Entrepreneurship Training for Self-Help Group Members
Don Bosco Child Labour Mission, Davangere organized an entrepreneurship training
programme at centre for four days under the leadership of Manjula V, the
Coordinator. 51 women from 10 different Self Help Groups run by DBCLM
participated in it. Mr NT Yariswamy, Lead District Divisional Manager, Davangere, Mr
Prasannakumar, Programme Manager, Municipal Corporation of Davangere, Mr
Shivakumar, Asst Coordinator of Poverty Elimination Cell, Municipal Corporation of
Davangere were the resource persons.
The participants had the opportunity of attending input sessions and group activities
as part of this training. Learned and well informed resource persons dealt with topic
like entrepreneurship skills, micro business, micro income generation activities,
management of small scale business, linking with other institutions, linking with
banks for financial support, etc. There were also lighter topics like leadership, conflict
management, collective decision making, common fund management, etc. for the
smooth functioning of the self-help groups. At the end of the whole programme the
participants felt that they are sufficiently informed and equipped to try their hand at
turning their small group into a group that can stand by itself.
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