TNW established the vocational centers especially for the village girls at different locations (Bolay Wala, Basti Chawan, Kohi Wala, Ghareebabad, Shahdra, Qadirpur Ran, Ghareebabad) where it was observed need of providing facilities for the women. After different surveys and meetings with the community it was decided to establish RIDA Vocational & ICT Training Centers with following objectives in mind;

To promote awareness and raise literacy
To deliver income generating skills to the girls & women
To create link between skilled women and market
To provide facility of ICT lab
Awareness sessions and tarbi’ah classes
Mother and child care awareness

Our Trained Girls prepared Total school bags 3000 that were gifted to our ZEST students in Karachi.

Record of vocational centre is properly maintained. For this purpose, the following registers are maintained:

Attendance Register for Students
Attendance Register for Staff
Teacher Daily Progress Report Register
Teacher Lesson Planning Register
VDC (Village Development Committee) Activities Register
Students Daily Attendance Update in Computer
Village Development Committee Meeting Record

Following training manuals and syllabus are prepared by RBW team.

Community Learning Centre Manual
Vocational Skills Manual
Computer Training Manual
E-Village software
Literacy Manual
Tarbiah Syllabus
Manuals on all sessions of creating awareness

On request of parents and community, Tarbi’ah lessons for girls was made essential part of all courses. In this section, learners have learnt various Islamic duas by heart and implementing them in their daily life. All learners have done this practice with true Islamic spirit. Tarbi’ah teacher delivered the lectures according to the syllabus of Islamic Tarbi’ah.

IMPACT

RIDA proves a blessing for the education lovers of Mahnisyal and poor girls of the villages where we established vocational and IT centers. On all locations under both categories results were quite satisfactory. Community participation in this initiatives has made this project more useful and effective. Purely need based interventions, well planned activities, result oriented efforts, motivated community involvement and professional approach by management is creating results in the form of;

Establishment self-sustained educational facility
Girls reaching up to university level by using RIDA as ladder
Explore the hidden potential & talent of deprived girls
Employment generation opportunities for educated girls
Skilled and aware girls and women about their personal and societal responsibilities
Improved support from omen at their household level
Women inclusion in decision making and recognized role in society
Empowered community and sense of ownership