Project Summary

The objective of the project is to reduce the poverty of the Urban poor households. They are enabled to access gainful self- employment and skilled wage employment opportunities. Building strong grass-root level institutions of the poor is attained through the project. This is an appreciable improvement in livelihood on a sustainable basis. It also aims to provide shelters equipped with essential services to the urban homeless. Occupational and social vulnerable faced by the poor are solved by creating employment opportunities through skill development. The poor are entrepreneurial and have an innate desire to come out of poverty. The project comes out with continuous and carefully designed handholding support to the beneficiaries. Dedicated support structure from the National level to the city is another special feature to induce social mobilisation.