Our Work Areas: Life Skills Program

1. SHOBHA - A step towards self reliance
Project Shobha is an extension of the "Saath Saath project" implemented by Sukarya.
The objective of this project is to enable the skill development of girls and women in the villages by providing a vocational beautician training course. Presently the training course is being conducted in the village Ghata, of Gurgaon. The duration of the course is for 4 months and the technical skill is being provided by a recognized and experienced professional of this field. The training aims to build confidence and make them self-reliant. Sukarya plans to extend it to the other villages of Gurgaon for the skill development of adolescent girls.

2. Saath Saath Project (2nd Phase ongoing)

This Project seeks to empower and enhance the overall status of adolescent girls and young women. The objective is to impart life skills through learning about self, environment, interpersonal skills, problem solving, decision making and handling of emotions and stress management (mental health). "An important component of the Project is education on 'reproductive health' and covers issues like sexual health, marriage, family planning, parenthood and related aspects. Sukarya recruited and trained "peer" or "community educators" who spread the message to the larger community. In its first phase, the Project has benefited 300 adolescent girls from Tighra, Ghata and Samaspur village.

3. Kishori Shakti Yojna (completed)

Sukarya was given the opportunity to assist Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) in rural Gurgaon to implement the schemes of Government of India, in 2004 - 06. The Program targets school drop-out girls in the age group of 11-18 years and attempts to meet their nutrition, health, education, literacy, recreational and skill development needs. With the assistance of the Anganwadi workers, the focal point of ICDS services and other ICDS functionaries, Sukarya was successful in catering to approximately 300 adolescent non- school going girls of villages Tighra and Ghata.

4. Advocacy/Outreach Campaigns

Advocacy campaign is a crucial aspect in our effort to promote good health. Sukarya pursues aggressive IEC campaigns for all its major Projects. Audio-visual mediums like street plays, workshops, printed materials, music, painting competition, documentaries are used to conduct the advocacy drive. In 2004 Sukarya undertook an advocacy campaign through the medium of street play titled ‘Hamari Bitiya’ to sensitize parents and community about women's rights, gender discrimination and its consequences. An impact assessment was undertaken through another play called "Aaj Ki Adalat" to assess changes in perception, knowledge and attitude of the community elders. More recently, in 2006, under the ongoing

Anaemia Intervention Campaign, street plays were performed in all the 10 Project villages by a theatre group from the NGO, Deepalaya.