Women Entreprenuership Development Project

An Initiative of Drishtee with IFC(International Finance Corporation) & Nike Foundation which is being implemented in partnership with Drishtee Foundation in Uttar Pradesh & Assam. The rural women are being sensitized along with their communities for engaging themselves into capacity building and Entrepreneurship programme of Drishtee. This is also a part of GBI(Grassroots Business Initiative) and SEDF(Small Enterprise Development Fund) programs of IFC where Drishtee is focusing on supporting rural women (age group 18-45) for developing them as Entrepreneurs and scaling up the socio-economic impact through Drishtee in the rural areas. The Nike Foundation supports the effort through its expertise, funds and partnerships.

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Supporting More & Better ICT Based Women Enterprise

Drishtee Foundation has worked with The University of Manchester (UK) for a programme on supporting women entrepreneurs through content development and community sensitization programme in three locations of U.P., Bihar and Haryana. The University had DFID (Department for International Development, UK) as its project partner.

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Unlimited Potential Training Project

This programme was focused on sensitizing and training the young girls and women for the use of IT. It included programs for empowering them and building their capacity for engaging in income generation activities through the computer skills development. The program was implemented as a part of the Microsoft’s Unlimited Potential programme. Drishtee Foundation could also later on engage a considerable percentage of the trained women and girls as Drishtee Entrepreneurs.