Confidence (Bhagvatula Charitable Trust)

Confidence is aimed at generating self-employment in 100 villages by training them in skills that would assist them to be self reliant. The training given to 400 hundred young adults will enable them to find employment in their villages, therby generating confidence. The training is organized by Bhagavatula Charitable Trust (BCT) which has been working with these communities since 1976 and is a trusted partner of Asha for Education. With this program we plan to start the Academy of Humans as Resources (AHAR).

When faced with building confidence in a community, it is equally important to mainstream the physically challenged. This is addressed by the second part of the Confidence project which works with visually impaired girl children in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

It is envisioned that the AHAR will be located at Haripuram, and eventually offer training to participants covering the entire district of Visakhapatnam. The visually challenged will be addressed by AHARs premises at Government Residential School for Visually Challenged Girls, Yenda Beach Road, Visakhapatnam. BCT is pursuing a dream that every child in India should have access to education and participate in an expanded Confidence Project, once the pilot project is completed. http://www.bctindia.net

• This project is aimed at providing livelihood to build self reliance and confidence in able bodied men and women in 100 villages by providing them training in various courses like dress making, detergent making, bakery and biscuits, washing soap production, computer operation and repair, electrical repairs and pump maintenance, Etikoppaka toys (a special craft, coming through generations, special to the village Etikopppaka in Visakhapatnam District, made out of special soft wood….these exquisite toys have both national and international market...earlier this was limited only to the that artisan families ), hand made paper from rags, waste banana fiber, screen printing, agricultural skills like floriculture, vegetable gardening, masonry and carpentry.
• Once, we are able to demonstrate the efficacy of the program and capability of BCT, it is projected that it would be possible to approach a large funding source like the Indian Government or a funding agency to set up the Academy, even as a deemed university.
• It is also aimed at providing AHAR to female blind school by constructing a vocational wing with a press machine to make file pads, machine for making envelopes etc. It also includes provision of tactile books (a unique way of learning for visually challenged girls) and travel expenses for volunteers for assisting in understanding and reading tactile books.