;A Campaign for Self Reliance
• Community Mobilisation,
• Water & Sanitation,
• Agriculture & Livelihood,
• Education,
• Health & Nutrition.
skill development.
real social change. through :
Community centres: Establishment of community learning centres equipped with libraries, computers and vocational resources and other programmes.
training centres for members
Waterborne diseases affect 37.7 million
Indians annually. In India, diarrhoea alone causes more than 1,600 deaths
daily. The World Bank estimates that 21% of communicable diseases in India are
related to unsafe water. In Rural India 86% people do not have access to a
toilet.
Skilling India: Getting it right | Part II
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We focus on holistic
development covering all aspects of individual and community development
through our 5 verticals
• Community Mobilisation,
• Water & Sanitation,
• Agriculture & Livelihood,
• Education,
• Health & Nutrition.
skill development.
Proper
management of resources is the key of development of a community,
real social change. through :
creation of a team of professional
social workers
create empowered institutions like self-help groups (SHGs) in every village,
Every SHG will be linked to banks, government programmes and other NGOs
create empowered institutions like self-help groups (SHGs) in every village,
Every SHG will be linked to banks, government programmes and other NGOs
Establishment of community
learning centers equipped with libraries, computers and vocational, health and
other programmes.
fixed-day fixed-time monthly meetings engage the
entire population every month.
OUR GOAL
To Empower self-help groups and governance groups to identify its needs & promote community interests, good leadership & democratic decision-making for better governance and impactful interventions.
WE BELIEVE
WE CREATE
WE EXECUTE
Self-help groups (SHGs): Creating women groups to act as catalysts for change in the community
Village development meetings:
OUR GOAL
To Empower self-help groups and governance groups to identify its needs & promote community interests, good leadership & democratic decision-making for better governance and impactful interventions.
WE BELIEVE
WE CREATE
WE EXECUTE
Self-help groups (SHGs): Creating women groups to act as catalysts for change in the community
Village development meetings:
Community centres: Establishment of community learning centres equipped with libraries, computers and vocational resources and other programmes.
training centres for members
The lack of safe and secure drinking water & toilets is a major hurdle in the country's growth.
Waterborne diseases affect 37.7 million
Indians annually. In India, diarrhoea alone causes more than 1,600 deaths
daily. The World Bank estimates that 21% of communicable diseases in India are
related to unsafe water. In Rural India 86% people do not have access to a
toilet.
In addition to the problems surrounding drinking
water, water scarcity for agricultural and other use causes chronic economic
and social issues. Despite 3600mm of annual rainfall, the soil and terrain of
rural Maharashtra, our current geography, makes water management a severe
problem.
OUR GOAL
Building 40,000 personal toilets and ensuring each
of our 260,000 households have 200 liters of potable water per day, round the
year.
WE BELIEVE
Access to safe drinking water and toilet is a
fundamental right.
WE CREATE
• Water harvesting, recharge & storage
structures, water distribution systems.
• 100% Open-Defecation free communities with a
toilet in every household and under-resourced schools. Empowered Village
Development Committees to plan, execute and monitor all programmes for
sustainable change.
WE EXECUTE
Sanitation:
• We have built 5397 toilets till date and plan to
build a total of 25,000 + toilets in the next 3 years
Water Structures:
• We have built 800 water structures providing
drinking water to 124,509 villagers and plan to build 2600 large structures in
total impacting 1 million people
AGRICULTURE & DAIRY
While
60% of India's population is directly dependent on agriculture, its
contribution to the country's GDP is only 20%, indicating overdependence,
unemployment and underemployment in the sector. With more than half the
country's populations' direct dependence on this sector, the Swades Foundation
believes that only with development in Agriculture and related livelihoods,
will India see holistic development.
OUR GOAL
The Swades Foundation targets an annual family income of Rs. 2 lacs per household through agriculture and livelihood programmes.
Through agriculture and dairy we plan to uplift and enrich the lives of 160,000 farmers and target an annual income of Rs.1 lacs per household.
WE BELIEVE
The essence of empowerment is a fulfilling livelihood enabling each individual to care for him/herself and family.
WE CREATE
Empowered farmer clubs linked to government schemes, banks & markets and access to best practices, including community farming and collective buying and selling. We will empower 1,60,000 farmers through multiple new technologies and processes.
WE EXECUTE
Innovative farming techniques:
• We have motivated 4000 farmers to grow a second crop and have targeted to motivate 50,000 farmers in total, in the next 3 years
• We have built 5,000 demo farms for SRI Rice, we plan to scale up to a total of 60,000 farms in the next 3 years
• We have created over 300 demo farms for drip irrigation, we plan to create a total of 3,000 farms in the next 3 years
Horticulture: Grafting and plantation of mango, cashew and other trees to yield high value produce. Our goal is to plant a total of 1 million trees.
• We plan to graft a total of 200,000 trees of which we have already grafted 46,000 trees
• We plan to distribute to 800,000 new plants, of which we already distributed 120,000 new plants for horticulture
Cattle Induction: Promoting rearing and breeding of high yield cows and buffaloes
• We have inducted 200 cattle, we will scale up to 10,000 cattle in next 3 years
Exposure Trips & Training: Through agriculture extension activities like training on various crops, farming-related subjects and exposure to various innovative wealth creating technologies and practices
• We have conducted exposure trips, visits and/or organized trainings for 10,000 farmers, we plan to train 1,00,000 farmers in total in the next 3 years
OUR GOAL
The Swades Foundation targets an annual family income of Rs. 2 lacs per household through agriculture and livelihood programmes.
