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EDII is also implementing several other result-oriented activities in Project Aarohan... Supported by TATA Power
partnership with noted corporates. Here's a glimpse into activities in
the last three months:
Project Aarohan aims to empower farmers, fisherfolk, women and artisans of Mundra by
Project AASHRAY... Supported by Kone Escalators & Elevators improving their livelihood through poverty reduction programmes and promoting & ensuring
inclusive and sustainable economic growth for existing enterprises. This Project focuses on
EDII and Kone have partnered to implement Project Aashray in Pune and Nashik capacity building programmes through skill-based Entrepreneurship Development
districts of Maharashtra. The project aims to make a meaningful impact on Persons Programmes and Enterprise Creation Activities. EDII as the implementing partner trained 180
with Disabilities (PwDs) in these regions, through various initiatives that ensure communities from Mundra through Micro Skillpreneurship Development Programmes
alternative income streams by providing training in specific trades, thus enabling (MSDP) for a year and offered handholding for six months. Over the last there months, in
PwDs to establish sustainable businesses. The project seeks to uplift 157 PwDs. addition to participants of Mota Bhadiya village being mobilized, EDII initiated the process for
artisan card application for 22 artisans with the District Industries Centre. The artisan card

Over last three months, the following activities marked remarkable progress towards would help artisans avail benefits of government schemes and provide them accessibility to
the goal: participate in Government exhibitions. To increase the reach of artisans to the customers, a
product catalogue was readied and the artisans were handheld to establish market linkages.
• Awareness and Sensitization Camp in Pune discussed the challenges faced
by PwDs and how result-oriented solutions could be curated effectively. This
initiative increased community understanding and established a belief
among PwDs towards training for their upliftment.

• Following the Awareness Camp, Micro Skill Development Programme
(MSDP) at Redani Village in Pune, focussed on training 28 PwDs in candle
and incense-making trades. They were also appropriately supported to
ensure that they set up own enterprises.

As a heartening outcome, entrepreneurs trained have initiated enterprises that are
effectively meeting local needs of people for agarbatti, candles and diyas. Several
trainees are in the process of setting up their enterprises.

Artisans participated in Beyond Gallery Exhibition held at Ahmedabad.

Artisan, Heeraben
at Saras mela in
Ahmedabad.
Women beneficiaries trained under MSDP in Pune seen with the products (Agarbatti)
during an exhibition.

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