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104 Energy in action

Women and Youth Empowerment

Women Empowerment and Inclusion

• For women empowerment and inclusion, Apraava Energy
partnered with Mahila SEWA Trust to assist women in achieving
economic security and self-reliance in the states of Gujarat,
Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh through its Hariyalu-Rojgar
programme. Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the project was
re-purposed by deploying available funds for developing an
off-season solar park, besides COVID-19 relief and virtual
leadership training for women. The revenue generated from the
off-season solar park will help ~1,100 salt pan worker families,
in the Rann of Kutch in the state of Gujarat, with additional
income during the off-season as also improve their
socio-economic status in the long run.

• Apraava Energy engaged Kshamata, a non-governmental
organisation empaneled with the Tata Institute of Social
Sciences, for a women empowerment programme. The
programme includes intervention in government shelter homes
and re-integration through the Kshamata Transformation
Centre. The programme aims to benefit ~150 girls and women.

• Apraava Energy continues to invest in a milk cooperation
women empowerment project at Chandgarh, Madhya Pradesh.

• In Jhajjar, we partnered with Humana People to People India
for a three-year project. The programme was launched during
the lockdown and integrated an Extension Volunteer model in
its execution. A woman programme leader and field teams
have been inducted and online meetings were organised for
engagement with the beneficiary women. This programme will
generate socio-economic opportunities for nearly 3,000 rural
women through activation of women self-help groups, life skills
training and nutri-gardens development across 12 villages.

Apraava Energy has launched a number of initiatives aimed at

providing women with the skills they need to achieve economic

independence with a focus on providing access to economic assets.