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REPORTS 116
EDII

Women Nurture their Strengths to

Emerge as Successful Entrepreneurs

...HCL SATTVA Project

HCL SATTVA Project is unique in the way it focuses on
building the inner strengths of community institutions
such as SHGs, Clusters / Blocks / District level
Federations through a well-designed program that
suits the needs of community women.

In Bengaluru, under Women Skill Development
Programme (WSDP) 16, Skill training on Jute Products
as well as Entrepreneurship training was successfully
completed during 4th to 30th Oct at Madapatna in
Haragadde Panchayat. Under WSDP 17, 22 trainees
were provided training on Mushroom cultivation and
processing. HCL Foundation organized a workshop on Child Protection Policy and another online session
on Financial Literacy on 25th and 30th Oct, 2021 respectively. The online session was handled by
Ms Prema Rajappa, Associate Analyst, HCL Foundation. These sessions were aimed at empowering
women participants with knowledge on the subject. Trained women have also been continuously handheld
for establishing linkages and expanding market for their products.

In Madurai, in the year 2020-
2 1 , 3 0 W S D P w o m e n
entrepreneurs were trained as
a part of 555 Women Power
Tamil Nadu event. Women
entrepreneurs trained under
WSDP 11 received prestigious
Asia Book of Records Award.
They also participated in two
exhibitions during this period -
Yaadhum Healthy Food
Market cum Exhibition under
the theme 'Diwali Sweets and
Savouries' and the second
one organized by HCL Foundation partner NGO AIF. The expanse of the exhibition were Handmade Masala
Products, Ready to Cook Millet Products and Ready to Eat Millet Products. Also, it is heartening to mention
that in December, 2 Common Facility Centres and 1 Mission Ofce cum Common Facility Centre were
inaugurated.

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