Projects : Empowering Adolescents Through Life Skills Education

FICCI-SEDF, in collaboration with Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, initiated a project titled "Empowering Adolescents through Life Skills Education". The project is covering 10 slums of Delhi and is targeted at out-of-school adolescents. The project follows Life Skills Education strategy, which is a comprehensive behaviour change approach that concentrates on the development of the skills needed for life such as communication, decision making, thinking, managing emotions, assertiveness, resisting peer pressure etc. A 5-day curriculum has been developed to impart life skills to these out-of-school adolescents.

The following are the major activities during the project implementation:

• 25 persons drawn from various organizations working in the 10 project areas have been provided Training of Trainers (ToT) on Life Skills Education.
  Networking with 20 NGOs in project areas has been done. These NGOs are supporting the Foundation in reaching out to out-of-school adolescents in each of these project areas.
  
• Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities in all the project areas to create awareness about various issues related to adolescent health and behaviour.
  
• Capacity Building activities for project staff and NGO partners are being organised.
  
• A 5-day curriculum has been developed on Life Skills Education. This curriculum is implemented during training sessions with out-of-school children in project areas.
  
• 18 people from partner NGOs have been trained as Master Trainers.
  
• 279 adolescents have been imparted Life Skills Education with support from Modicare Foundation. They are now acting as Peer Trainers for other untrained adolescents in their respective areas.
  
• 1359 adolescents have been trained as Peer Educators.