VTC – Empowering Women and Youth
THE Vocational Training Centre (VTC) for Excellence is a joint project of Bombay YMCA and Rotary Club of Bombay. It was established in 1993 and has, since then, provided vocational training facilities and services. It has touched close to 50,000 lives since inception and presently offers courses such as Tailoring, Advance Tailoring, Beautician, Mehendi-Basic and Advance, Zardozi Aari Work, Embroidery, Fabric Painting, Satin Ribbon Work, Fashion Designing, Designer Tailoring, Computer and Manual Typing, MSCIT and other important computerrelated courses.
The beneficiaries of this project are women, adolescent girls, youth and children. It provides a platform of vocational education to 15 to 40-yearold illiterate, underprivileged girls whose education was interrupted due to poor economical conditions. They could complete it because of the minimal course fees offered by YMCA’s VTC courses. VTC also provides opportunities to students to pursue mandatory government recognised courses with minimal charges e.g. – MSCIT, manual and computer typing. Students benefiting from these courses qualify for government examinations.
Overall, the VTC enhances the beneficiary’s selfesteem, self-confidence and socially empowers them to re-construct their personal and social life and make a sustainable livelihood.
