Livelihood & Empowerment |
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| STREE SHAKTI |
| The Foundation is keen to lay emphasis on the girl child and women's empowerment in most of the projects it undertakes. Stree Shakti is one such initiative at Vijayanagar where 32 women have been trained to work as supervisors in blast furnace, stores and as payload operators. They are confident to be able to undertake non-conventional jobs like crane operators. Contractors, who initially felt thought of this action to be absurd, are speaking highly about the dedication of these women workers. |
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| BPO AT VIJAYNAGAR |
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| A non-voice rural Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) unit in functioning at Vijayanagar in collaboration with Lason India Ltd. 300 rural girls are presently doing data entry and data processing which includes conversion, coding, keying and auditing. The girls are given typing training for three months after which their skills are challenged through rigorous test conducted at the BPO and by Lason India. Girls from neighboring villages and tehsils are attracted to this facility. JSW Foundation proposes to involve 5000 girls and boys by establishing more such BPO units at its other locations. |
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| VOCATIONAL TRAINING |
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| The Foundation is supporting vocational training in Vijayanagar and Vasind. These offer courses in tailoring & fashion designing, beautician, electrician, motor rewinding, electronics, welding & fabrication, computers, welding and masonry. At Vasind, a study was conducted to assess the levels of utilization and benefit to these students. 80% of surveyed students were using the skill set offered to them. The Akanksha Vocational Training Centre at Vijayanagar stitches uniforms for use at the hospital, school, and outsource contractors. At Vizag and Ratnagiri, we have identified and sponsored girls and boys to vocational training courses at other locations. |
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| BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN CURRICULUM AND JOBS |
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| The Foundation is also making an effort to bridge the gap between curriculum and the job market. It invites trained career counselors to speak to students of rural schools around Vasind and Tarapur (Thane, Maharashtra) works. Our career guidance programs in Vasind and Tarapur have benfitted over 8000 students |
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| Seed village development |
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| We are working with farmers on seed replacement of groundnut and chickpea (Bengal gram). Farmers associated with this activity have proven that the declining productivity of these crops can be halted. This supplements our other initiatives to facilitate farmers to diversify into vegetables and tree based systems. |
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| Crafts village |
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| This will provide working space and marketing opportunity for artisans and also will also serve as a creative outlet for our kalasangams. |
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