Support poor students get access to IT and vocational training

Impact

Shalini lives with her parents and four siblings in Badarpur, South Delhi. Her father works as a painter and mother is a homemaker. **With five children to provide for, her father barely managed to make ends meet.**Badarpur is close to the Haryana border. **It is a poor urbanized locality and girls in the community face a lot of constraints.**Shalini was a talented artist. **Looking at her potential, Shalini's sister managed to convince her parent to enroll Shalini in the Graphic and Print Design Course.** This course was being conducted at the Badarpur's Udhayan Care IT center.**Shalini cleared her screening process and joined the course. The course nurtured her talent and gave her the skill required to get better.** She worked very hard at her subjects even with lack of resources at home.**Shalini got selected to do an internship in DDB Mudra Group.** During the course of this internship she worked closely with their in house creative team. Her seniors were appreciative of her typography work.This experience added wings to her career. **She completed her course with flying colors.****Shalini is at present working with Brightwaay, South Delhi as a Designing Executive.** She is working on improving her professional skills in the field of designing. She is now a confident young and independent girl. **She also contributes financially to her family.****Your help can make many more poor students like Shalini. You can donate so that students can get livelihood skills and better employment. You can give with confidence because every program listed is [GIVEASSURED](https://www.giveindia.org/giveassured).**

About The Program

The programme acts as a platform to bring children, women and youth from economically weaker sections to access IT and vocational training. Donations to this program covers the cost of Salaries, Travel and conveyance, Administrative expenses.It empowers them through digital literacy and job-oriented skill training. The program was developed with the core belief that skills improve employability. The 'Udayan Care Information Technology Programme' planted its roots in 2004, bringing technology closer to underserved communities and using it as a tool to improve their livelihood opportunities. The program operates from 13 centres spread across the 3 states of the NCR region.The students go through a 3 step selection process which includes an interview, a written test, and a Thematic Aptitude Test (TAT). The program cost depends on the student's financial background. It is completely free for all underprivileged students. The students get a diploma for the course completed .and these are not affiliated to any institution (3) The IT centres offer various certificate and diploma courses in basic as well as advanced computer applications, such as Community Technical Skills Program(CTSP)Diploma in Graphics & Print DesignDiploma in information technology (DIT)E-Accounting with Tally ERP.9Desktop Publishing, Computer Concepts,Diploma of Computer ApplicationAdvance Diploma of Computer Application.The centers also offer a Microsoft, Adobe certification, NIELIT (Govt of india) certification and Tally Authorised certificate too.Emphasis on other aspects of holistic development such as soft skills training, English speaking skills, personality development and offer mentoring is also given to make the students ready for the professional world.Udayan Care elevates the levels of computer literacy among youngsters, helping them keep up with an increasingly digital world. The programme focuses on disadvantaged sections such as densely populated clusters of slums that lack access to technology.When you donate to this program you help an poor student become computer literate and increase their livelihood opportunities

About The NGO

Appalled by the stark reality of 31 million orphans in India and shocked by the condition of institutions housing them, a few like-minded people came together to take serious action. This obsession was the seed which sprouted as Udayan Care - which was registered in 1994, as a Public Charitable Trust.Dr. Kiran Modi, started Udayan Care and the first Udayan Ghar (Home) for orphaned and abandoned children, in Delhi, with a strong belief that every individual is a catalyst of change. A doctorate from IIT, Delhi, Dr. Modi is a person of varied experience in several fields, including the media and has also been a founding member of several other trusts working for the disadvantaged.They started with the Udayan Ghar Programme for orphaned and abandoned children. In 2002, they moved towards higher education for girls through the Udayan Shalini Fellowships. In 2004, they started the Udayan Information and Technology Centres to improve employability of underserved communities.A thorough research on models existing for children in need of care & protection and opportunities for disadvantaged women and youth helped develop innovative models across all initiatives.