Adani Foundation Launches an Entrepreneurship Programme for Rural Women

By: WE Staff | Thursday, 21 April 2022

The Adani Foundation has developed an entrepreneurial programme in Sewapuri, Varanasi, in collaboration with the UP Handicrafts Development and Marketing Corporation Limited, Lucknow, and the Khadi Village Industries Board, Lucknow.

Through a variety of income-generating activities, the initiative will meet the employment needs of over 1,500 rural women. It will serve as a catalyst for skilled women's social and economic development, according to a news statement.

A team from the Adani Skill Development Centre organised three months of skill development training for 1,500 women in four trades: uniform stitching, shoemaking, sweater making, and incense stick manufacturing. Several activities, such as sensitization, mobilisation, and enrolment of women in the training programme, will be used during the course to assist them in realising their full potential.

A sewing machine operation and business skills training programme for 69 women has also been organised. They're learning how to sew a uniform and a bag. Two batches of incense stick makers have also begun, with a total of 131 women enrolled.

The Khadi and Village Industries Board in Lucknow, as well as the Union Area Development Committee in Varanasi, have generously donated their facilities and campuses for the training programmes.

The programme would encourage women to form self-help groups (SHGs) to improve their lives and make them financially self-sufficient. Women will be taught in vignette credit and thrift operations, as well as bookkeeping, business planning, and market connections, once they have been organised into SHGs.

The creation of a value chain will be created by providing support for entrepreneurial activities such as risk management, fraud management, product advancement, tie-ups with marketing agencies and line departments, branding, products, and manufacturers through the formation of a women-led manufacturing organisation. It will bring the organisation and the market together, resulting in a sustainable environment and the empowerment of women entrepreneurs.