The Hope Foundation is committed to providing sustainable solutions to the social problems stemming from poverty. Self-development is crucial to achieving this. By giving people training, skills and trades, we are giving them power. The power to take control and change their lives forever, and to help others do the same.
The Life-skills Training Institute delivers high-quality vocational training. Professionally designed training, which is tailored to suit the capabilities of the trainees, provides the young women and men with the opportunity to receive training and a job placement to provide for their families.
The institute was initially set up to help marginalised women. It has expanded to include young people from HOPE protection homes, surrounding slum areas and placements from other NGOs working towards female and youth empowerment. The trainees have typically not received formal education. HOPE runs further vocational training in Kolkata through a separate training institute operated by our partner NGO, PBKOJP, which is overseen and monitored by HOPE.
Training within Life-skills encompasses a practical approach and hands-on learning. The skills learned empower trainees, build confidence and enable them to gain employment. Each trainee received a certificate upon completion and has the opportunity to do a work placement. This demonstrates how Life-skills acts as a stepping stone for trainees to enter the wider work environment, breaking the cyclical of poverty they were born into.