Through agriculture and dairy we plan to uplift and enrich the lives of 160,000 farmers and target an annual income of Rs.1 lacs per household.
WE BELIEVE
The essence of empowerment is a fulfilling livelihood enabling each individual to care for him/herself and family.
WE CREATE
Empowered farmer clubs linked to government schemes, banks & markets and access to best practices, including community farming and collective buying and selling. We will empower 1,60,000 farmers through multiple new technologies and processes.
WE EXECUTE
Innovative farming techniques:
• We have motivated 4000 farmers to grow a second crop and have targeted to motivate 50,000 farmers in total, in the next 3 years
• We have built 5,000 demo farms for SRI Rice, we plan to scale up to a total of 60,000 farms in the next 3 years
• We have created over 300 demo farms for drip irrigation, we plan to create a total of 3,000 farms in the next 3 years
Horticulture: Grafting and plantation of mango, cashew and other trees to yield high value produce. Our goal is to plant a total of 1 million trees.
• We plan to graft a total of 200,000 trees of which we have already grafted 46,000 trees
• We plan to distribute to 800,000 new plants, of which we already distributed 120,000 new plants for horticulture
Cattle Induction: Promoting rearing and breeding of high yield cows and buffaloes
• We have inducted 200 cattle, we will scale up to 10,000 cattle in next 3 years
Exposure Trips & Training: Through agriculture extension activities like training on various crops, farming-related subjects and exposure to various innovative wealth creating technologies and practices
• We have conducted exposure trips, visits and/or organized trainings for 10,000 farmers, we plan to train 1,00,000 farmers in total in the next 3 years
EDUCATION
India has the largest number of illiterate people in the world -
around 268 million, a staggering 35% who cannot read or write. Less than half
of India's children between the age of 6 and 14 go to school. One in every four
girls in rural India drops out of school before reaching the eighth standard.
We believe good education is one that broadens horizons, creates choices for the child to achieve her/his dreams.
OUR GOAL
Empowering 2,700 schools with 2,00,000 students and 10,000 teachers creating a holistic transformation of the school via approximately 17 programmes
WE BELIEVE
In joyful, empowering education focusing on enhanced livelihood, creating socially and environmentally conscious citizens who are catalysts for change
WE CREATE
• Empowered institutions for complete school transformation - Leadership/Principal & Teacher training, Child Panchayats and Parent-Teacher Groups.
• We link our schools to government schemes, other schools, universities, NGOs and donors.
WE EXECUTE
Anganwadi: To provide a good start to children’s education, Swades trains the Anganwadi workers to facilitative early childhood development and ensure that these children go on to class I. Each of the anganwadis will also be supported with Teaching Learning materials that will help the children to learn in a hands 'on manner. Further, Village level workers are trained on Home based care of 0 to 2.5 Years age group children & they in turn work on building capacity of expectant mothers & mothers of infant to ensure age appropriate development of child.
• We are working with 806 Anganwadis impacting over 27,000 children, we plan to work with a total of 1,104 Anganwadis in the next 3 years
Principal & Teacher Training Program: Successful delivery of education is largely dependent on the principals & teachers, we carry out successful programs through various techniques like classroom management, positive disciplining, administrative trainings, computer skill training, multiple intelligence and more.
• We have trained 6175 teachers & principals till date impacting 85,324 students, we will train a total of 12,500 principals & teachers impacting approximate 2,00,000 students in the next 3 years.
Leadership Training: Empowering school leaders through administrative trainings, computer skill training amongst others to be able to lead by example.
• We have trained 1,275 school principals till date, we plan to train a total of 2,700 principals in the next 3 years
Skill Enhancement for Students: Computer literacy and English literacy, linkages to higher education and career counselling
• We have reached out to 1,23,987 students till date (Anganwadis to junior college) , we plan to reach out to a total of 2,00,000 students in the next 3 years
• Career counselling has been provided to 31,000 students to set them off on a fruitful career path, we plan to reach out to a total of 1,00,919 students in the next 3 years
Scholarships: To continue their education journey and ensure a good career, Swades is providing mass, merit and excellence scholarships to 10th std., junior college and degree college students respectively.
• Swades has given more than 1200 scholarships to students to pursue their higher studies, we plan to provide atleast 2500 scholarships in the next 3 years
Facilities Upgradation & Increased Enrolment : Need-based upgradation of infrastructure to increase enrolment & attendance of students in under-resourced schools
• We have provided infrastructure upgradation to 1,233 schools till date, we plan to reach out to a further 1,500 schools in the next 3 years
- 551 toilets for boys and girls
- 91 drinking water structures
- 470 libraries
- 1,233 math kits
- 17 mobile science labs shared by 160 schools
• We have provided 1,930 cycles to students for easy access to schools who use to travel long distances daily
We believe good education is one that broadens horizons, creates choices for the child to achieve her/his dreams.
OUR GOAL
Empowering 2,700 schools with 2,00,000 students and 10,000 teachers creating a holistic transformation of the school via approximately 17 programmes
WE BELIEVE
In joyful, empowering education focusing on enhanced livelihood, creating socially and environmentally conscious citizens who are catalysts for change
WE CREATE
• Empowered institutions for complete school transformation - Leadership/Principal & Teacher training, Child Panchayats and Parent-Teacher Groups.
• We link our schools to government schemes, other schools, universities, NGOs and donors.
