VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRES

I-India aims at holistic development of the underprivileged population, mainly the street children, unemployed youth, and the local women groups through interventions such as income generation, skill training, creative development, savings, health awareness, education, and self-reliance. The first centre of vocational training under the name of “Ladli” was established for girls in August 2005; a centre for boys opened in February 2006 and eventually a village centre under the name of “Franklyn Scholar Vocational Training Centre” was opened at Jhag Children’s village in August 2013.

At vocational training centres, children, youths and women groups learn skills such as jewellery-designing, tailoring, stitch-work, block-printing, computer (IT) and handicrafts. The vocational training environment is fun, safe and relaxed. Under the financial inclusion and awareness program, the participants regularly get orient to save their incentives into bank accounts that have been opened in their names. Initially, these centres were supported by I-India Project Australia, World Relief Australia, Franklyn Scholar Australia, I-India Friends of Singapore and other individuals. Currently, the project aims to be self-sustained by forming partnerships with travel companies, corporates and schools.

GUDRI ENTERPRENEURSHIP TRAINING OF WOMEN

The project is aiming at tackling the gender inequalities faced by the target group on a social and economic level in their societies. The project is capacitating underprivileged women and adolescent girls (16+), from 6 slum districts, to become self-earning, empowered women with sufficient skills and capacity to manage their own micro-businesses.

It is started in April 2014 at 6 most challenging communities at Jaipur district with 300 women from below poverty line households. These participants are mostly not aware of their fundamental rights and rarely have any legal entitlements, bank accounts or linkage with developmental and poverty reduction scheme of state and central Government of India. Through this project, the women are offered a one-year comprehensive training on entrepreneurship and handicraft, personal financial management, organized saving practices and legal & human rights.

It was a joint project of I-India and I-AID Finland, which has been supported by Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland for the period of three years.

Project Statistics

No. of participants attended computer courses - 193.
No. of participants attended training on textile & garments production - 100.
No. of participants attended state certified IT course - 77.
No. of participants attended block printing training - 35.
No. of participants attended training on production of PPE Kits - 17.

A Story of Roshini

We are thrilled to see our participants like ROSHINI becoming more empowered every day! Thanks for supporting our mission to give women and young adults a fresh start and a dignified life.

Additional services to participants:

Health / Medical services through I-India’s health outreach.

Free Formal Education to them or their children through formal schooling.

Day care for their young children (2-5 yrs old children can access toys, nutrition, and basic learning)

Formation of SHG's (self-help groups), cooperatives / business units

Special sessions on Financial/legal Education and assistance for job placement and establishing micro-business.