Support for Skill Development

Project Year: 2015-16

Focus Area: Education

Location: Pune, Nagpur, Goa and Hyderabad

Implementing Partner: Krantijyoti, Swaroopwardhinee, Sambhav Foundation, Yashaswi

Skill development program has been one of Persistent Foundation’s key work areas since the beginning and it has scaled over the years. It started with a small project in Yerawada implemented by an NGO, reaching out to 90 women in a year for short-term courses.  Persistent Foundation has helped train 697 individuals till 2015-16 under various courses like nursing, beautician training, plumber, electrician, data entry operators, etc. Placement ratio is 70%.