PROGRAM FOCUSES ON CREATING CONDUCIVE
SETTING IN SCHOOLS
Kartavya programs run in communities across cities of Mumbai and Rural Maharashtra empowering the youths to make informed decisions about their career and enables them to transform their passion into gainful employment through life skills development, career development, mentoring support, internships and placement opportunities. Project Kartavya also builds capacities of key stakeholders like parents and schools who play an instrumental role in creating a conducive environment for enabling the youths to take informed decisions independently pertaining to their career and life.
Shaping the future of the next generation through skill enhancement and leadership
Project Kartavya aims to work closely with stakeholders in schools especially teachers and principals to ensure that they create platforms in schools where children have the opportunities to learn about careers from activities like career exhibitions, career clubs and presentations from experts from different sectors. It also engages with the parents to build their capacity in positive parenting skills, exposure to different educational and career options, and the ways to improve the communication with their children. All these initiatives lead to creating a conducive environment at home, school and in the community.
SUCCESS STORY
HELPING RAJESH
We saved his future and shaped it too!
On 29 January Rajesh’s father Utpal Dutta lost his job due to recession. With no job in hand and an old, overaged mother suffering from colitis, their financial condition kept worsening day by day. On top of it he had the daunting task of paying Rs.30,000/- as school fees by 7 February 2020.
AND THIS IS WHERE HWCT INDIA LENT HIM A HELPING HAND BY COLLECTING RS.30,750/- BY ORGANISING A 40 DAY CAMPAIGN OF CROWD FUNDING AND ENABLING HIM PAY OFF HIS FEES IN TIME.
WHAT WE DO IN KARTAVYA
- This project is available to aspirants between the age of 18 to 25 years. An accessible center is built in the community where a 3 month Livelihood program is conducted to train them and to develop themselves through Life Skills, English and IT skills training. Career Development, Mentoring Support and Placement opportunities are also provided to help them convert their passion into gainful employment.
- Post the training program, the youths are supported through interview and placement process and are monitored for the first 6 months into their jobs. Parent meetings, exposure visits, extra-curricular activities and mentoring by volunteers from the corporate provide students with an environment to focus on developing their skills and transforming their passion into gainful employment.
- A team of experienced and passionate trainers conduct high quality, interactive and result oriented developmental interventions. They also promote and enrol aspirants for Language, Personality development, Digital Skills through its partners and help in their placements through corporate internships.
- Project Kartavya also has Programs to Connect, Partner, Engage, Empower & Unite youths to prepare them for the common purpose of solving local to community issues. It also helps them build & sustain a network of youth-led teamwork to Generate opportunities for their communities.