Satyam Foundation: Livelihood Forum

Helping People Help Themselves

Livelihood Forum Business Offerings:

• IT school
• Escape velocity program
• BPO 4 BOP
• Training in construction engineering trades
• Design for change
• Consumer cooperative
• Business process reengineering

Voice of a Beneficiary

" I am Kezia. I discontinued my Inter in 2003. My father is the breadwinner of our family. He earns around Rs 2000/- per month, which was really insufficient for us to survive. I joined the IT school run by Satyam Foundation in September 2004. In Satyam Foundation, I learned how to overcome fear and how to communicate with people and computer skills, which really helped me in getting a job in Satyam Foundation itself."

Total volunteer hours clocked: 3850

Escape Velocity Program: facts and numbers

IT School at Livelihoods forum

Date: Feb 15 to 17, 2006
Number of beneficiaries: 206 students
Colleges involved: Sharada College, Mesco College, and Falaknuma College

Feedback from colleges

Total volunteer hours checked: 783

Business Process Re-engineering of Mahila Sanatkar:

Mahila Sanatkar BPR: facts and numbers

• Rs 60,000 income generated at exhibitions
• 50 direct beneficiaries involved

Total volunteer hours checked: 300 hours

BPO 4 BOP

A creative initiative at Livelihoods forum

• Skill Registry: Creates work records and collects job referrals of its employee database. It enables employees to create a record of their work history.
• JobShop: Provides a means of communication between entrepreneurs and potential employers through a set of Internet tools.
• VendorSpace: Provides a neutral communication platform that promotes workers’ skills and puts them into contact with potential customers, with help from the skill registry.

Satyam Foundation implemented a placement search engine (skill registry) that registers unemployed youth looking for jobs, and places them with reputable companies in Hyderabad.

Total volunteer hours clocked: 195

Consumer Cooperatives

Total volunteer hours checked: 116 hours

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