Career Guidance

Aim: Helping adolescents, young women and men workers from the marginalized communities identify their learning needs and career preferences based on their strengths and interests

Follow-up work: Career guidance is followed by resolving their inadequacies through educational support so that they could built up a better career

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Impact of the programme: Career guidance has a solid impact on the poverty reduction aspect of the vulnerable families. They enjoy better social, financial and emotional well-being

No. of beneficiaries of career guidance: 20,960

Counselling

Aim: Relieving stressed and traumatized youth firm their material depression through psycho-social care

Counsellors: Staff and volunteers who are periodically trained from various psycho social care institutions including National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHNS)

Types of Systematized Counselling: Individual, group and family counselling based on their needs

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Positive outcomes of counselling: Mental health of the distressed is restored by helping them come out of their despair and avert suicidal tendencies.

They gain self-confidence and develop an optimistic outlook towards life.

No of Beneficiaries: 26,708 traumatized individuals