WE EXECUTE
Anganwadi: To provide a good start to children’s education, Swades trains the Anganwadi workers to facilitative early childhood development and ensure that these children go on to class I. Each of the anganwadis will also be supported with Teaching Learning materials that will help the children to learn in a hands 'on manner. Further, Village level workers are trained on Home based care of 0 to 2.5 Years age group children & they in turn work on building capacity of expectant mothers & mothers of infant to ensure age appropriate development of child.
• We are working with 806 Anganwadis impacting over 27,000 children, we plan to work with a total of 1,104 Anganwadis in the next 3 years
Principal & Teacher Training Program: Successful delivery of education is largely dependent on the principals & teachers, we carry out successful programs through various techniques like classroom management, positive disciplining, administrative trainings, computer skill training, multiple intelligence and more.
• We have trained 6175 teachers & principals till date impacting 85,324 students, we will train a total of 12,500 principals & teachers impacting approximate 2,00,000 students in the next 3 years.
Leadership Training: Empowering school leaders through administrative trainings, computer skill training amongst others to be able to lead by example.
• We have trained 1,275 school principals till date, we plan to train a total of 2,700 principals in the next 3 years
Skill Enhancement for Students: Computer literacy and English literacy, linkages to higher education and career counselling
• We have reached out to 1,23,987 students till date (Anganwadis to junior college) , we plan to reach out to a total of 2,00,000 students in the next 3 years
• Career counselling has been provided to 31,000 students to set them off on a fruitful career path, we plan to reach out to a total of 1,00,919 students in the next 3 years
Scholarships: To continue their education journey and ensure a good career, Swades is providing mass, merit and excellence scholarships to 10th std., junior college and degree college students respectively.
• Swades has given more than 1200 scholarships to students to pursue their higher studies, we plan to provide atleast 2500 scholarships in the next 3 years
Facilities Upgradation & Increased Enrolment : Need-based upgradation of infrastructure to increase enrolment & attendance of students in under-resourced schools
• We have provided infrastructure upgradation to 1,233 schools till date, we plan to reach out to a further 1,500 schools in the next 3 years
- 551 toilets for boys and girls
- 91 drinking water structures
- 470 libraries
- 1,233 math kits
- 17 mobile science labs shared by 160 schools
• We have provided 1,930 cycles to students for easy access to schools who use to travel long distances daily
India has the highest
malnourished population in the world. In India, 46% of children under the age
of three are malnourished and nearly half of infant deaths are related to
malnutrition. In India 8 million people are blind and 63 million are visually
impaired. Approximately 25% of global maternal deaths occur in India. It is
evident that there are fundamental health issues that need to be urgently
addressed, especially among rural communities where quality and accessibility
of medical infrastructure is very limited
At Swades Health & Nutrition, we want to ensure universal access to public and private health care services for its rural communities.
OUR GOAL
Creating an ecosystem for rural health with a special focus on diseases impacting more than 1% of the population. A special focus is on eye care, maternal and childcare, as well as nutrition including anti-anaemia, de-worming, kitchen gardens and more. Ensuring access to reliable primary healthcare services through trained cadre of 2500 Community Health Workers (Swaraksha Mitras) and building a strong connect between the community and government services.
WE BELIEVE
Every individual should be empowered to live a healthy and productive life.
WE CREATE
• Empowered communities for sustainable change through our highly trained cadre of Swades community health workers i.e. Swaraksha Mitras (SRMs). We link our SRMs and communities to government and private health facilities as well as other NGOs and charitable hospitals
• Training & capacity building programmes for government and private frontline health personnel –doctors, ANM, ASHAs, and Anganwadi workers.
WE EXECUTE
SwarakshaMitras (SRMs): A cadre of Swades community health workers providing basic paramedical services & sharing health related information with the communities.
• As strong force of 1059 SRMs from the community are impacting a population of 471,000 villagers. We plan to appoint and train 2500 SRMs covering one million villagers in the next 3 years
Anaemia Management: Iron and Folic acid programs, pre & post haemoglobin level testing and regular follow-ups.
• Covered 23,000 children (3-11 years) and 58,000 adults and plan to cover a total of 1 million people in the next 3 years.
Eye-care Camps: Three Mobile Vans providing free screening, identification and diagnosis, providing subsidized spectacles and free cataract surgery.
• Eye screening of 120000 villagers in 3 Mobile Vision Care Vans.
• Provided 21000 free spectacles for people with refractive error and plan to treat a total of 175,000 in the next 3 years.
• We have offered free cataract surgery to 3407 people and plan to reach out to a total of 23,500 people in the next 3 years
Malnutrition Reduction Programme: Detecting and rehabilitating malnourished children by breastfeeding, complementary feed and nutritional counselling and providing special feeds.
• 3,032 out of 20,510 children screened were found to be malnourished. They were provided ready-to-use-therapeutic-food (RUTF) sachets to overcome the malnourished status.
Screening and Management of Children with Heart Diseases: Children having congenital heart diseases are referred for diagnostic screening and treatment at Fortis Hospital.
• Facilitated cardiac surgeries of 34 children with Congenital Heart Disease till date
At Swades Health & Nutrition, we want to ensure universal access to public and private health care services for its rural communities.
OUR GOAL
Creating an ecosystem for rural health with a special focus on diseases impacting more than 1% of the population. A special focus is on eye care, maternal and childcare, as well as nutrition including anti-anaemia, de-worming, kitchen gardens and more. Ensuring access to reliable primary healthcare services through trained cadre of 2500 Community Health Workers (Swaraksha Mitras) and building a strong connect between the community and government services.
