• ECCE
  • School Edu
  • Higher Edu
  • Edu Tech
  • Skills
  • Jobs
  • Advertise
  • Login
New Updates
  • vivo Ignite 2025, in Partnership with NCERT, IITM, and UNGC, Celebrates Tech Talent in Schools
  • Letter of Intents (LOIs) issued to 5 Foreign Universities to set-up Campuses in Mumbai
  • NEET 2025 Results Spark Celebrations Across India’s Top Coaching Institutes
  • Veranda Learning to merge operations of 4 key verticals in its business
  • Safety Measures for School Children in Maharashtra rolled out
  • Home
  • Latest
  • Spotlight
  • Perspective
  • Interview
  • Videos
  • Events
  • Shop
  • Student Kiosk
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Latest
  • Spotlight
  • Perspective
  • Interview
  • Videos
  • Events
  • Shop
  • Student Kiosk
No Result
View All Result
Education21

Breaking Barriers, Building Futures: 50 mothers of likely ‘dropouts’ are now successful women entrepreneurs

education by education
April 6, 2025
in School Edu, Spotlight
0
Breaking Barriers, Building Futures: 50 mothers of likely ‘dropouts’ are now successful women entrepreneurs
0
SHARES
105
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

For years, poverty and financial insecurity forced many families in East Delhi’s Trilokpuri to constantly relocate within Delhi NCR in search of daily wage opportunities in construction, rickshaw pulling, and factory labour. With limited alternatives to contribute to household income, women remained financially dependent, and men’s work was often poorly paid and unpredictable. As a result, their adolescents were frequently pulled out of school to assist with household chores or care for younger siblings.

Now through a Magic Bus India Foundation initiative for encouraging entrepreneurship among women from its project communities, a cohort of 50 women have found more than just a source of income, they have discovered confidence, financial independence, and hope for a better future. The initiative for encouraging women’s entrepreneurship still being piloted, seems has broken this cycle. Women who were once unable to contribute financially are now running their own businesses, ensuring financial stability while also managing their homes and adolescents. Over the past few months, these 50 mothers have embarked on a journey of empowerment, first through intensive financial literacy and personality grooming training, then by launching their own small businesses, and now by witnessing the tangible benefits of financial independence.

Mumbai-based Magic Bus (esb 1999), a non-profit in life skills education for adolescents and livelihood programs and working across India with underserved communities launched this pilot program in 2024 with the twin objective of providing a sustainable solution to school dropouts of migrant workers and poverty alleviation. So, it engaged with the government schools, it has been already working for its adolescent and life skilling program and zeroed in on a group of students, who were not coming regularly to school and initial enquiry revealing livelihood issues of parents at home.

A group of 50 such mothers were enrolled in an intensive 3-day workshop for financial and digital literacy, problem solving, communication and building confidence. Digital tools such as UPI, Paytm, and social media for business growth were also introduced to them.

Following the training, Magic Bus facilitated ₹5 lakh in business loans, ensuring each woman received ₹10,000 to kickstart her own small venture under the PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi, a Special Micro-Credit Facility for Street vendors), a working capital loan up to `10,000 at subsidized rate of interest.

Prior skills of the were identified for helping them set up small businesses. Those who didn’t possess skills were quick skilled with were introduced to easy to do businesses such as tailoring and stitching services, tea stalls and fast-food businesses, beauty parlours and cosmetic shops, vegetable and fruit vending businesses, envelope making etc.

Kusum Devi, one of these women and a mother of three, who had never been to school learnt tailoring earlier, grabbed this opportunity and started business from her home. She has also a YouTube channel now by her name. “It was my children who encouraged me to make videos and now we have more than 200 of them on our channel,” she says in a happy tone. She earns on an average Rs 300-500 a day and her school going children are happily enjoying schooling.

According to Rahul Kumar Rajak, Regional Operations Manager of  Magic Bus India Foundation, they are yet to take an assessment of program’s impact on dropout rates and also to see how it is doing as an intervention, but on face of it, the initiative looks promising. There are still a few months left before these new owners of business have to repay the loan amount with in a year and that will be one indicator of how many crossed the bar.

