(Trusting in immense Human Capabilities)
Livelihoods • Skills • Enterprise • Financial Inclusion
Building Skills, Enterprises and Sustainable Rural Livelihoods
Vishwas Sansthan implements livelihood and skill-development initiatives with government, CSR and institutional partners. The approach combines hands-on training, access to modern facilities, startup support, bank-loan guidance and linkages with relevant government schemes so that participants can move towards jobs, self-employment and stronger local enterprises.
659wood artisans trained under MSME-SFURTI
402women trained in stitching & cutting
120women trained in beautician skills
1 CFCCommon Facility Centre established in Rae Bareli
🌱Our Livelihood & Skill Development Portfolio
Vishwas Sansthan works across artisan development, vocational skills, women-led livelihoods, youth skills, startup support and financial inclusion.
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Artisan & Cluster Development
Technical training and shared infrastructure for traditional artisans, including access to modern machinery through a Common Facility Centre.
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Women’s Vocational Skills
Beautician, stitching and cutting programmes designed to build employability, home-based income and micro-enterprise opportunities.
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Startup & Micro-enterprise Support
Support for rural entrepreneurs through tools, infrastructure inputs, limited project-based financial support and enterprise guidance.
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Youth Technical Skills
Mobile repairing and other locally relevant technical skills linked to employment or self-employment opportunities.
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Digital Skills for Adolescent Girls
Free computer training to build basic digital capability and improve readiness for further learning and employment.
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Bank & Government Scheme Linkages
Loan guidance, documentation support and linkage with relevant government livelihood and enterprise schemes for eligible participants.
🪵MSME–SFURTI: Wooden Furniture & Decorative Goods
A major artisan-development initiative implemented with the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Government of India.
659 Wood ArtisansTraining • Modern Machinery • Common Facility Centre
WOODEN FURNITURE & DECORATIVE GOODS • RAE BARELI
Building a Stronger Woodcraft Cluster
Under the SFURTI Wooden Furniture & Decorative Goods project, Vishwas Sansthan facilitated training for 659 wood artisans. The project strengthened artisans’ technical skills and introduced them to improved production methods.
A Common Facility Centre (CFC) was established in Rae Bareli and equipped with computerised and modern machinery. New and existing wood artisans can learn on these machines and use the facility for production-related work. This gives local artisans access to technology and equipment that may otherwise be difficult to purchase individually, helping improve skills, productivity and product quality.
The CFC represents an important livelihood infrastructure asset for Rae Bareli’s wood-artisan community and supports continued practical learning beyond one-time training.
659 Artisans TrainedComputerised MachineryCommon Facility CentreRae Bareli
💄Beautician Training & Enterprise Development
Women-focused skill development supported through Birla Corporation Limited-linked programming.
BEAUTY & WELLNESS • WOMEN’S LIVELIHOODS
120 Women Trained for Jobs and Self-employment
Vishwas Sansthan provides practical beautician training so women can develop marketable beauty and salon-service skills. A total of 120 women have been trained under this livelihood stream.
After training, participants are encouraged to either seek employment in beauty parlours or establish their own small beauty-service setup. Where project provisions permit, women also receive guidance and startup support to help them move from training to income generation.
The objective is not only skill certification but improved earning capacity, confidence and a realistic pathway towards independent work.
120 Women TrainedJob Placement PathwaysBeauty Parlour SetupSelf-employment
Beauty & Wellness SkillsTraining to employment and enterprise
🧵Stitching & Cutting Training
Practical tailoring skills supporting women’s employment, home-based work and micro-enterprise.
402 Women TrainedStitching • Cutting • Tailoring Enterprise
TAILORING • WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
Skills that Can Become a Home-based Business
Vishwas Sansthan has trained 402 women in stitching and cutting. Participants learn practical tailoring skills that can be used for paid work, home-based production or an independent stitching centre.
Many women use the training as a first step towards their own income activity. Suitable participants are also connected with startup support, bank guidance and relevant schemes where applicable so they can strengthen or establish a small livelihood unit.
402 Women TrainedTailoring SkillsHome-based IncomeMicro-enterprise
🚀Startup Support for Rural Micro-enterprises
Flexible support for small rural businesses across different trades.
Helping Small Businesses Start, Stabilise and Grow
Vishwas Sansthan supports rural women, youth and small entrepreneurs irrespective of a single fixed trade. Depending on the project, assessed need and available resources, support can include limited funds, tools, equipment, infrastructure inputs, business guidance and connections to banks or government schemes.
This support has been relevant for people engaged in pottery and clay work, beauty parlours, stitching centres, motorcycle repairing, tea stalls, snack and food units and other small local enterprises. The purpose is to help an existing activity expand or enable a trained participant to start a new income-generating unit.
Pottery & Clay Work
Beauty Parlour
Stitching Centre
Motorcycle Repair
Tea Stall
Food & Snack Unit
📱Mobile Repairing Training
A technical skill pathway for youth interested in employment or small service enterprises.
YOUTH SKILLS • TECHNICAL SERVICES
Training Linked to Self-employment
Vishwas Sansthan provides mobile-repairing training to help young participants develop practical repair and service skills. After training, participants can seek employment with an existing repair business or work towards establishing their own small mobile-repair shop.
Eligible participants are also guided towards bank finance and relevant government schemes where these can support startup or business expansion.
Technical TrainingRepair Shop PathwayBank LinkageGovernment Scheme Guidance
Mobile RepairingSkill • Service • Self-employment
💻Free Computer Training for Adolescent Girls
Digital skills supported through Birla-linked programming.
Digital Skills for GirlsFree training • confidence • employability readiness
DIGITAL INCLUSION • ADOLESCENT GIRLS
Building Foundational Computer Skills
Vishwas Sansthan provides free computer training for adolescent girls through Birla-supported programming. The training helps girls learn basic computer use and develop digital confidence without a training fee barrier.
These skills can support further education, office-related work and entry-level employment opportunities, while also improving participants’ ability to use digital tools in everyday life.
Free TrainingDigital LiteracyAdolescent GirlsEmployment Readiness
🏦Bank Loan Guidance & Government Scheme Linkages
Financial inclusion is treated as a cross-cutting livelihood support rather than a separate one-time activity.
Bank & Credit Guidance
- Guidance on suitable bank-loan opportunities for eligible trainees and entrepreneurs.
- Support in understanding basic application and documentation requirements.
- Linkage with formal financial institutions where relevant to the livelihood plan.
- Encouragement to use formal credit for viable enterprise creation or expansion.
Government Scheme Convergence
- Information on relevant skill, livelihood and enterprise-development schemes.
- Guidance to connect eligible participants with appropriate government programmes.
- Support in understanding scheme-related processes and required documents.
- Convergence with startup support so training can move towards sustained income generation.
📸Livelihoods in Action
Selected Vishwas Sansthan field images representing community-based livelihood and training work. Trade-specific galleries can be expanded as verified photographs are added to the media library.
🧭Our Integrated Livelihood Pathway
1. Identify Need & Trade
Understand local skills, interests, market context and livelihood opportunities.
2. Hands-on Training
Build practical vocational, technical or digital capability.
3. Employment or Enterprise Planning
Help participants choose job, home-based work or self-employment pathways.
4. Finance & Scheme Linkage
Guide eligible participants towards bank loans and relevant government schemes.
5. Startup & Growth Support
Where project provisions allow, provide inputs that help enterprises start or expand.
Partner With Vishwas Sansthan for Livelihoods & Skills
Collaborate on artisan development, women’s skills, youth technical training, digital inclusion, startup support and rural enterprise programmes.
