Project Swadheen (meaning self-motivated)
provides vocational training and career guidance to young boys and
girls from urban and rural communities in pre-identified trades. Training
is provided in 20 different skills such as poultry farming, garage
mechanic, fabrication, carpentry, electric maintenance, tailoring,
nursing assistance, construction, pathological analysis, housekeeping,
tattoo making, and personal grooming. Girls and boys in the age group
of 14 - 20 who have attained functional literacy through non-formal
and formal education and participate in these training programs. Full
and partial scholarships are provided to the deserving participants.
Project Swadheen acts as a natural extension after the career counseling
project and promotes employability and entrepreneurship. Many participants
have been able to obtain livelihood opportunities after this training.
It is being implemented at dedicated vocational training centers as
well as training centers run as part of high school curriculum under
the project known as PLAN 100. Please click here to know more
about PLAN 100.
Here Vaibhav and Bhargav learn the art of heavy metal welding.
Vaibhav failed his 9th grade exams in school. He never liked sitting
in classrooms and listening to theoretical lectures but loves the
focus on practical skills.
