iSEWA

• We had initiated a project ''iSEWA'' (UN –SDG 5,8,11) under which we have been mapping all the Essential Service Providers ( Mochi, Dhobi, Carpenter, Mason, Painter, Electrician, Women Artisans etc) whether Skilled or Unskilled; functioning  in the city and subsequently upgrading their skills by providing them proactive training through open community sourcing. We are working towards making them financially literate and also providing Personality development training. All these ESPs have been uploaded on our open to use Mobile web portal (isewa.patialafoundation.org) for community use. The Mobile web portal has been designed on an Open Sourced, Community driven and referred Platform and anybody can register to use and Add any iSEWA they feel shall be of importance for the community. The Mobile web portal has not only made the lives of the residents simpler but has also imbibed a sense of belongingness and security amongst the community. Subsequently a batch of similar ESPs are trained for Skill Enhancement and other related things. The ESPs in turn cater to more people and are able to enhance their income and associate with the leaders of the industry so that they can benefit from them. As a result their families have also been benefited as their standard of living has improved and they are more open to the Social Development Schemes of the Government.

  We at present are operating through our Head office at Patiala and are present in 16 other cities through associate partners like NGOs, Administration etc. We undertake Skill Enhancement Camps of the mapped ESPs of the cities in which these ESPs are made aware about various services like Aadhar card, financial literacy, Insurance and other Social Sector Schemes of the Government. Till now 8654 ESPs have been uploaded to the website from 57 categories which include Carpenter, Mali, Mochi, Dhobi, Auto rickshaws, Rickshaws, Electrician, Sabziwala, Fruitwala, women artisans etc. 765 ESPs have been provided Skill Enhancement Training by the foundation.