Indian Youth: from business training to start-up

Summary

33 street youth from across India who participated in our Street Business training in March '09 will be given loan funding to start or grow their own small businesses on the path to self-sufficiency.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

UNICEF estimates that 18 million children and youth live and work on the streets of India. Many resort to dangerous or illegal activities to provide for their basic needs. In March ‘09 we trained 33 disadvantaged youth teaching them basic business skills, from budgeting to how to deal with customers. This project will enable those trained youth to access small loans to start their own businesses so they can generate regular income for themselves and their families in a safe and healthy way.

Activities

This project will provide youth with start-up capital for their businesses. The loans will enable them to apply the skills learned in training, maximize the ongoing support from local youth workers and begin to generate regular income for themselves.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

These loans enable the trained youth to get their own small businesses off the ground and generate income to provide for themselves and their families. The loans are fully repayable, ensuring a self-perpetuating opportunity for future trained youth.

Project Message

"Since the training I have changed the way I speak to my customers and started to buy balloons in bulk. In the first week I sold balloons at two small festivals and more than doubled my money."
- Ajay, Street youth, participated in training in Feb 09

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Stephanie Kaye,
Board Member
155 Putney Bridge Road
London, SW15 2NZ
United Kingdom
+44 (0)7775 92 11 27
Email:

Project Sponsor

Stephanie Kaye

Organisation

Street Kids International UK
155 Putney Bridge Road
London, London SW15 2NZ
United Kingdom
07775 92 11 27
http://www.streetkids.org

Learn more about Street Kids International UK and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in India and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 25, 2009.

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