Livelihood
Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetimeLivelihood through Skill development
CMSSS has trained more than 500 school dropouts in the trades of Garment-making, Beautician and driving and 4-wheeler mechanisms from the past 12 years.
The focus group for skill training are school dropouts from the backward and disadvantaged communities who can be supported for employment or self-employment through these skills.
Certification on successful completion of these courses in collaboration other training institutes help the trainees in next level of training or to avail loan facilities from the banks. In addition to this the youth are trained on personality development and social issues for an integrated development and to make them competent.
Livelihood through Income Generation programs
Supporting families towards livelihood involves another important area. People are hesitant to move from a steady income fetching activity to experiment with other ideas. Sustainable livelihood has been an integral part of all the programs of CMSSS, may it be SHGs, Family development of skill training.
We plan and motivate women and families to have a small income generating activity which does not affect their daily work such as cow rearing, goat rearing, having a tailoring machine or a petty shop.
2008-2018 financial aid disbursed(last 10 years) for various IGP through Save a Family plan
- Livestock- 5,38,00,710/-
- Cultivation- 19,86,290/-
- Petty shops- 7,42,866/-
- Garment business- 43,60,364/-
- Other business- 26,18,433/-
- Handicrafts- 2,18,672/-
- Small scale business – 15,70,660/-
- Housing and construction purposes- 15,42,216/-
- Education and Medical- 9,24,118/-
Through Jeevan Jyothi Federation, loan facility is provided for starting IGPs and trainings such as
- Candle Making
- Garment Making
- Snacks preparation
- Pickle preparation
- Vermi-compost making
- Nursery techniques
- Handicrafts and many more are conducted for creating more and more livelihood opportunities.
Livelihood through Group Income Generation
Group Income Generation Program involve the following methodology:
- We identify the aptitude for a particular IGP from among the women and youth we work considering their economic, social, climatic and structural environment.
- We group them into the trades and connect them with local institutes where scientific and modern techniques are taught for better income generation
- Motivation through field visits and inputs from successful people are shared for motivation.
- Partial financial support is provided from SHGs and other sources to begin these trades at SHG or village level.
- Marketing techniques are introduced and hand holding is provided for the sale of products through the Jeevan Jyothi Federation.
Success Stories
Difficulty creates Strength
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Sundaramma is a brave fighter who is fighting since her birth to be an independent woman. She started the fight with her disability added with utter poverty, desertion in marriage [Read her full story]
Responsibility and Women
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Very hard working Jayamma from Mudbagilu gave her two daughters in marriage and got them settled in their life. Just when every parent thinks her responsibilities were over, Jayamma’s responsibility was not over yet [Read her full story]
Towards Self-reliance
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Theresa and her husband are daily wage laborers. Their income is meager and there was a perennial challenge of making ends meet [Read her full story]
A Ray of Hope
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Anjali was married at the age of 19 to Mr. Narayana. She has two children a boy and a girl. At the age of 25 her husband abandoned her and the children and got into a second marriage at Tamilnadu. This was a critical moment in her life with two children of age 4 and 3 [Read her full story]