralized sectors in
the country which gives employment to 6 million workers
A pilot was run in Delhi and Madhya Pradesh with
Chanderi weavers (a hand woven cloth from MP)and idol
makers in Delhi (one of the most important sector)
Provided them livelihood training and brought their
products to mainstream exhibitions
We worked with 92 families staying in Chanderi, Madhya
Pradesh and Delhi employed in making idols and
weaving sarees
Outreach of 600 craftsmen directly benefitted and target
is to expand it to 2000 by the end of the year
LINKS TO WORK VIDEOS: SAKSHAM PROJECT | SUSTAINABILITY PILOT
6. Sustainability sector:
Skill development workshops have been conducted in the
10 colleges located across 4 states
Outreach of about 1750 students, prime focus has been on
technology and sustainability in daily life
In collaboration with Nokia- Create to Inspire and
Oxfam, India this program is being run successfully across
5 universities
The scale up model which is to be launched this August is a
Sustainability Olympiad which will be conducted across
schools and colleges in Delhi-NCR
Having a target outreach of 500,000 students from age
group between 15 t0 21
LINKS TO WORK VIDEOS: SAKSHAM PROJECT | SUSTAINABILITY PILOT