WE BELIEVE
Every individual should be empowered to live a healthy and productive life.
WE CREATE
• Empowered communities for sustainable change through our highly trained cadre of Swades community health workers i.e. Swaraksha Mitras (SRMs). We link our SRMs and communities to government and private health facilities as well as other NGOs and charitable hospitals
• Training & capacity building programmes for government and private frontline health personnel –doctors, ANM, ASHAs, and Anganwadi workers.
WE EXECUTE
SwarakshaMitras (SRMs): A cadre of Swades community health workers providing basic paramedical services & sharing health related information with the communities.
• As strong force of 1059 SRMs from the community are impacting a population of 471,000 villagers. We plan to appoint and train 2500 SRMs covering one million villagers in the next 3 years
Anaemia Management: Iron and Folic acid programs, pre & post haemoglobin level testing and regular follow-ups.
• Covered 23,000 children (3-11 years) and 58,000 adults and plan to cover a total of 1 million people in the next 3 years.
Eye-care Camps: Three Mobile Vans providing free screening, identification and diagnosis, providing subsidized spectacles and free cataract surgery.
• Eye screening of 120000 villagers in 3 Mobile Vision Care Vans.
• Provided 21000 free spectacles for people with refractive error and plan to treat a total of 175,000 in the next 3 years.
• We have offered free cataract surgery to 3407 people and plan to reach out to a total of 23,500 people in the next 3 years
Malnutrition Reduction Programme: Detecting and rehabilitating malnourished children by breastfeeding, complementary feed and nutritional counselling and providing special feeds.
• 3,032 out of 20,510 children screened were found to be malnourished. They were provided ready-to-use-therapeutic-food (RUTF) sachets to overcome the malnourished status.
Screening and Management of Children with Heart Diseases: Children having congenital heart diseases are referred for diagnostic screening and treatment at Fortis Hospital.
• Facilitated cardiac surgeries of 34 children with Congenital Heart Disease till date
SWADES LIVELIHOOD
A
critical element in India’s 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017) is the generation
of productive employment on an adequate scale.
With a focus on large scale creation of sustainable livelihoods, Swades Foundation is using various skilling and training programmes to convert rural population into able entrepreneurs and skilled employees.
OUR GOAL
The Swades Foundation targets an annual family income of Rs. 2 lakhs per household through agriculture and livelihood programmes. To achieve this, our livelihood programme focuses on multiple platforms ranging from skilling, employability training & job placement to establishing small business enterprises.
WE BELIEVE
The essence of empowerment is a fulfilling livelihood enabling each individual to care for him/herself and family.
WE CREATE
Create an ecosystem for rural economic development by reaching out to every economically-challenged household in our target geography and enabling them to become ‘economically stable’.
WE EXECUTE
Rural enterprises to generate local employment:
• We have established one Rural BPO employing 200 youth and will establish at least 4 BPOs employing 1000 youth / families in total in the next 3 years
• We have setup 1000+ backyard poultry units and aim to setup 15,000 units in total in the next 3 years
• We also plan to setup 5000 goatry units in total in the next 3 years
Cashew Enterprise Development Program
• We are supporting 20 cashew processing units with backward and forward linkages, we will support at least a total of 100 units in total in the next 3 years
Employment-oriented skill development program for youth
• We have provided employability skill development training to 2,800 youths and aim to provide this to 15,000 youths in total in the next 3 years
• We along with IL&FS have established employment linked vocational training centres aiming to train and employ a total of 10,000 youths in the next 3 years
Providing Employment Opportunities
• We have conducted several job fairs leading to employment of more than 100 youths in companies from the organised sector
Community-based enterprises
• We have already registered two community-based enterprises, one for our farmers and the other for our community health volunteers, we plan to establish a total of 6 such enterprises in the next 3 years
With a focus on large scale creation of sustainable livelihoods, Swades Foundation is using various skilling and training programmes to convert rural population into able entrepreneurs and skilled employees.
OUR GOAL
The Swades Foundation targets an annual family income of Rs. 2 lakhs per household through agriculture and livelihood programmes. To achieve this, our livelihood programme focuses on multiple platforms ranging from skilling, employability training & job placement to establishing small business enterprises.
WE BELIEVE
The essence of empowerment is a fulfilling livelihood enabling each individual to care for him/herself and family.
WE CREATE
Create an ecosystem for rural economic development by reaching out to every economically-challenged household in our target geography and enabling them to become ‘economically stable’.
WE EXECUTE
Rural enterprises to generate local employment:
• We have established one Rural BPO employing 200 youth and will establish at least 4 BPOs employing 1000 youth / families in total in the next 3 years
• We have setup 1000+ backyard poultry units and aim to setup 15,000 units in total in the next 3 years
• We also plan to setup 5000 goatry units in total in the next 3 years
Cashew Enterprise Development Program
• We are supporting 20 cashew processing units with backward and forward linkages, we will support at least a total of 100 units in total in the next 3 years
Employment-oriented skill development program for youth
• We have provided employability skill development training to 2,800 youths and aim to provide this to 15,000 youths in total in the next 3 years
• We along with IL&FS have established employment linked vocational training centres aiming to train and employ a total of 10,000 youths in the next 3 years
Providing Employment Opportunities
• We have conducted several job fairs leading to employment of more than 100 youths in companies from the organised sector
Community-based enterprises
• We have already registered two community-based enterprises, one for our farmers and the other for our community health volunteers, we plan to establish a total of 6 such enterprises in the next 3 years
TAKE ACTION
DONATE
We
welcome any contribution, which enables us achieve our goal of empowering rural
India and enabling a 360 degree holistic development for them. Donors would be
entitled to get benefits under section 80G of Income Tax Act which allows 50%
deduction.
