Youth4Jobs is a social enterprise which sets up placement- linked skilling centres for youth with disability. Youth enrolled are with locomotor, speech & hearing disability and with low vision. Most of the youth are from rural areas and all are from poor families. Y4J also helps companies build an inclusive workforce.
Y4J trainings has scaled in 3 years: From 1 state to 9 states
From 1 training centre to 16 training centres.
The work is important for two priorities of government of India
- SKILL FOR INDIA - Y4J helps skill the most vulnerable and unreached to help the country meet its demographic dividend
- MAKE IN INDIA - Impact studies of Y4J work shows a 15% productivity increase in the manufacturing sector when companies hired youth with disability
The model is scalable and replicable.
