{"id":1634,"date":"2021-10-30T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/?p=1634"},"modified":"2022-11-18T14:24:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T14:24:52","slug":"nurturing-livelihoods-of-women-through-our-step-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/nurturing-livelihoods-of-women-through-our-step-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurturing Livelihoods of Women through Our STeP Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1634\" class=\"elementor elementor-1634\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b6469c4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b6469c4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ab4cd1b\" data-id=\"5ab4cd1b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54ed2221 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54ed2221\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Educating and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/content\/dam\/Worldbank\/document\/Gender\/Voice_and_agency_LOWRES.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">empowering<\/a>\u00a0a woman is the first step towards her safe and secure future. And ensuring livelihoods of women is a vital step towards this empowerment. However, it is not just enough to create jobs. We need to make sure that women, and youth in general, possess the necessary skills to not just find a job but also sustain it. Smile Foundation is working towards this sustainable livelihood for thousands of the country\u2019s youth through the<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/e_learning.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">STeP\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>initiative. Here are some of our success stories in creating livelihoods for women.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Shivani Tiwari<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1637\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1637\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1637\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/STeP-Shivani-573x430-1-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Shivani at her new job.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/STeP-Shivani-573x430-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/STeP-Shivani-573x430-1.jpeg 573w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Shivani at her new job.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When Shivani joined the STeP course, she was an introvert. She lacked confidence while speaking. Through the course,\u00a0 she developed good interpersonal skills and her English communication also improved.<\/p>\n<p>Career counselling sessions helped map a path for her future. The financial literacy course of the programme helped her in managing\u00a0her savings as well.<\/p>\n<p>Now Shivani is working with Paymaster as a Customer Service Executive earning\u00a0Rs 12,000 per month and good incentives. Her most recent achievement was winning the employee of the month award!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Priyanka Shirke<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1644\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1644\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1644 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/STeP-Priyanka-Shirke-889x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Priyanka enjoys her work now.\" width=\"750\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/STeP-Priyanka-Shirke-889x1024.jpg 889w, https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/STeP-Priyanka-Shirke-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/STeP-Priyanka-Shirke-768x885.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/STeP-Priyanka-Shirke.jpg 895w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Priyanka enjoys her work now.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Priyanka belongs to an underprivileged family from Mumbai. Her father is a carpenter and her mother is a homemaker. She has completed her graduation in commerce. Priyanka wanted to pursue her master\u2019s but due to financial issues she decided to pursue her career from her own earnings.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Priyanka\u00a0also realized the importance of finding a job in order to support her family. Due to the pandemic and national lockdown, she was unable to find a suitable job.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Priyanka\u2019s\u00a0goal was to begin earning as soon as possible, so that she could contribute to her family\u2019s income and pursue further <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/education\/\"   title=\"Education\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"1757\">education<\/a>. She decided to improve her core employability skills. She took a step forward to join four months of online STeP training. Through the course, Priyanka received training specific to Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The training has taught her to communicate more effectively and confidently. She also learnt interview and presentation skills.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Priyanka\u00a0has now secured a job as Junior Office Processing Executive at HDB Financial services with the salary of Rs 14984 per month.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1648\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1648\" style=\"width: 315px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1648 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/STeP-Nisha-315x420-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Nisha excelling at her job.\" width=\"315\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/STeP-Nisha-315x420-1.jpeg 315w, https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/STeP-Nisha-315x420-1-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Nisha excelling at her job.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Nisha Chauhan<\/h2>\n<p>Belonging to a middle-class family, Nisha is 20 years old and has studied up to 12th standard. Due to her family\u2019s financial problems, she wanted to work.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nisha began looking for a job after completing HSC. She wanted to help her family financially and support the education of her siblings as well her own education.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, due to lack of confidence, poor communication skills, she was not able to get a job until she found out about Smile Foundation\u2019s <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/health\/\"   title=\"Health\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"913\">health<\/a> care training programme from a friend. Nisha enrolled with STeP immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After successful completion of training, she got a job as GDA at Care and Cure clinic and is now earning Rs. 10200 per month.\u00a0 She is happy that her contribution is helping her father meet the needs of the family.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Educating and empowering\u00a0a woman is the first step towards her safe and secure future. And ensuring livelihoods of women is a vital step towards this empowerment. However, it is not just enough to create jobs. 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