Agrima
Sahiba Skill and Income Development Program
In this programme, we offer a variety of skills to increase employment opportunities and then raw resources to be transformed into finished things. The finished commodities we buy back from rural communities provide them with consistent income per family, reducing their likelihood of moving to urban areas.
- Skilling
- Providing resources and raw material
- Buying finished goods
The Need for Skill Development Programs
Today’s rural areas must contend with an economy that is less dependent on labour and more dependent on capital, technology, information, and talent. Rural residents lack knowledge of their environment and struggle to demonstrate their full potential as a result of having less skills than urban residents, which leads to a sense of helplessness. People living in rural areas must contend with a variety of harsh realities, such as low literacy rates, prejudice in social norms and behaviours, less training and employment opportunities, little exposure, and a lack of familiarity with new technologies. Rural areas also have higher rates of underemployment, low pay, and temporary employment.
The abilities that employees may supply and those that companies need are frequently out of sync. Due to numerous obstacles and limitations, even government initiatives to improve rural areas’ skill levels have not been successful. Because there aren’t enough connections between the sector and the market and other supports, skilling frequently doesn’t translate into genuine employment in terms of landing a job.
Sustainable development requires economic empowerment of rural communities, which is supported by gender equality and strong women. The goal of the Sahiba Skill and Incomel Development Project is to improve the lives of those living in rural areas who are in disadvantaged circumstances by implementing various livelihood strategies that are most effective for them. These programmes contribute to the struggles of the people in rural areas and provide them the tools to have more negotiating power in the city. Through its experience, Sahiba and skill development has discovered that the idea of skill development needs to go beyond teaching technical and managerial abilities.
Focusing on personality development, life skills, and understanding the competitive and ever-changing environment is essential for holistic growth. The initiative seeks to improve the cultural and social lives of rural residents who have long endured historical injustice through economic empowerment. Our skill development training programmes responded to the pandemic, took part in the recovery, and created plans to continue bridging India’s skill and employment gaps.
Our Approach
Sahiba and skill development programmes are created with women, young people, and schoolchildren as their focal points. It begins by identifying the problem areas where skill initiatives focused on women and students are needed to enhance people’s lives. In-depth mobilisation is undertaken to comprehend the current state of affairs for women and students, as well as the gaps that can be filled by us. Following initial research, training programmes are created that can meet the needs of women and students while also presenting opportunities that are pertinent to their community.
Stakeholder participation and the identification of resource people guarantee the training program’s success. In order for women to confront discriminatory behaviours, more efforts are being made in the form of awareness campaigns, counselling of families to allay their fears over the training of women and students, and investments in the personality development of women.
The fact that Sahiba and skill-development programmes are so market-driven and integrated makes sure that our skilling can be used as a means of generating income and raising people’s standards of life. It also includes topics pertaining to women and students, such as concerns about a safe training environment, hiring women and student trainers, affordable costs, and complaint redressal procedures, etc. Our skill development programmes also make sure that, through industry partnerships, market connections, and financial support, skilling is transformed into actual livelihood chances.
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