Setu - Women Empowerment Program

Dear Readers

In our endeavour to empower more and more women Setu skill Centre at Nithari Village Noida started a Beauty and Wellness courses and IT, Financial literacy cum Retail course at Sadarpur.  We are thankful to our patrons for their continuous support. 

This Quarter saw Convocations, Formal Launch of Solar Plants, Launch of Beauty Lab and Launch of Smile course at Sadarpur Skill centre and  328 admissions and 179 placements across all skill center. .

Graduation Ceremonies at Setu

Convocation at Setu Nithari Skill Centre was held on 19th July 2019, 171 students received their certification on completion of their courses in Basic IT, Tailoring, Tally and STeP Courses at the Setu Skill Centre in Nithari Village Noida. Certificates were handed over by Ms Sanjina Wali Trustee Setu. The Skill Students presented a fashion show of the dresses they had designed and a Skit of Protection of our environment was presented by the Setu School Students.

On 26th July 2019, Setu achieved a new milestone with the Setu Multi skill Centre Sadarpur Colony going solar. The plant was inaugurated by Ms Rohini Kaul Fidelity International along Anand Diwedi. The event also marked the passing out ceremony for 153 students who completed their Skill courses in Tailoring. Beauty & Wellness, Tally and Basic Computer Skills. The Tailoring students also displayed the clothes created by them through a Fashion Show. Congratulations and Best of Luck to all of them.

The Completion of 2 Years of our Jaipur Centre was celebrated on 18th Sept 2019. A cultural program and Fashion show of the products created by the students was organised. 113 Students were handed over certificates of completion of their course in Tailoring and Basic Computers by Mr Manu Gautam Head Operation along with Pooja Nayak and Sonam Mehra CSR Reps from Metlife GOSC.

Corporate Visit

Students from Special center visited PWC. They performed an act on Independence Day and celebrated Rakhi with volunteers. They made Rakhi and Tika card with them. It was a good exposure for them. They got the chance to interact with others while the volunteers interacted with PWD.

Beauty students attended a seminar organised by Matrix at Clarks Inn Ghaziabad on hair colour trends and techniques.

Students from Fashion designing course visited export house. They were given an overview of working of garment industry. The aim of the visit was to motivate students to take up jobs in the industry.

Guest lectures were organised for computer course, Beauty course and Fashion designing. These lectures truly motivated and groomed the students, they are being prepared for placements at entry level jobs.

Setu Self Help Group: In beauty and sewing courses we try to motivate students to go for placements. Ladies who are not able to take up jobs due to their family constraints engage in self-employment. 

We at Setu help them to earn more by getting work for them. In beauty course students went for Mehandi stall in groups to a society during Teej festival. Many of them earned their first income. It gave them motivation to work more.

In sewing course, ladies were given order of 200 pieces to complete. The work was distributed among them and was monitored by the trainer. In another center ladies were given order of bags. They also completed the job on time. Though it was a small amount but it gave the beneficiary a lot of satisfaction. Now they are keen to take up more orders.

Success Stories

Jayanti, a Married women wants to be independent in her life so that she could achieve something for her family. She enrolled herself for IT course so that she can learn basic concepts and equipment used in her profession which is important for finding a good job. After successful completion of IT course from SETU.  She is a Receptionist and works for Vidhya Bharti School and earns Rs 6000/Month.

Her Husband works in Private firm. Her family’s annual income is Rs. 1,00,000/- which is insufficient to fulfill the basic need of a family of 4 members. She joined this course to be an independent girl.

She was devoted towards her course and wanted to learn best as possible. After joining this course she learns basic knowledge of completed to improves her skills. In addition she also got knowledge of communication skills which helps her to improve her personality.

Renu is a married woman.  Due to financial situation of her family, she searched for a suitable job but everywhere the demand of skills led her down. Thus she decided to learn vocational course and explore her interest in beauty course. Her financial condition does not allow her to take admission because high budget. Then she came to know about SETU Foundation through our mobilization and she enrolled herself in BEAUTY course. After she completed the course she started working on her own today she is self- employed and earning Rs.2000/- per month by doing Beauty Services at home so that she can manage both family and work easily.

She belongs to a poor family with 4 members. Her husband works in a private firm with an annual income of about Rs.1,28,000/-. It was difficult to meet the expenses of daily needs as well as the educational needs of family. Now she can fulfill her own needs by own.

She was very ambitious girl who have taken first step towards her carrier. She always showed curiosity to learn new things and tried to improve her skills.  She worked upon her difficulties with the help of the teachers. She is now capable of working on her own and became self-dependent.