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Organization	Udayan Care
Region	India
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ProjectLeader	Kiran Modi

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There is a growing demand for computer education and information technology among the poor urban and rural communities including communities around our Udayan Care's residential homes for children without parental care. This project intends to focus on mixed communities located around our Udayan Homes and those in the densely populated clusters of slums, resettlement colonies and other low income settlements by setting up IT centers to elevate the levels of computer literacy among youngsters.

Challenge

The Census of India 2011 projects that the working age group will constitute up to 64% of India's population by 2021. The bulk of this increase is likely to be in the younger age group of 20-35 years. In order to tap the unlimited potential of this large youth population and to enhance their employability quotient technology play a major role.Therefore, there is an urgent need to address the issue by maximizing the employment rates for better standards of living.

Long-Term Impact

With training and career counselling through our placement assistance, our students are able to get better jobs with incomes increasing by at least 20-25%, thus improving the standard of living of their families. this programme ensures to empower disadvantaged children and youth with informed choices/decisions and actions related to personal, financial and social uplift. Since inception, our 18 IT centres have equipped over 20,500 students across Delhi and NCR .