Vocational training by Narayan Seva Sansthan started in 2001 after differently abled people faced challenges in securing jobs and societal barriers. The most common difficulty for people with disabilities is financial dependency. This often makes them reliant on their families. Without family, they face many struggles in daily activities such as eating, walking, communicating, and caring for themselves.
To address this issue, Narayan Seva Sansthan started skill development programs for differently abled individuals for free. Equipping individuals with practical skills to enhance their employability and independence.
This training makes people self-dependent and job-ready. This initiative also brings hope, dignity, and economic stability to vulnerable people and their families. Vocational training is an essential part of differently abled lives.
Vocational training empowers individuals, enabling them to transition from unemployment to employment. This transition benefits both individuals and the broader community.
Why Vocational Training Matters for Differently Abled Individuals?
In India, ability-diverse individuals face challenges in education, employment, poverty, accessibility, discrimination, health, lack of representation, inadequate educational structures, etc.
Limited access to education, employment, health services, transportation, and government services restricts them from fully participating in society. Lack of accessibility in society prevents them from personal and professional growth, making it challenging to establish their own identities. This struggle is further compounded by widespread misconceptions that prevent companies from hiring them, further limiting their opportunities. Lack of infrastructure, opportunities, and awareness about government programs, resources, and training programs prevents them from becoming job-ready. Many Educational institutions and Workplaces fail to provide adequate resources to differently abled people.
Narayan Seva Vocational training serves to cross this obstacle and break cycles of dependency, provide them with practical skills, and empower them to achieve financial independence. By focusing on their strengths rather than on their limitations, such programs enable them to become productive members of society. Narayan Seva Sansthan recognizes this need and has designed training modules to fill the requirements of differently abled individuals.
Role of Narayan Seva Sansthan in Vocational Training Initiatives
Narayan Seva Sansthan provides free skill development training, such as training in sewing, mobile phone repair, and computer classes. They are a ray of hope in the lives of persons with disabilities.
Free vocational training courses in areas such as:
Tailoring & Handicrafts: By learning this skill, people can start their small businesses and craft opportunities in the textile industry. Tailoring is one of the most empowering vocational training programs for persons with disabilities to get a stable income. Training covers basic stitching and fabric handling, cutting, measuring, and designing clothes in 90 days. Participants also learn to operate sewing machines, t-shirt-making machines, embroidery machines, and many more. Additionally, they gain insights into fashion design. And they learn to make dresses, uniforms, jackets, and other textiles.
Mobile Repairing: The course empowers people with essential skills, enabling them to become self-sufficient and build a quality life and a secure future. In Mobile repair courses, students learn about screen repair, motherboard repair, diagnosing issues in mobile devices, and updating software. The course duration is 60 days.
With these skills, individuals can secure jobs in the IT hardware sector and start their mobile repair shops. At Narayan Seva Sansthan, underprivileged and differently abled people learn skills for free.
Computer training: Courses equip underprivileged individuals with computer literacy skills, improving their independence and opportunities for employment. In computer training, they learn from basic software knowledge to advanced-level computer skills like data entry, hardware, and basic computer security. They secure jobs in the IT industry, offices, and call centers.
Through this vocational training and significant initiative, Narayan Seva Sansthan benefited 3,277 underprivileged and differently abled individuals. By offering these courses free of charge, NSS ensures that financial constraints do not hinder access to quality education and training.
Success Stories: Real-Life Transformations
Hari Om’s inspiring journey: from struggle to success
Meet Hari Om, a young man from the Agra district diagnosed with polio. He fills his path with difficulties, yet he dares to pursue his ambitions and remains resilient. His father brought him to the Narayan Seva Sansthan, where we made free arrangements to help individuals with disabilities become self-reliant. Hari Om began sewing by participating in a 45-day free training course offered by the Know Narayan Seva Sansthan. After receiving training, organizations provided him with a sewing machine so he could earn a living. For a time, he worked diligently sewing clothes and eventually started his shop in his district. Now, he has a stable income and supports his family. This is a true testament to how vocational training can change lives.
Shripal Mishra: Overcoming adversity through vocational training
Uttar Pradesh resident Shri Pal Mishra contracted polio at the age of two after suffering from a fever, which weakened one of his legs, making him dependent on his hands for mobility. Due to his condition, he faced bullying everywhere and was unable to attend school or accomplish anything. His family, unable to afford treatment, struggled to support him. Years later, upon arriving at the institute, Shri Pal not only received treatment but also underwent free computer training. He has now become completely self-sufficient and confident by working in the sewing department of the institute.
Getting Involved: Supporting Narayan Seva Sansthan’s Mission
Narayan Seva Sansthan is a nonprofit organization that provides vocational training to underprivileged and differently-abled people. Here are key areas where you can support us to strengthen them to become self-sufficient.
- Financial donations can help with fundraising programs, medical treatment, and the creation of digital classes, and resources for differently abled individuals. To support us, you can visit our website, https://www.narayanseva.org/, make a donation, and call us.
- Volunteer time: Narayan Seva welcomes volunteers to assist us with various activities, from teaching to event organization and community service. This volunteer function is beneficial for both sides. You can enhance your skills by volunteering.
- CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility): Organizations receive support from fundraising, sponsorship, and CSR initiatives. Through CSR, we invite corporations to join us in our noble cause. This collaboration allows corporations to fulfill their social responsibilities as well as strengthen individuals with disabilities
- A Legacy of Care: Narayan Seva Sansthan has been working for the last four decades to empower vulnerable communities and bring about a transformation in the lives of the differently-abled through compassion and care. From day one, we have been serving those who can’t help themselves. We provide free food to the hungry, free medical treatments to those in need, and share life-living resources, and now we take the initiative to empathize with vulnerable people.
Vocational training is not only about skills programs for people with disabilities; it is a new chapter in their lives, a place where possibilities are limitless, which provides confidence, positivity, dignity, and financial independence. With your involvement, through skill development programs, organizations continue to provide employment assistance, emotional support, and opportunities to empower those in need.
