Jagriti has been working for empowerment of poor marginalized people at grassroots in Uttar Pradesh and Odisha and slums of Delhi. Jagriti is running various welfare programmes for holistic sustainable development of societies in these areas.
Krishna Colony Slum:
Krishna Colony is one of the largest slums in Uttam Nagar, West Delhi having approximately 10,000 households. It is surrounded by some other Jhuggi & Jhopri rehabilitation settlements. Most of the slum dwellers are illiterate and for their livelihood work as domestic workers, rickshaw pullers, waste pickers, construction workers or running petty shops. There are around 5000 youths, who’re mostly school dropouts with no skills. Most of the houses in the slums are kachha houses with plastic sheet roofs and some semi-pucca houses. The major issues in the slums have been lack of basic amenities like- drinking water, drainage system, proper roads, etc.
Krishna Colony Slum
The project covers a free package of training (certificate course with kits) in Basic Computer Course, Beautician Course and Mobile Repairing Course to underprivileged Youth and Women of slum areas. In addition, it also imparts training on Basic English language (spoken English) and provides free counseling to the needy. It has reached nearly 300 underprivileged youths and women in the area so far.
For Youth:
Mobile Repairing Course
Basic Computer Course
Basic English Knowledge (spoken and written)
Personality development
For women:
Advanced Skill Development Training on Beauty Culture
Basic Computer etc. (to prepare them for a dignified living)
Basic English Knowledge (spoken and written)
Counseling (on family issues)
Jagriti entered the remote villages of Ballia, UP with a mission of transforming lives and society through its welfare actions and has been successful in making Education, Healthcare actions, environment protection etc as the subjects of villagers’ interest.
Jagriti Academy, Ballia formal English Medium School for children of remote villages, has enrolled 750 poor and needy children for nursery class to class-VII. Besides free quality academic programs the school also provides meals, uniforms, books, sports kits etc to children from poor rural families.
Jagriti Bal Vikas Kendra, a non formal education and cultural centre in Ballia district, UP and Odisha initiates various community development projects through involving women, adults and children. The main programmes are Plantation drive for Protection of Environment, Health Camps, Eye Cataract Surgery Camps, Distribution of necessary winter items to poor villagers, Awareness Meeting on HIV AIDs, safe drinking water etc.
Non-formal Education centre in Delhi, UP, Odisha and Uttarakhand runs literacy classes for women, children and adults. It provides free books and learning materials to students.
Jagriti’s Infrastructure Development and Swachch Bharat Abhiyan Programmes are serving communities in remote villages of UP and Odisha.
Jagriti Academy