Disabled Youths Get Skill Training Certificate and Employment

22 January 2024, Hazaribagh: After the completion of the training, certificates were distributed among 20 disabled youths who received skill development training from Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra under the aegis of Ujjivan Small Gramin Bank and Cheshire Disability Trust, Bangalore, out of which 14 have got employment. The chief guest of the function held on 20^th January at NBJK’ Hazaribag Office, was Mr. Anand Abhinav (Program Director, NBJK).

Addressing the disabled youth and their parents, he said that the role of the parents is very important in the empowerment of the disabled, who strengthen them mentally and inspire them to take advantage of the opportunities for self-reliance. Giving brief information about the programs run by NBJK, he said that the organization had started working with the disabled since last two decades and so far in Jharkhand-Bihar, it facilitated more than 70 thousand Persons with Disabilities by their identification and linked them with entitlements as well as community-based rehabilitation. Mr. Abhinav praised the disabled youth who received skill development training from NBJK, wished them all the best and appealed to help other disabled people also get enrolled in this training course.

On this occasion, Mr. Ajay Kumar (Training Coordinator) informed that in this first batch, a total of 20 disabled people had received training in the courses of Basic Computer Applications and Nursing Assistant and 14 have been linked with employment in Hazaribagh and surrounding areas. Among these 20 youth (female-09, male-11), 04 were deaf and mute and 16 were with locomotor disability, who received training here during the period from 23 November to 23 December’23 and the present batch includes 30 physically challenged youth trainees. Also faculty members like Ms. Priyadarshini Pradhan, Ms. Komal and Mr. Vishal Kumar were present in the certificate distribution ceremony.