Employability Programme for youth in slums

Employability Programme for Youth in Slums

Unemployment is one of the major problems faced by youth in India. Saath noticed that there are many youngsters in Gujarat who have dropped out of schools to earn livelihood. But they don’t have enough skills, so to get the solution for this issue Saath started employability programs, not only in Gujarat but also in Jharkhand and Bihar. 

Objectives of the Programme:

• To train disadvantaged youth, aged 18-30 years, between 180 - 300 hours and ensure they are placed and try to support of them in relevant jobs with assurance of minimum wages and opportunity for career advancement

• To introduce minimum three innovations that would directly impact retention, skill enhancement, and program sustainability

Report Duration: September 2018 – November 2018

Introduction about Programs:

The sector has been divided into formal and non-formal trainings:

1)      Formal training program: Udaan

2)      Informal training program: Nirman

3)      Informal training program for Women: Women at Work

Udaan:

Udaan program provides livelihood training to youth from vulnerable backgrounds and give them an equal opportunity to employability. The courses selected for the programs are also a result of market research and need assessment program from the community itself. The courses that are currently offered in this program are as follows:

• Beauty Parlour
• Retail Management
• Career and Workplace Skills

The entire above mentioned program is for entry level jobs. Placement assistance is also provided to the trainees.

Nirman:

Nirman program addresses the training needs of people in the informal sector. Practical and theoretical training is provided which enhance their skills and capabilities to get better incomes. The courses that are currently offered in this program are as follows:

• Plumbing
• Electrician
• Masonry
• Welding

SAATH has collaborated with American India Foundation and Ambuja Cement Foundation as they both are well known for their qualitative and effective work. They use their expertise in providing opportunity to impart training about safety standards.

Women @ Work:

Saath started new skill development and enhancement program to empower young women and focus on non-traditional job options which will have an inclusion of micro-entrepreneurship, life skills and technology components to aid them in setting up their own businesses if they choose. In the case of adolescent girls below 18 years, there will be a STEM (Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics) and Life-skills Module, through which they recreate interest in science stream also this programme, will help them in re-enrolling back to school.

• Electrician
• Mobile Repairing
• STEM

Activities during month of September, October & November:

1)      Counselling of students: Counselling of students was done at Udaan programme’s vocational training centres of Isanpur and Ghodasar. Main aim of this exercise is to know students preferences pertaining to the available jobs also to counsel them to join job. Around 20 students participated in the process.

2)      Exposure Visit to a post office: Under Udaan’s Beauty parlour trade, Beautyparlour students of Ghodasar and Isanpur center visited Rambuag post office on 10^th of october to know more about financial management and various types of savings and deposit schemes. Around 20 students participated during the visit.

 3)      Workplace Readiness Session: A session on how to appear for the interview and moc session was conducted in Ghodasar by Volunteer from Canada Ms. Barbara and Monitoring Manager, Mr. Kunal. A total of 25 students participated in the session.

4)      Lifeskills Session: Life skill session on Human rights was taken by our Life skill trainer Ms. Hansaben. A total of 24 students participated.

5)      Expert lecture: An in-depth combine batch (Mason and Electrical) session on how to make water tank and water proofing was taken by Civil engineer, Mr. Hasmukhbhai was organised at Nirman’s Meghaninagar center. A total of 28 students actively participated in the session. Same session was taken by him on 29^th November at Isanpur center, where 18 students participated

6)      Teachers training workshop: Under Women@Work programme, two days STEM teacher’s training were organized at Saath Head office on 18^th and 19^th September with an aim to enhance and build the capacity of newly joined staff so that they can easily implement new STEM project and workbook activity with the adolescent girls.

7)      Exposure visit to Construction site: Under Nirman programme, exposure visit to a construction site (Ramesh Bunglow, Panchvati) was organized in Kalol. Students were exposed to various intricacies of Mason trades. Students also learned about how commercially on a large scale all the process are being implemented. 17 students participated in the visit.

Success Stories

Name: Shubhita Koshti Purushottambhai (Name Changed)

Address: A/8, Surya Darshan Complex, B-H R.K. Bus stop, P.D Pandya College Ghodasar

Age: 32

Mobile Number: 9998601850

Education: 12th Pass

Course: Retail Management

Location: Ghodasar

Shubhita was the housewife staying in a nuclear family with her husband and two beautiful children, aged 9 and 7. Her husband is a freelancer electrician and his average income is Rs 12,000. They don’t have fixed income and with growing children their expenses are also growing. Shubhita and husband were always worried about their income and how to meet their daily expenses.

She got to know about Saath Charitable Trust and the retail marketing course we offer under our Udaan Program through program mobilizers. During the course she learnt basic computer skills, communication skills, basic communicative English, got over stage fear and built upon her self-confidence. She underwent career and job counselling. Presently she works at the United Capital Club as an accountant and earns Rs 10,000 monthly.

Now she has the new perspective to life. She was a housewife and her life revolved around her kids and the household chores. She was under the impression that at her age she wouldn’t be able to get a job and her life would be as it is. This idea of hers changed after the course and new opportunities opened up for her. Now, her interaction with the outside world has increased and the household has a stable income. The future of her children is better secured.

• Progress Report September - November, 2018 (PDF)
  

Employability Programme for Youth in Slums

Unemployment is one of the major problems faced by youth in India. Saath has been working with the urban slum poor since 2005 . While working with them Saath noticed that there are many youngsters who have dropped out of schools to earn livelihood. But they don’t have enough skills, so to resolve this issue Saath started employability programs, not only in Gujarat but also in Jharkhand, kalyan and Bihar. 