Our Donors can choose to support one or any combination of the following causes:
Our Donors can choose to support one or any combination of the following causes:
·
Water conservation,
Rainwater harvesting and harnessing.
·
Improving access to
potable water, underground/over ground water storage
·
Sanitation - community
or individual toilets
·
Agriculture - including
irrigation support, second crop, soil enhancement
·
Education - from Early
Learning till Vocational skill post-Secondary/Higher Secondary schooling
·
Health - from ensuring
Primary health to improving access to secondary and tertiary health and helping
communities minimize the incidence of diseases of epidemic proportions like
Anemia, Mal nutrition etc.
·
Livelihood - Vocational
training, promoting Micro Finance, creating Self Help Groups, small
enterprises, create avenues of self-employment, enhance employability
Donors
could also choose the size and scale of support or each or any combination of
causes:
·
One
child/women/individual
·
One Hamlet (Dhani/Wadi)
of 20-100 families
·
One Gram Panchayat of
500-2000 people
·
One block consisting of
40000-100,000 people
·
Upon hearing about your
interest, we would be happy to propose details of not only ongoing
projects/programs to support but also create customized opportunities to
donate.
PARTNER
We
believe that the society can only progress towards sustainable growth if we all
are able to collaborate with whatever resources/strengths we have respectively.
There are already very successful models of PPP (Public Private Partnership), PPCP (Public Private Community Partnership) etc. We are looking at creating yet another level of innovative partnership, which is built on belief that everyone can contribute something and be a partner to the process of social change only if there is Desire and Conviction. Hence we invite "Partnerships" based on following models:
Knowledge Partners: Individual, Institutions, NGO, Corporate Foundations and Corporates can help us with their domain knowledge in any/all of the thematic areas listed below:
There are already very successful models of PPP (Public Private Partnership), PPCP (Public Private Community Partnership) etc. We are looking at creating yet another level of innovative partnership, which is built on belief that everyone can contribute something and be a partner to the process of social change only if there is Desire and Conviction. Hence we invite "Partnerships" based on following models:
Knowledge Partners: Individual, Institutions, NGO, Corporate Foundations and Corporates can help us with their domain knowledge in any/all of the thematic areas listed below:
·
Water conservation,
Rainwater harvesting and harnessing
·
Improving access to
potable water, underground/over ground water storage
·
Sanitation - community
or individual toilets
·
Agriculture - including
irrigation support, second crop, soil enhancement, training the farmers, producer
companies, bio mass aggregation
·
Education - from Early
Learning till Vocational skill post-Secondary/Higher Secondary schooling
·
Health - from ensuring
Primary health to improving access to secondary and tertiary health and helping
communities minimize the incidence of diseases of epidemic proportions like
Anemia, Mal nutrition etc.
·
Livelihood - Vocational
training, promoting Micro Finance, creating Self Help Groups, small
enterprises, create avenues of self-employment, enhance employability
Product Partners: Individual, Institutions and
Corporates can help us with their products in any/all of the thematic areas
listed above. For example
·
Water: Bricks, cement,
HDPE pipes, HDPE non-woven fabric, GI Pipes, Hydro-geological studies,
Watershed studies, GIS mapping, Taps, cut pipes, Hand pumps/ stand posts etal
·
Sanitation: Modular
Toilet block, brick, cement, tiles, taps, pipelines, storage tanks; sanitary
napkins etc.
·
Education: Books,
Stationary, new or used Computers/ laptops , Data cards, LCDs, book shelves,
Libraries, Teacher Training help, curriculum design, schools buses, furniture-
benches, toys etc.
·
Health: Ambulances,
medicines, Training the paramedics, Call center facilities, fortified food/
supplements etc.
·
Agriculture: Drip
irrigation systems/ equipment, HDPE non-woven fabric for water storage
structures, saplings, fertilizers, soil nourishing micronutrients, sprinklers,
high yielding seeds etc.
VOLUNTEER
Part Time Support: On daily, weekly or intermittent basis, as per time available and
mutually agreed, to support in functional areas e.g. research, communication,
assessments, impact study, social audit, community need assessment, data
collection, report writing, documentation including video, strategy/planning
etc.
Project Based Support: As per time available and mutually agreed, to support in Functional areas e.g. research, communication, impact study, social audit, community need assessment, data collection, report writing, documentation including video, strategy/planning, project implementation etc.
Skill Based Support: Online support on preparing designs for water conservation structures, getting estimates, content development for communication material, web based research, devising communication tools, enhance/create social media presence.
Raise Funds: Offline or online, through personal interactions or networking for a cause or a community or an age/gender group.
Others: These are intermittent, irregular support opportunities depending upon the time available- since every support is welcome for the causes we are working on:
Working with Self Help Groups
Teaching the Trainers
Imparting Computer education
Enhancing English language skills
Sharing life skills with children and communities
Volunteering for community mobilization events
Spreading awareness on Govt schemes and rights of people
contact.us@swadesfoundation.org
Project Based Support: As per time available and mutually agreed, to support in Functional areas e.g. research, communication, impact study, social audit, community need assessment, data collection, report writing, documentation including video, strategy/planning, project implementation etc.
Skill Based Support: Online support on preparing designs for water conservation structures, getting estimates, content development for communication material, web based research, devising communication tools, enhance/create social media presence.