But clearly this an out of box idea and its success can add an empowering chapter in India’s growth story.

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS Feed
Previous Post

Fixing Tech Education: Key to India’s Shift from Service Provider to Tech Innovator

Next Post

WUD launches B.Tech in Computer Science & Design, Bachelor and Master of Performing Arts in Theatre, an M.Des in Game Design & Development

education

education

Related Posts

International Yoga Day: Easy Pranayama Techniques You Can Practice Anytime, Anywhere
Spotlight

International Yoga Day: Easy Pranayama Techniques You Can Practice Anytime, Anywhere

by education
June 20, 2025
IC3 Movement Hosts Dialogue on Inclusion and Student Well-Being with Actor & Film maker Aamir Khan
School Edu

IC3 Movement Hosts Dialogue on Inclusion and Student Well-Being with Actor & Film maker Aamir Khan

by education
June 20, 2025
Monash Innovation Guarantee (MIG) India Programme debuts at JBCN Mumbai
School Edu

Monash Innovation Guarantee (MIG) India Programme debuts at JBCN Mumbai

by education
June 16, 2025
TISB student Ashwat Prasanna building affordable AI-powered smart glasses called Eyesight for the Visually Impaired
School Edu

TISB student Ashwat Prasanna building affordable AI-powered smart glasses called Eyesight for the Visually Impaired

by education
June 16, 2025
vivo Ignite 2025, in Partnership with NCERT, IITM, and UNGC, Celebrates Tech Talent in Schools
Latest

vivo Ignite 2025, in Partnership with NCERT, IITM, and UNGC, Celebrates Tech Talent in Schools

by education
June 16, 2025
Next Post

WUD launches B.Tech in Computer Science & Design, Bachelor and Master of Performing Arts in Theatre, an M.Des in Game Design & Development

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS Feed

Useful Announcements

  • All
  • Useful Announcements

XLRI Jamshedpur Invites Applications for Newly Launched Hybrid Programs in Public Policy and Human Resource Management

June 20, 2025

NAAI’s South Zone Abilympics in Chennai on June 20–21 at IIT Madras

June 16, 2025

IITM Pravartak partners with TCS iON to launch Machine Learning Operations Course

June 16, 2025

IIT Bombay launches e-Post Graduate Diploma in Integrated Circuits with Simplilearn 

June 13, 2025

Alliance University launches Multilingual and Transdisciplinary 2-Year MA in Creative Writing; apply by June 30

June 13, 2025

RCA Graduate Sonakshi Presents “Zaat” at British Council Delhi — A Sculptural Exploration of Womanhood, June 11–July 31

June 13, 2025
LPU launches B.Sc. and Diploma courses in Child and Elderly Care

LPU launches B.Sc. and Diploma courses in Child and Elderly Care

June 12, 2025

Indian School of Hospitality Opens Applications for BBA/BBA (Hons) in Hospitality Management

June 6, 2025

Vikalp India introduces ‘STEAM Lab at Home’

June 6, 2025

GlobalGyan launches ‘Sarathi Leadership Program’ on Future CXO Roles

June 6, 2025

Download current issue Not available

https://online.pubhtml5.com/jlyo/bxvr/

Monthly Magazine : Feb 2024

Interactive (Quizzes/Surveys)

Start Monthly Quiz
Education21

An initiative in continuation of Curriculum Magazine, Education21.in, is a platform for New India that aspires to be a valuable innovator, partner and collaborator for a just and sustainable world. Continuing with our steady and 360 degree coverage of education system and skills landscape, we are here more oriented towards learner community.

Useful Links

  • About us
  • Team
  • Contact
  • Editorial opportunities
  • Subscriptions
  • Job Opportunities
  • Features

Important Links

  • Blog
  • Archives
  • People
  • Careerwise
  • Resources
  • Downloadable
  • Old issues
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS Feed

Copyright © 2020 All rights reserved. Education21.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Latest
  • Spotlight
  • Perspective
  • Interview
  • Videos
  • Events
  • Shop
  • Student Kiosk

Copyright © 2020 All rights reserved. Education21.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
Cleantalk Pixel