True inclusion is when young disabled adults have the skills to prepare for and find jobs, apply their learning, advocate for themselves and perform well. Latika Training (formerly the Center for Vocational Training) does just that. We help young adults acquire essential skills, build confidence in themselves and hope in the future.
*All figures mentioned above are from the year 2014 onwards
Our training center focuses on equipping disabled teens and young adults with vocational and life skills that enable them to contribute to society in a meaningful way and gives them a sense of purpose.
Our hope is that enabling our trainees with essential skills will set them on a path to meaningful employment.
We offer activity-based sessions on cooking and housekeeping, teacher assistance skills, shopkeeper assistance skills, gardening.
Our curriculum is focused on confidence-building and teaches essential life skills necessary for any individual to integrate well in society. Personal hygiene and grooming, social skills and appropriate sexual behavior are some of our focus areas. We also guide the trainees on making friends, workplace manners, handling money, negotiating public transport and more to make them confident citizens as they go out into the world.
Our trainees perform everyday chores to build independence and get an experience of the real world. They shop from the market, email and message friends, write and post letters, prepare meals, just like anyone else.
Our staff members help trainees assess their aptitudes and interests to make a career choice that’s aligned with their abilities and preferences.
As part of the curriculum trainees work in our offices, schools, and intervention center as class assistants, support staff and in gatekeeping roles.
With the support of organizations around Dehradun, we have increasingly been able to secure internships and full-time jobs for our trainees. In the past our trainees have worked as office assistants (PSI Dehradun), Shopkeeper assistants, Guest Service Associates (Red Fox), Warehouse assistants (Suvidha store) as well as in other self-employment roles.