Raise Funds: Offline or online, through personal interactions or networking for a cause or a community or an age/gender group.
Others: These are intermittent, irregular support opportunities depending upon the time available- since every support is welcome for the causes we are working on:
Working with Self Help Groups
Teaching the Trainers
Imparting Computer education
Enhancing English language skills
Sharing life skills with children and communities
Volunteering for community mobilization events
Spreading awareness on Govt schemes and rights of people
contact.us@swadesfoundation.org
Utilising Industry Support for Connecting Women Rita Soni -
Chief Executive Officer, NASSCOM Foundation 2. Connecting Women to Advocate
Gender Equality and Bring About a Positive Social and Attitudinal Change at the
Corporate Level Shefali Chaturvedi - Senior Director, Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII) 3. Using Technology to Help Women Identify Skills, Build
Capacity and Drive Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Business Innovation
Nirankar Saxena - Senior Director, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce
and
.Using Technology To Foster A Safe Environment for Women by
Facilitating Faster Reporting and Efficient Redressal Varsha Sharma - Deputy
Commissioner of Police, Delhi Police & Special Police Unit for Women and
Childr
Skilling India: Getting it right | Part II
What companies need to keep in mind to ensure that their skilling
programs are effective and impactful.
According to Labour Bureau of the Government of India, 90%
of the 450 million jobs in
India require vocational skills. And right now only 10% of the workforce
receive any kind of vocational training at all, formal or informal.[1]
Compare India’s present
scenario to those living in developed countries, where 75%
undergo formal skill training and it’s clear that we need to do a lot of catching
up.
The Skill India Mission
presents a unique opportunity for companies to leverage their core business
competencies and contribute to skilling India. Part I of this series on
Livelihoods and Skill Development, discussed why it is critical for companies
to align with the Mission and join together in a concerted effort to close the
skills gap in the country’s labour force.
In Part II, we look at
what companies need to keep in mind when implementing training programs as part
of the Skill India Mission.
The
Mission is a new opportunity for companies as it is different from past efforts
by the government in a number of ways. Most critically it has consolidated the
skilling effort in India by replacing the 20-odd ministries that were
previously engaged with training programs with one focused and central Ministry
for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).
The MSDE has its own budget and is mandated to drive skill development efforts
in the country, by co-ordinating the programs of State Governments and other
Ministries. The MSDE also collaborates with companies in the private sector,
developing frameworks for vocational and technical training and planning for
skills that may be required in the future.
The Skill India Mission
prioritizes aspects of skilling that were previously ignored, like the
recognition of prior experience and entrepreneurship skills. Rajesh Kaimal,
Business Head of Manipal City and Guilds, an education service provider that
trains and certifies people across the country, points out that under the new
initiative, “there is a special focus on RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning),
which is a drive to recognise people who are already well-versed in a trade but
don’t have any formal certification.” Under the PMKVY, a
scheme under the MSDE, there is an equal emphasis on RPL skill training
programs. Out of the 24 lakh (2.4 million) people that the scheme aims to train
each year, 12 lakh (1.2 million) has been earmarked for training and assessment
and 12 lakh for the recognition of prior learning.
Praveen Aggarwal, the
Chief Operating Officer of Swades – a foundation that focuses on creating
livelihood opportunities for rural populations – commended the creation of a
separate policy to encourage entrepreneurship.
Under the mandate, the
MSDE is directed to make entrepreneurship aspirational and encourage it as a
viable career option through advocacy, create support networks for potential
entrepreneurs and promote entrepreneurship amongst women. Mr. Aggarwal believed
that an equal focus on entrepreneurship skills is especially critical for rural
areas and saw this as a good move by the Indian Government.
Getting
it right
With the government making
a strategic effort to create a skilled workforce and prioritizing skill
development initiatives, it is critical that companies also get on board and
invest in effective programs. Conducting one-off trainings or failing to link them
to jobs may not significantly improve the prospects of those seeking work. From
our conversations with a number of companies and implementation agencies in
India, we have developed some guidelines that companies may find helpful when
developing and executing their skilling programs.
Adopt
a lifecycle approach
Like any
other intervention in the social sector, in order to achieve long-term impact,
companies need to adopt a lifecycle approach to skill development. This means
designing programs that look at every aspect of skilling communities and
includes mapping the skills and aspirations of a community before training,
conducting training that is based on the findings of the skill mapping,
connecting trainees to employment opportunities after the training and
following up with them after employment. One of the programs that Swades
conducts adopts this approach. Apart from the activities listed here, Swades
conducts an intensive follow up with their trainees. Once placed in employment
Swades tracked the progress of their trainees for 2 years. In the first year
tracking occurred on a monthly basis in order to provide ‘hand-holding’ and get
them accustomed to an office environment. In the second year, follow-ups were
reduced to quarterly intervals. Praveen Aggarwal says that the reason Swades
does this is, “to see how they are progressing in their careers and if they
leave their jobs, why are they doing this etc.”
Following up with newly
employed trainees is especially critical as it can result in significantly
reducing the number of people leaving their jobs because of being unable to
cope with new work environments.
Match
skills to aspirations
Training
programs need to keep in mind the marketability of skills received at the end
of the course and match them to individual aspirations and desires in order for
them to be impactful. Training that is not linked to careers that people want,
is a waste of resources on both sides of the equation. A good way to ensure the
relevance of training is by mapping skills according to both market needs and
local capabilities.
