Women skilled
Trained in Livelihood Skills
Farmers upskilled
Women skilled in Tailoring
Elderly Women educated
Skilled in Beekeeping
NEW SKILLS FOR NEW BEGINNINGS
To upskill the vulnerable and support them with new opportunities is to open up their world by offering a source of livelihood and a better quality of life. While this is primarily an income generation initiative for the underprivileged, it also, more importantly, has a profound impact on their emotional well-being and self-assurance. Letting them earn, with dignity.
We aim to empower the vulnerable and provide them with new opportunities that can transform their lives. Over the years, we have organised skill development courses in subjects as varied as bee-keeping, sheep rearing, dairy farming, betel nut cultivation, soya milk production, vermiculture, organic farming and spice cultivation, and know-how of marketing/ pricing agricultural produce to plumbing, sewing and making handicrafts to radiology and dialysis techniques and computer operation. We also emphasise the importance of soft skills, such as interpersonal communication, public speaking and safeguarding human rights. Our goal is to build these individuals into accomplished professionals and future entrepreneurs while facilitating their integration into mainstream markets to further empower their business ventures.
We have collaborated on various initiatives with partner organisations to train and empower more than 5,000 women, 500 youth and 12 differently-abled individuals by giving them a means of financial independence.
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Vocational Skills
We recognise the unique challenges faced by people in rural India, particularly women. While we diligently continue our work towards rural development, we have established skilling centres for women at Masar Village, Gujarat, and in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, where we provide comprehensive training programmes. These programmes enable them to earn a sustainable livelihood from vocational skills such as computer operation, sewing and broom-making from coconut palm fronds. The total number of graduates from our tailoring course since 2018 is 120 women, equipping them with the skills needed for sustainable livelihoods. We teach children with Cerebral Palsy and their parents to make candles and earthen lamps (diyas) at these centres. As part of our income generation programme, we also train rural women across the country in bee-keeping, dairy farming, betel nut cultivation, agricultural techniques etc. To support their entrepreneurial endeavours, we equip them with start-up kits and link them to the market network.
Livelihood Programmes
Skilling plays a key role in enhancing employability, promoting innovation, and driving social and economic development. We have undertaken several projects to support the youth and women with revenue-generation skills. Some of our notable initiatives include a government-certified plumbing course for girl students and the training of underprivileged students as radiology and dialysis technicians. We have empowered widows with livelihood training in tailoring and provided them with sewing machines. We trained women prisoners at Yerwada Jail, Pune, to make cloth bags. We support self help groups in kite-making for Makar Sankranti in Gujarat. We provided sheep to vulnerable women in Kashmir and trained them in sheep rearing. We also ran an adult literacy program called Aaji Bai Chi Shaala for geriatric women in Raigad District. Sewing machines and cattle are also provided to widows to earn a livelihood opportunity. We initiated the Honey Beekeeping program in June 2021, benefiting 17 farmers in Bhimashankar and expanding to support 47 farmers in Mokhada Palghar by May 2022. This initiative is helping in generating livelihood opportunities for women in rural Maharashtra. In March 2024, honey bee kits were distributed in Jambhori village of Bhimashankar, empowering 11 farmers with livelihood opportunities and getting support from the State Government's buyback scheme. In collaboration with Khadi and Gramodyog Mandal, we distributed beekeeping materials, including honey boxes and machines, benefiting 58 individuals in Jor village, Taluka Wai, Dist-Satara.
Finolex Industries Limited has partnered with FICCI FLO through Mukul Madhav Foundation to launch impactful projects to enhance livelihoods in various regions. Agreements have been signed with seven cities/chapters to implement these initiatives with local partners. These projects span various livelihood activities designed to enhance economic independence in various communities. Additionally, projects have commenced in eight other locations where FICCI FLO is active, despite these chapters not formally signing up due to other considerations.
Our partnerships include: Samparka and FICCI FLO Bangalore to train 60 women in Beauty and Wellness in Chikkaballapur district, Karnataka. With the Help Foundation for vocational training in cutting, tailoring, and traditional embroidery for 100 women in Budgam, Jammu & Kashmir. With the FICCI Flo North East Chapter to empower 150 women in the Nalbari and Kamrup Districts of Assam through sustainable mushroom cultivation. With the FICCI FLO Kolkata Chapter and Shivia Livelihood Foundation to support 200 tribal women in West Bengal with poultry farming initiatives. With Shivia Livelihood Foundation to train 200 women in Odisha in bio-farming. With BAIF in Silvassa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli for the Sustainable Livelihood Programme for women. With FICCI FLO Lucknow Chapter, and Tirwa Farms in Uttar Pradesh for skill development and economic empowerment initiative to empower 50 rural women in Uttar Pradesh through agarbatti making. We launched Project UDYAMITA in Haljora, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, benefiting 500 women through self-help groups and entrepreneurship initiatives.