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  India’s growth rate is widening the gap between the rich and the poor. The irony is that almost 80-90 per cent of youth jumping into the job market are unskilled. It has now become essential to take a step towards provision of credit, employment and food security to every Indian with a sense of identity. AADHAAR aims to provide impetus to grass root developmental work and the role of employment is indispensable to the schema of growth and economic well – being. Thus, AADHAAR has now decided to extend support to the skill centers that will serve as hubs for vocational training and employment. This support is aimed at promoting skill development and engagement of commerce and industry in the progress story of the underprivileged. These skill centers will seek to become progressively self-sustaining entities committed to the enriching of the competencies of that part of the workforce, which is unavailable due to reasons, like domestic chores, financial/family pressures leading to loss of potential earnings. This will lead to the development of a more skilled and employable workforce in the country. The skill centers will provide vocational training like sewing, handicrafts making, computer operating knowledge/ technical training and serve to bring employment opportunities closer home for the low income communities. At Pankhudi Pune we are primarily involved with the education related activities for the children of Patil Estate. Our basic motivation is to put different options for their future, in front of them and enable them to choose the better ones. We guide them to broaden their views and make children grow up into empowered citizens who can support themselves and their families through a lifestyle devoid of any compromises with the basic needs. Location: Lane No. 8, Patil Estate, Shivajinagar Proposed project will help the girls and ladies in Patil estate to learn stitching so that in the near future they can become financially independent or increase their family income. This project will definitely help Pankhudi in empowering the women that we believe is the common goal shared by Aadhaar. Girls and tailors in the Patil estate who are already earning through stitching can also use these machines on a temporary basis. It will help them to increase their productivity and income. Pankhuri will try to teach stitching to maximum number of women from Patil estate. They will also try to ensure that these machines will be used by maximum number of people in Patil estate. If some women after learning stitching from these classes start their own tailoring shop then it will be really a big achievement for both Pankhuri and AADHAAR. After receiving machines from Aadhaar, Pankhuri will find suitable teacher and students from Patil estate to start the classes as early as possible. They will also identify suitable girls and tailors in Patil estate who can use these machines on a temporary basis to increase their productivity when machines are not in use for learning purpose. The first AADHAAR skill center is proposed to be inaugurated in July 2014 at Kartar Nagar, a low-income community in the Indian capital city, Delhi. The name of the center is- ‘Kalamkari: an AADHAAR initiative’ and is being set up by two Teach For India fellows- Saumya Maurya and Pragati Tiwari, working as teachers in this neighborhood, as a part of a Community Development project. The center is in the form of a sewing unit established with the help of two sewing machines donated by AADHAAR and the financial aid extended under the purview of the organization for the purpose of setting up this unit. Location: Kartar Nagar This skill center aims to provide financial independence to women and a source of additional income for their household. Also, additionally this center will provide them a platform to meet, work and interact in a non-domestic setting giving them exposure and more opportunities to learn and develop themselves. |
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