This approach ensures the
expectations and requirements of a particular community are met and provides
guidelines on what kind of training is needed. Swades ensures that their
training is consistently effective by, “giving (people) a bouquet of choices,
empowering them with a sense of decision making – of what they can do with
their lives, (and) creating aspirations.” Mr. Aggarwal went on to say that
attempting to meet the needs of communities and advising them against
potentially less-viable career paths, is a fine balancing act.
Transferrable
skills: Providing
communities with transferrable skills is also useful as it builds competence in
areas required for most jobs. Transferrable skills include communication and
analytical skills, decision-making abilities, team work, writing and reporting
skills and other similar skills. For semi-urban and rural populations, such
skills are especially useful as most have never been in an office environment.
In their training on transferable skills, Swades includes aspects like how to
dress appropriately for different types of employment, basic computer literacy,
personal hygiene, interview skills, tackling work under pressure, dealing with
superiors, reporting procedures and other useful information.
Connecting
skills to the market
Providing market-relevant
skills to communities should be a key focus area for companies. Without a link
to market demands, skill training become redundant. Kalyan Chakravathy from
PanIIT Alumni Reach for India (PARFI), a social enterprise that conducts skill
training across India, spoke about how they link training to market needs by
engaging with CSR, “(While) we work on an institutionalized, long-term,
investment-heavy model, it does not mean that we are not consistent with the market.
We are very demand-focused (and) update that demand through investment. That’s
where CSR comes into the picture. Many of our schools are funded by companies.”
PARFI’s skilling model is a loan-based training model which engages companies
to provide employment opportunities and gives 100% placement to trainees after
their courses. Mr. Chakravarthy said that placements were assured, “because we
first sign up the employer and then set up the training.” With companies
providing an input on what skills are needed, PARFI is able to conduct training
that is relevant and can enhance the career prospects of trainees after the
course.
The
Value of Skills
If the courses or training
that people receive are not recognised as valuable to their personal economic
growth, for example by enabling individuals to achieve a higher salary or a
better job, then there is very little incentive for them to take part in the
program. If a watchman who has been trained under the skilling program
subsequently receives the same salary as someone who is not trained, then what
value has it added to his personal situation? Linking skill training to market
needs is critical but companies must also ensure that this training will add
value to the overall career prospects of beneficiaries.
Currently, training
institutes across India are seen negatively as purely manpower sourcing
agencies and this needs to change.
The
Swades Foundation tackles this issue by working with select partners and social
enterprises who they identify as having an understanding of a specific market.
They connect their training to those who have demand for particular skills.
PARFI works on a sustainable vocational training model that is loan-driven. The
system, although charging trainees a fee, works well as it encourages only
those genuinely interested to take part. The fee also ensures a high standard
of quality and active participation from trainees, contributing to the overall
sustainability of the program – and giving an impetus to social
entrepreneurship as a whole.
Many government-sponsored
skilling programs see high turnouts but do not necessarily have an impact on
workforce skilling levels because they are free and are available to anyone,
whether interested in a particular course or not. In general trainees tend not
to attach much value to training that is paid for by the government. In the
education field in India, people willingly pay more to be taught privately
despite the considerable financial constraints this may place on them and their
families. But they are prepared to do this because more often than not, the
qualification they receive from a private institution will lead to more
opportunities and a better standard of living.
The skilling centres of
the future should be structured in such a way that the quality of their
training is perceived as highly desirable and consequently valued by both
potential trainees and future employers.
Focus
on Entrepreneurship
Another way to look at the
economic development of communities, especially those in rural areas, is
through increased entrepreneurship. In 2013-14, agriculture employed 54% of the
workforce in India but only contributed to 17% of the GDP[2]. In such
a context, where the supply of labour outweighs demand by a large margin,
finding new means of employment can be critical.
Providing rural communities with entrepreneurship skills and
helping them start cottage industries or small businesses could work to
supplement existing income and create local employment for many who would
otherwise be forced to migrate to cities. Swades looks at building the
entrepreneurship ecosystem by enabling entrepreneurs to create their own value
chains. For companies, entrepreneurship programs are trickier as they need to
establish connections to the market in order to provide entrepreneurs with a
space to sell their products. Before implementing such programs it is important
that companies ensure that implementation partners have a connection to the
market and a clear exit strategy that enables the local community to continue
work once the program has ended. Swades’ Praveen Aggarwal continued, “We are
trying to create an entrepreneurship ecosystem. We manage the entire
process…including providing entrepreneurship skills, how to understand your
market, profit and loss, how to keep your account books…”
The added focus on entrepreneurship by the MSDE also presents a
way for companies to leverage the entrepreneurship policy (see above) and
engage with such programs.
Systemic Problems
One of the challenges of the current vocational training system is
the lack of proper exit mechanisms for students of such programs. Rajesh
Kaimal, Manipal City & Guilds (MCG), talks about the challenges of this
situation, “a student who is on an engineering or an ITI course, should be able
to exit after 1 or 2 semesters. [They should be able to] get a vocational
education, get a certificate and then at some point take those credits and
return to the formal education system and vice-versa. Most students drop out
in-between, because courses last 3-4 years and they are unable to complete them
because of family pressures or financial difficulties. If a student has done 2
years of a 3 year course and he leaves, he has nothing to show in terms of a
qualification. For example – he might do the first year of a masonry course and
if he leaves, he has nothing to show in the job market. There needs to be a an
officially recognised certificate saying that he is qualified to do something
at each step – since there are certain levels to all skills. Today there is no
such mechanism and most ITI’s fail today because their students don’t
continue.”
