Kherwadi Social Welfare Association (KSWA) (www.yuvaparivartan.org), through its flagship initiative - Yuva Parivartan, provides skills training to underprivileged youth and women, focusing on income generation and empowerment. The initiative has a strong emphasis on school dropouts and women beneficiaries. Over the past 26 years, they have enhanced the employability of over 1.5 million individuals, with over 90% of urban and rural beneficiaries both waged and self-employed contributing to their family income.
Their rural livelihood programs target agricultural and life skills in villages and small towns, particularly in J&K, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orrisa, Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu.
With a vision to scale outreach from 50,000 to 200,000 youths, KSWA recognized that existing processes posed significant challenges in tracking beneficiary progress, livelihood placements, village assignments, field coordinator performance, student onboarding and batch management of the courses. To overcome these hurdles and enable seamless expansion, KSWA partnered with Koita Foundation to digitize and streamline its mobilization, onboarding, and program management workflows by introducing the Journey to Livelihood mobilization app and Student Management System web app respectively.
Working with the Koita Foundation has been an immensely rewarding experience. It has now been 3 years since we first partnered with the Foundation, and throughout this time, their involvement in the development, updates, and enhancements of our systems has been consistently positive and impactful.
They have challenged and encouraged us to expand our thinking on the digital front, and through regular engagement, have significantly contributed to increasing both the usage and effectiveness of our platforms.
The team has been highly responsive to the needs of our field staff, welcoming feedback openly and acting on it swiftly, which has greatly supported the adoption and sustained use of technology across our organization. A heartfelt thank you to the entire Koita Foundation team for being such committed partners in our journey to build a more effective and efficient organization.
CEO of Kherwadi Social Welfare Association