Skill Development | NGO| Samarthanam Trust For The Disabled

LIVELIHOOD RESOURCE CENTER-LRC

Samarthanam helps the disabled Youth to create an honourable livelihood by upgrading their skills and earn a living

Skilling programme for the youth with disabilities and the underprivileged

Samarthanam Livelihood Resource Centres are established across major cities of India which impart livelihood training to youth with disabilities and the underprivileged, enhancing their skill-sets and paving way for a sustainable livelihood and economic independence.

Leading an independent life is priority, especially when we are talking about youth with disabilities.We, at Samarthanam, understand the significance and support the disabled youth with necessary mobilization, training, grooming and confidence building, escorting them into the job world to lead their independent lives. Samarthanam Skilling Centres established across 14 cities of India focus on the rural population with the objective of contributing to their socio economic wellbeing. While skill building and training help the youth enhance their skillset, various additions like motivational sessions, mock interviews, personality building, volunteer interactions, exposure visits and so on, buttresses their overall profile.

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Youth received livelihood training

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Centres across major cities of India

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Placements across various sectors

SKILLING

Samarthanam Skilling Centres work towards mitigating the unemployment rate among the underprivileged youths in India. The centres employ a three step process, including Mobilization, Training and Placement, for reaching out to the unemployed youth and improving their chances at job placement.

The centers offer industry specific market driven training in different sectors like Hospitality, Retail, Garments, IT & ITES, Entrepreneurship and Business Management Skills. Technical and sector based skill training, like training in BPO and Call Centre operations, are designed to suit the needs of the industry. Training categories include tele-calling, communication skills, accent training, customer service, soft skills, client relations and conflict management. The training curriculum has been developed in consultation with industry experts to meet the market demand. The training, food and accommodation is provided free of cost and post training, the candidates are provided with placement and post placement support. Each LRC is accompanied with separate hostel facility for boys and girls providing free food and accommodation.

The Skill Development Centres are equipped with accessible infrastructure to support persons with disabilities including ramps, wheelchairs, railings (for persons with physical disabilities), JAWS software, Braille and audio books (for persons with visual disabilities), signs and boards (for persons with hearing impairments).

Focus on the holistic development of the youth with disabilities

The skill-building training also focuses on bettering the communication skills, personality development, presentation ability, and confidence building for their holistic development. Workshops on latest technology applications and software learning are an integral part of the skilling programme.

A step towards improving the employability rate

It is estimated that in developing countries, 80-90% of disabled persons of working age are unemployed. Samarthanam is working towards lessening the redundancy numbers. The team reaches out to the youth with disabilities and the underprivileged via mobilization programmes and enrolls them into the training with an assurance to improve their employability chances.

Completely accessible Skilling Centres with modern infrastructure

To provide barrier-free commute and complete access to all the learning facilities to people with disabilities, the skilling centres are built to be completely accessible.

Samarthanam public library and mobile library

Samarthanam operates a public library and a mobile library to encourage reading and knowledge building for the book-loving children and adults. The library facilitates access to information to students, faculty, staff and other users buttressing their concepts, teaching methodologies and academic research.

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