The Skill Development Program of Human Welfare Foundation helps the underprivileged segments of society to improve their technical skills, Knowledge and enable them to skilled employment and entrepreneurship.
HWF organized one-month intensive on the job electrician training session with 40 trainees in the Ranchi district of Jharkhand State in collaboration with LIC HFL Udhyam a CSR initiative of LIC of India. The first batch concluded their training session on 2nd November 2022.
Arman Zameer is 30 is years old self-employed youth from Ramgarh district in Jharkhand. He recently got married and lives with joint family. He worked as an aluminum fabricator (own business) and take cares of his 7 member family.
Zameer who has been self-employed since last 10 years lost his work and incurred heavy debt. He is also a victim of the Covid Induced lockdown. As per the findings of many studies, over three-fourths of small businesses in the country faced adverse impact during the covid-19 pandemic, with those in the manufacturing sector reporting more troubles, according to a survey. The survey conducted by data firm Dun & Bread Street has shown that 82% of businesses have experienced a negative impact during the pandemic year.
When the country slowly began to return to normalcy, Zameer expected to restart his work. But economic activities did not recover as expected. It had wide and deep impact on people’s spending habit. Moreover, his clients didn’t clear their dues. The lack of credit supply resented his business activities and thus the family was under economic distress. He was receiving credit-based order but could not complete the orders due to non-availability of raw materials on credit.
Hopeless and distressed Arman Zameer learned about livelihood support programs of HWF from social media. This rekindled his hope to rerun to his business and he approached HWF.
With the financial support from HWF, Arman restarted his business. He was supported with stockpiles of all required raw materials. Now he is earning a profit which is almost sufficient to support his family.
He wants to continue his studies and enhances his skills. Presently he is pursuing graduation through the open stream.,
Field-notes from Jharkhand and West Bengal by Dr. Shiraz Sheikh
NVK beneficiary from Dodda district in Jharkhand
In India welfare schemes have been part and parcel of government policies. In the current scenario both the state and central governments have initiated range of welfare schemes to offer social and economic security to the impoverished citizen. The Nagrik Vikas Kendra (NVK) – a flagship program of Vison 2026 believes that these social welfare schemes are rightful entitlements of the underprivileged citizen. However, it has been observed that the awareness about these schemes among its potential beneficiaries are inadequate or at time missing. The Vision 2026 has taken initiatives to make people aware and access benefits of these social welfare schemes through NVKs in the hinterlands of rural India.
At presently there are 31 NVKs run under the Vison2026 programs which enable underprivileged segments of society to live a life of self-sufficiency and dignity by getting access to different welfare schemes offered by the Central and State governments. As standard practice of the HWF all Vision2026 projects are regularly evaluated and monitored. In this process 8 NVKs from Jharkhand and West Bengal were evaluated.
The evaluation was not limited to the quantitative parameters and was also assessed on qualitative indicators. To measure whether the intervention made any substantial impact beneficiary feedback were collected. During our field assessment we found encouraging and grassroots changes due to the presence of NVKs. In these reports some of the stories of changes are shared.
Project Ehsas, the hunger relief initiative of Human Welfare Foundation launched in the wake of Covid-19 to provide relief to the unemployed and those living in the streets and slums in North Indian cities completed one year.
The project was launched in Kolkata and expanded to Delhi. Now the project functions from Jogeswari in Mumbai and Lucknow also. Community Kitchen established in Delhi has a capacity to prepare 3000 food packets at a time.
Around 2.5 Lakh food packs have been distributed till this time. Vision aims to expand this project to other North Indian cities in the near future.
As part of its educational empowerment program, Human Welfare Foundation completed three school capacity building projects in the Mewat region in Haryana. The project was accomplished in collaboration with APTIV.
There is a large number of schools in the country without even basic infrastructures. Our School Capacity Building Project aims at rehabilitating such schools by adopting or providing them with the necessary funds to develop their basic minimum infrastructure. As part of this project, HWF supported the following schools in the educationally backward Mewat region. One of the three schools supported is a Government Senior Secondary School.
The Govt. Sanskrit Sr. Sec. School, Firozpur, Mewat, Supported to set up a well arranged Library
Golden Kids School, Badarpur, Mewat Financial support provided for class room furniture.
B.H. Modern School, Punhana, Mewat Financial support for class room furniture
The projects were inaugurated by Abdul Jabbar Siddiqui, Trustee, Human Welfare Foundation in the presence of CEO PK Noufal and other local community leaders and dignitaries.
Project Ehsas is a hunger relief initiative of Human Welfare Foundation which was launched in 2021. HWF is presently running Community Kitchens in Delhi, Kolkata & Mumbai. As on 31st August Project Ehsas distributed 2 Lac food packets to marginal workers and slum dwellers.
A new Vocational Training Center, under the aegis of Human Welfare Foundation inaugurated at Jamiatul Falah, Bilariyagunj in Amzamgarh, UP by Maulana Tahir Madni, Director Jamiatul Falah in the presence of PK Noufal, CEO, HWF and Mohammed Arif, HoD, Healthcare, HWF and other dignitaries.
The Center will run courses on Nursing in collaboration with Al Falah Hospital. After successful completion of the course, Students will be provided with placement assistance. Other paramedical courses will also run at the Center soon.
The Orphan Care Department of Human Welfare Foundation organized scholarship distribution program at Basmat in Maharashtra.
Mazhar Farooqui delivered motivational lecture and interacted with the studdents on higher education opportunities. 34 orphan students received their half-yearly scholarships.
Miss Gulnaz Ansari an aspiring young girl of 21 years from New Delhi has done her schooling from Jamia Millia Islamia and currently pursuing her B.A through distance mode from JMI University.
She has seven members in her family including her parents, two sisters and three brothers. All her brothers are earning doing odd jobs.
While her parents assured her that she would have their support, regardless of what future endeavor she choses, she decided to pursue college and a career in health care.
“It was really important to me to be able to help people every day. I saw a career in nursing as a way to give equal weight to both.” – Gulnaz
She came to know about Innovation and Skill Training Center ISTC through an NGO and decided to pursue Assistant Nursing Midwifery Certificate course.
After successful completion of her course from the April 2021 batch, she worked as an intern in Sanjivini Hospital for three months.
Today, Gulnaz continues her clinical practice while serving as a Nurse at the Royal Kalindi Hospital earning herself Rs.10000/- per month.
“Looking back on my career, there were many challenges I overcame. I really love science,” she said.
And now with her job she is willing to do B.Sc from Jamia University.
“My student peer group was instrumental in helping me navigate new social norms when I first started the ANM course. Gulnaz said “Working with a faculty mentor, both formally and informally, helped me develop my career goals and identify opportunities for professional success.”
HWF wishes Gulnaz all the best for her bright future.
