Empowering Women with Vocational Skills
Young girls between 18 to 25 years belonging to disadvantaged sections of society find it challenging to join the formal economy. This is owing to the absence of education and skills, challenges pertaining to language, etiquette, et all.
Solution
We hope to train these young women in vocations that would enable them to obtain suitable entry-level jobs.
Approach
Identify relevant gaps in skill sets and develop them via gainful employment or entrepreneurship. Other measures, such as market knowledge, pilot assignments with the vendor ecosystem and creating a self-help women group model to run the initiative.
Long-term impact
The program aims to provide a respectable and a sought after career to these young girls. The program not only provides an adequate livelihood but also enables them to support their families.
Committed to promoting the common good of society
Bridge Education
Through the bridge education centre, we are attempting to fill the gap of age and class, with a vision to increase enrolment for higher education. Our team visits rural villages to identify children who have either never attended school or who have dropped out. After meeting with their parents, these children are placed in age-appropriate classes and thereafter mainstreamed in affiliated schools.
Women Empowerment
The Compassion Women Skill Development and Employability Program is designed to empower women with vocational skills. This is aimed at ensuring they obtain employment to help them support their families. The idea is to cater to the under-literate and impart skills, such as tailoring, etc. to make them employable. Thereafter, they are well-positioned to obtain regular or work-from-home employment or even explore entrepreneurship. We aim to impart such skills to at least 100 women every year.
Education
Comviva’s vision is “empowerment through education”. Our primary focus is the creation of an impactful program for bridge education, with education and employability programs as the core agenda.