Livelihoods & Empowerment
Skills and steady income, built with the women who need them
Tailoring units, computer courses and livelihood support help women and youth in Vijayawada and Nandigama build incomes that don't depend on us.
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Use the following details to make your contribution
Account Name
SUJANA FOUNDATION
Account Number
2050453546
Bank Name
Kotak Mahindra Bank
IFSC Code
KKBK0007479
Branch
Jubilee Hills
MICR
500485041
Why This Matters
Skill without a market still leaves women dependent
Many women around Nandigama have strong tailoring skills but no organised buyers, leaving income sporadic. Without vocational training or job-linkage support, youth and women stay economically dependent and vulnerable to household shocks.
The Challenge
Skills Without a Buyer: Skilled women lack a structured link to institutional buyers, while unemployed youth lack both technical training and the job-linkage support that turns a course into a paycheck.
Our response
Training Tied to Income: Sujana Foundation builds production units and skilling centres that connect training directly to institutional buyers and employers, designed to run independently within three years.
Our programs
Four ways we build livelihoods
Nandigama Tailoring Unit
A 25-woman self-help group producing stitched garments against institutional orders, targeting ₹8,000/month per woman at break-even.
25 women · planned this year
Skill Development Centre
Technical courses in C, C++, Java, Python, MS Office and Photoshop at the Nandigama centre, open to local youth.
500+ youth trained
Women's Tailoring Training
Ongoing tailoring courses that have trained over 200 women since 2023, with sewing machines provided to graduates starting out.
200+ women · 50+ machines
Livelihood & Job-Linkage Support
Pushing carts for street vendors, job fairs connecting jobseekers to employers, and employability training for graduating students.
40+ carts distributed
Choose your impact
Put your gift where it's needed
Every donation is tied to a specific outcome — a classroom repaired, a library stocked, or a girl reached with hygiene education.
₹2,500
Fund a Tailoring Course
Covers a full vocational tailoring course for one woman at the Nandigama Skill Development Centre.
"Help a woman earn her own income — and keep it."
₹10,000
Sponsor a Pushing Cart
Funds a fitted pushing cart for a street vendor, giving them a proper, dignified business setup.
"A cart is a small business, not a handout."
Measurable Growth
What our training has built
Verified figures across our skilling and livelihood programmes, updated each reporting cycle.
Partners in Livelihoods
Equipp, MSME/SHG consultants and government skilling schemes support training design, buyer linkage and enterprise structuring.
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
What donors most often ask about our tailoring, skilling and livelihood work.
Does the Nandigama unit run on donations forever?
No. A single Year-1 grant covers setup and ramp-up; from Year 2, the unit is designed to fund its own wages and share a modest surplus with the SHG.
What happens to trained women after the course ends?
Graduates are supported into the tailoring production unit or self-help-group enterprise models, so training leads directly to ongoing income.