Objectives of the Programme:

• To train disadvantaged youth, aged 18-30 years, between 180 - 300 hours and ensure they are placed and try to support of them in relevant jobs with assurance of minimum wages and opportunity for career advancement

• To introduce minimum three innovations that would directly impact retention, skill enhancement, and program sustainability

Report Duration:June 2018 – August 2018

Various Activities conducted during this quarter

1. Advance Hair Cutting Workshop @ Behrampura

Theory lecture about hair conducted and demonstrated 6 types of haircut like Straight cut, U cut, Deep U cut, V cut, Step cut and Layers cut

1. A 3 Day Business Enterprise

A 3 Day Beauty & Wellness workshop organized by our Alumni group of Juhapura. As part of a recent alumni network building exercise, Saath is facilitating formation of groups by conducting various session on Journey of Participants after the training program, importance of building groups, benefits of group etc. Through this activity, a group of 6 alumni students came together to host the 3 day B & W workshop. Enterprise in Juhapura right before EID. The group made a net income of Rs.3,000/- .All the enterprise building components like marketing, drawing a rate card for all the various services, venue, mechanism of profit sharing, token system, material procurement etc. were taken up by the girls themselves.

1. 14 Day Color Work Training for Women @ Behrampura – in association with Asian Paints

Through rigorous mobilization and 2community meeting, Saath initiated a batch of Color Work in association with Asian Paints as part of the Non-Traditional Livelihood Program.

A total of 28 women of age group 18-35 years enrolled themselves in the program. An expert from Asian Paints was assigned to conduct this express 14 day Training at Behrampura Centre.

24 women cleared the exams and are now eligible to be part of Asian Paints women painters’ squad or work independently as women painters. 

1. Business Development & Cost Analysis & Return on Investment session with Beautypreneur program participants

As part of the entrepreneurship program with Beuaty & Wellness entrepreneurs, with support of Godrej, we conducted a 3 day session with BPs where-in information sharing on current market trends, analysis of trends, utilisation of client database , costing and return on investment through the program was discussed.

1. Retail Management & Tally Training Program

Total of 20 students are undergoing the training for Tally course at the above mentioned two centre. During the training, pre and post counselling is taken up. This mainly helps in facilitating Placement after the completion of training.

1. Exposure Visit with Women @ Work program participants

An exposure visit to Science city was organized with Women @ work program adolescent girls. Over 43 Girls participated. The visit provided a very good platform to understand various science concepts, experience the theories first hand and broaden their horizon. Girls were accompanied by STEM Trainer, Life skills facilitator and W @ W program manager.

Success Stories

Story 1

Name: Parmar Sneha Dilipbhai (Name Changed)

Age: 27

Education: 10^th Fail

Course: Retail management

Centre: Meghaninagar

Marital Status: Married

Sneha’s family has 3 members. Her husband doesn’t work at the moment. He used to work as a daily wager in a factory where he would earn between RS 250 – 300 daily. He is working towards getting a job as a driving instructor. Her son is in the 1^st grade. There was no income in the household.

Sneha wasn’t a 10^th pass and didn’t know how to operate a computer which has become a necessity for a job today. So, she used to work a maid and a nanny in other households, earning about RS 8,000 – 10,000 monthly. A mobiliser approached her and told her about this course where she could learn how to operate a computer. She also thought that without knowing how to use a computer she wouldn’t be able to get a respectable job.

Self-confidence, communication skills, dressing sense, English speaking and multi-tasking are few of the skills she developed during the course. After her counselling she went for an interview at the Eva Women’s hospital and works there with a salary of RS 5,500 monthly.

Presently she has a respectable job and even though she has a lower income she feels proud and respected when she tells everyone of her job.      

Story 2

Name: Jyoti Kewat          (Name Changed)                                                           

Age:16

Address: 22- Killol nagar, Rajendra Park, Odhav

Jyoti lives in Killol Nagar area of Odhav. She is 15 years old & is studying in Matruchhaya School.

Team of Women @Work met her during mobilization in a nearby area. She had failed in class 10^th Science & Math exam and had lost all her confidence and motivation. The members of W@ W undertook home visits and counselling sessions of her parents, in order to seek permission to allow Jyoti to enrol in the STEM program.

During STEM training, she was curious to learn different scientific & mathematical terms. She made number of models like Abacus, electromagnet, Surface tension in fluids, Newton’s Laws, but among them all she really likes models of surface tension in fluids.With the help of life skill sessions, she has now regained her lost confidence, decision making power & Time management skills have also sharpened. She now has clarity about her goal.

She is motivated enough to re-enrol in class 10 and clear her previous examination.

Story 3

Name: Chauhan Manisha Anilbhai (Name Changed)

Address: Fafad seth’s Chawl, Akota Gam, Vadodara

Contact No.:7623005813

Center Name : Akshar Chowk Center

Course Name: Retail Management (Skill to Succeed)

Batch Duration: 25/6/2018 to 24/8/2018

Manisha comes from lower income family residing in the slum area of Akota Gam. She completed has completed her training successfully. Through this training she was able to work on her computer skills, basic English and communication, job readiness and on her knowledge on back end office work. Post the 2 months training she got an interview call from E- Plus Foundation. She now works as a part time computer operator and earns an income of Rs. 3,000/-. She is thoroughly thrilled with this sudden opportunity to grow and secure a job. 

• Progress Report June - August, 2018 (PDF)