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Sustainable livelihood
initiative in the new clusters

fter TCE’s intervention, Khoripada turned out to be a
Amodel village. The sustainable livelihood programme
in Khoripada in Maharashtra is successful in four focus
areas: Sustainable Livelihood, Governance, Training and
Awareness and Water Management.

Installation of two water filters in Khoripada helped enable
safe drinking water and completion of well deepening
and construction supported better availability of water.
A training on sanitation helped provide an appreciation
for better hygiene practices among the villagers, and a
working capital provision helped SHG in chilly cultivation.
After a successful model of Khoripada, the programme is
now scaled up to include two new clusters — Hateri and
Malghar — which consist of 8 small hamlets targeting School on Wheels Programme
2000+ beneficiaries living in this area. The programme
has completed construction of two farm ponds in Dapti CE has provided a re-modelled bus to serve the
and Navapada Villages. Technical survey for solar support Tpurpose of education for the children of migratory
concluded in Hateri village. Some families from Malghar workers who do not have any access to education. The bus
Dapti and Navapada villages have been selected for visits four centres and one mobile library daily touching 75
vegetable and jasmine cultivation programmes. students every day. In last FY 18-19, one fixed Education
Activity Centre was established in one of the localities
to get the maximum number of enrolments. The main
objective of the program is enrolment of the students
and providing bridge schooling for about 120 days, which
will result in the admission of the eligible students in
mainstream schools.

In the FY 18-19, a total of 391 students enrolled with a
girls-boys gender ratio of 49:51. The dropout proportion of
the students is high because of migration of their parents.
Teachers have started with daily parent-teacher meetings
to reduce the dropout rate and for sustenance of the
programme. Children have started participating in various
science exhibitions. TCE conducts various volunteering
activities to engage employees in different events.

Skill Development for night school students

he company started the career awareness programme
Tfor 1,400 students going to 42 night schools. The
programme is now more holistic by enrolling 61 students
for job-oriented skilling programmes. The objective is to
make at least 70% of students employable. All the students
belong to the underprivileged section and counselling
is provided to all. Out of total enrolment, the first batch
of 25 students completed their courses and placed in
various companies while the second batch (36 students) is
pursuing their courses in different skilling centres.