Education vs. Experience
When hiring, companies need to
look at the value of vocational programs and the experience of applicants
rather than exclusively match jobs to the highest level of education they have
received (See above). MCG’s Rajesh Kaimal continues, “corporates should
recognise that they need skilled people and not (just) educated people and
should understand what they want. Is it skills and experience that you require
or is it education and a paper degree that you are looking at?” This is a
choice that needs to be made wisely by companies. To further illustrate the
point, he talked about the fact that former specialized soldiers from the army
have been employed as sweepers on the railways, despite having 15 years of
experience, and considerable mechanical skills developed by fixing battle
tanks. This happens quite often because many join the army straight out of
school and consequently do not possess more than a 10th or
12th standard
pass certificate. Historically all appointments on the railways have been
dictated by an individual’s level of education.
Moving forward: A Vision for Skill Development
The announcement of the new plan
for training and skill development is an opportunity that should encourage
companies, investors, implementation agencies and potential beneficiaries to
rethink traditional approaches to skilling. Even if the aggressive targets for
skilling aren’t met, it will be important to ensure that those who pass through
programs are trained well and given valuable skills that they can use in the
market. It would be a flawed methodology to define the success of future training
courses by the number of people being skilled, rather than potential employment
outcome. Training people will have little value if they are not ultimately able
to find better jobs, earn decent salaries or work in the sector and profile
they were trained for – none of which can be achieved without the active
involvement of players that dictate demand for skilled labour – namely
companies. Why? It is companies that set trends, create demand for specific
skills and subsequently understand what is needed for the future as they shape
market demand. We need to invest in delivering market-driven skills to the
public which will ultimately contribute to the long-term growth and development
of the country.
For more on why companies should participate in Skill India, see Part I.
About the contributors:
Praveen Aggarwal, Chief
Operating Officer, Swades, a foundation that focuses on creating
livelihood opportunities for rural populations across India.
Kalyan Chakravarthy, Executive
Director at the PanIIT Alumni Reach for India Foundation (PARFI), a
not-for-profit registered society of IIT alumni committed to execute and scale
self-sustainable business models that enhance incomes of the underprivileged
sections leveraging PanIIT and other like minded networks.
Rajesh Kaimal, Business
Head, Manipal City and Guilds, a joint venture between Manipal
Education and City & Guilds, UK that trains and certifies people across the
country.
Luis Miranda, Director
at Samhita Social Ventures and Founder & ex-President, IDFC Private Equity
Giving back begins at home
Chandrakant Pawar once had dreams of making it big in the
maximum city, Mumbai – just like millions of others in India who hope to eke
out a living in the city of dreams. Circumstances however weren't kind to
Chandrakant. Even though he is well-qualified, holding a diploma in
agriculture, Chandrakant wasn't given a chance in Mumbai. There are millions
like Chandrakant, who feel that rural opportunities are low and agriculture is
not a respectable profession.
The Swades Foundation was founded by Ronnie and Zarine Screwvala
and its vision is to empower a million lives in rural India every 5 years. Its
belief is that India will not realise its true potential till there is a
fundamental transformation in the lives of those in rural India. It focusses on
a 360 degree development through the 5 verticals of community mobilisation,
water and sanitation, agriculture and livelihood, education, and health and
nutrition. The idea is to make each part of rural India self-dependent and
creating choices for themselves.
Transforming rural India, one village
at a time
So far, Swades has worked with 19,000 farmers, teaching them new
advancements in agriculture and helping them turn their small farms into
lucrative businesses. Amongst its other activities, it has launched a rural BPO
in a village that employed 300 young adults and helped retain local talent
within the village itself.
Today, Chandrakant Pawar is happy to live in his village in
Raigad. With the help of Swades, he has done some remarkable work in his
village. One of his achievements include turning two acres of barren land fit
for agricultural use. He is a role model in promoting agriculture as a career
option in his community. He is among those remarkable individuals with Swades
who decided to give back to their community, and encourage other people to do
the same.
How you can help
Swades plans on implementing
such community farming projects, and training farmers on several aspects of
agriculture, including forming farmer producer companies, creating their own
brands, and connecting with markets. The project will impact a population of
2000 farmers directly and 3,500 indirectly. Swades and the farmers of India
need a bit of support from you with their goal of transforming rural India.
With every contribution, this goal is closer to being realised.
Every donation made by
you, is matched by Mahindra and Mahindra, creating double the impact.
A donation of Rs 500 will
help in Capacity Building for teaching new techniques such as System for Rice
Intensification for paddy cultivation. This technique has the potential to
enhance each farmer's income by INR 20,000 per acre. Around 200 farmers are
expected to be covered under this initiative.
A donation of Rs 1,800 will
help provide Net and Vegetable seeds for Mandap Cultivation to Farmers with
access to irrigated land. The Mandap based vegetables can provide farmer income
up to INR 90,000 from each acre. Around 100 farmers are expected to be covered
under this initiative.
A
donation of Rs 30,000 will help
in the 360 degree intervention. This is an integrated 360 degree intervention
for poor rural households (20% of the total segment) comprising of increasing
agriculture income up to INR 40,000, building up an annual income stream of up
to INR 60,000 through poultry, building a tap in the home and a pucca toilet at
a net cost of INR 30,000, providing each school going children in the household
with a bicycle or a pair of shoes and providing him books along with a monthly
stipend to give him avenues to excel and purchasing medical insurance or to
treat any medical ailment for members in the household. The idea is to also
provide these poor households with necessary services till one year when they
shall be able to purchase these services on their own through their enhanced
income. Around 100 households are expected to be covered in this initiative
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