Engage&Empower girls & boys for Girl Effect-India

Dear donors,

Greetings from IDEA!!

Girls under our skill development program were insisting to conduct informative sessions for them. Typically, girls from the slum community do not get opportunities and exposure for self grooming. Most of them are school/college going girls but they need inputs to be confident enough to live in the modern world. Therefore following 3 sessions were conducted by an expert from Social Work College for 2 days.

Resume writing and interview skills: This session included the entire process of selection right from the application including resume content to the joining procedures. Girls wanted to know more about the basic preparation for job interview. They also received important tips on hygiene, dressing and personality development

Communication skills: Levels of communication, levels of listening, types of body language including postures and gestures, movements, eye contact, orientation, presentation, looks, expressions of emotions. Management skills like mood management, stress management and change management were also discussed during the session.

Preparing for profession: Girls were enthusiastic to gain knowledge on following topics: Setting goals and planning for further advancement, understanding client base, how clients judge you, their requirements and principles in professionalism. Participants discussed essential qualities to build professional relations.

The expert beautifully explained the qualities required in the service sector. The participants received suggestions from the expert and they said it was very good for them.

Thank you dear donors for being so generous. It is only because of you these girls get an exposure to be capable of entering a job market.

Case study:

Turning point in Sangeeta’s life

Sangeeta’s childhood was like any other girl in a middle class family of India. She completed a diploma in education and worked as a teacher for 10 years. She was earning well enough. After few months, she started facing problems in her career as well as in the family. Due to some conflicts with the school management, she was forced to resign. Her relations with husband were not on good terms as he was a severe alcoholic. She separated from her husband. She was going through a bad phase in a personal and professional life. She had decided not to continue as a teacher any more. At the age of 38 she wanted to gain some skills in a short period to be able to find an alternative livelihood other than teaching.

At this point she came to know about IDEA. She decided to join bedside assistant course, as she is deeply interested in serving the patients. She got a push from her sister who is also a nurse in the hospital. She was one of the sincere and bright students in the batch. She secured ’A+’Grade in the exam at the end of 6 months. While doing internship in a hospital, she decided to work a private nurse. She enrolled herself in a nearby Nursing bureau. She gets work through that bureau and is earning approximately between Rs. 8000-10000 per month.

She was very happy to share her experience of using those skills for her relative. Her uncle was serious with some leg infection and had to ampute that leg. He could not dress up by himself. Being a nurse, Sangeeta immediately came forward to dress her uncle and was deeply satisfied for being able to do that.

Thank you for making Sangeeta become self reliant and confident. Please continue to shower your blessings so that we could prepare many more Sangeetas from the underprivileged women.