Over the years, SADRAG has launched several initiatives for empowering the youth & women through skill acquisition and livelihood towards a better standard of living. We believe the big gap between skill set among the youth, women/girls and the industry requirement can be addressed only through a structured mode.
Key Strategic Objectives
The overall objective of the Strategy is to improve the digital knowledge and skills of all youth, including members of vulnerable social groups, in order to enable the monitoring of the development of ICT technologies in all fields and to meet the needs of the economy and the industrial market.
Sarthak Livelihood Center
Sarthak is a program for migrant & marginalized youth that augments their skill development and income generation capacity through a sustainable career. We have been working in the livelihood field since 2015 and have skilled around 1200 youth in the contemporary market linked fields such as Graphic & Print Design, Life Skills, Retail Management sector and IT sector. The training center is located in Sec-15, Naya Bans, Noida, and Uttar Pradesh.
The Sarthak program has 5 main components:
- Technical training: Young adults in the age group 16 to 28 with a focus on skill development, ICT and entrepreneurial development.
- Soft Skills & personality development: Communication & inter-personal skills.
- Financial literacy: Money management & savings, Investment Opportunities, Aware of Digital Payments.
- Information and Communication Technology: Digital Competences among the youth & well aware with the latest technology and development.
- Tally: Tally is an amazing accounting software which contributes to the growth of business and Youth on a very core level.
Interested candidates can contact us at 0120-4129831 / 0120-4564932
Adobe Youth Voices
We have been a partner in the program since 2012 for AIF-AYV India Year 7, 8 and 9 Programs – 2012-2013, 2013-14 and 2014-15.
Adobe Youth Voices is a program to ignite young people’s Creative Confidence – the ability to harness creative skills to solve problems – using advanced digital media tools and tested storytelling techniques. The main tenet of the program is that with greater creativity, and a greater belief in their own abilities, young people will be more engaged in their education and better prepared for a fast-changing global economy.
Youth develop original media that highlights an issue they care about, identify solutions, and in the process foster critical creative skills and a passion to make a difference.
Started with 30 Ugta Suraj and other community children in village Nithari, Noida, the program enabled children to get trained in digital literacy and create original media using sophisticated tools and equipment for shooting, recording, and processing. The program has enabled children to identify, feel and express their concern for specific issues through media creations – from videos to essays, animation to music – enabled through Adobe software and tools.
Empowering Women, Transforming Communities
Launched with 25 migrant women in 2009 at village Nithari, Noida, Sarthak has skilled around 800 women in Noida and in the rural communities of Distict Hapur in U.P. and working effectively towards SDGs –
Sarthak works at Four levels:
- Skills migrant women for employability and gain economic opportunities of growth.
- Establish sustainable marketing channels for recycled products aiming to both generate income for women and promote sustainable consumption habits.
- Facilitate an environmentally friendly ecosystem, emphasizing the 3Rs – Reduce, Recycle, and Reuse
- Cultivate commercially viable micro-enterprises fostering entrepreneurship and become independent business owners
Sarthak Empowerment Model
Sarthak is presently running in village Nagla Rasoolpur in Noida skilling around 150 migrant women and empowering them through market linked micro-entrepreneurship.
Sarthak’s Milestones:
– Revenue generation for women: Earning & distribution of a net profit of 9021 INR.
– Production Boost: Crafted 500 bags over the short period of six months from September 2023 to March 2024 from recycled materials.
– Market Engagement: Showcasing and marketing of products at multiple platforms
