Vocational Training and Livelihoods

VOCATIONAL TRAINING & LIVELIHOODS GALLERY

Divine Shakti Foundation runs vocational training centers in Rishikesh where more than 1000 women and girls receive free training in such fields as sewing , embroidery, handicrafts, tailoring and beauty therapy. Additionally we provide computer classes in different centers and both spoken and written English classes.

Divine Shakti Foundation is partnering with institutions and companies to create buy-back programmes so that the women’s products are ensured a market in which to be sold, which in turn will guarantee them a steady income to sustain their families.

WOMEN OF PARMARTH NAARI SHAKTI KENDRA CREATE ECO-FRIENDLY BAGS, April 2023

After International Yoga Festival 2023, where our DSF women participated to exhibit their talent, they have again united together to complete a new order of 230 cloth bags for a private firm in order to use as an alternative for plastic bags. This gives them not just a job, but also an opportunity to work for the betterment of Mother Nature…[Read more]

DSF HANDICRAFTS AT IYF 2023, March 2023

In this amazing event, our DSF women have got an opportunity to exhibit their skills and the work done so far. A stall has been set up in our ashram where many handmade items such as eco-friendly bags, purses, handicrafts, embroidered dupattas, cotton kurtas, handmade soaps, and candles made by them are displayed for sale…[Read more]

ADVANCE STITCHING COURSE AT PARMARTH NARI SHASHAKTI KENDRA, January 2022

Advance Stitching Course began today at our Parmarth Nari Shashakti Kendra as Pujya Sadhviji and the Divine Shakti Foundation and GIWA team joined together to build the enthusiasm of the women selected for the training…[Read more]

TWO-DAY ‘SHG-CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT TRAINING’ PROGRAM, April 2021

A two-day training program each for the students of Parmarth Naari Sashakti Kendra (April 6th & 7th) and Women Vocational Centre Dehradun Road (April 8th & 10th) was organized under the aegis of Divine Shakti Foundation at Parmarth Niketan. In this training program, five Self Help Groups were formed and five more are in the process of completion….[Read more]

OFFICIAL INAUGURATION OF THE PARMARTH NARI SHAKTI KENDRA, March 2021

The official inauguration of the Parmath Nari Shakti Kendra with its additional class offerings took place, as administrators, teachers and students at Divine Shakti Foundation’s Parmarth Vidya Mandir Prakash Bharti school came together to make the event very special….[Read more]

REOPENING OF PARMARTH NAARI SHASHAKTI KENDRA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE, March 2021

Parmarth Naari Shashakti Kendra Centre for Excellence recent reopening of the facility, after the Covid crisis shuttered it for almost a year!…[Read more]

VOCATIONAL OCCUPATION TEACHERS GATHER AT PARMARTH NIKETAN, November 2019

Dozens of Divine Shakti Foundation school and vocational training centre Adminstrators, Teachers and Wardens gathered together to meet with DSF Founder, President of Parmarth Niketan, Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, and DSF’s President, Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, to review their successes and to plan for the future…[Read more]

MHM TRAINING OF TRAINERS COMPLETED AT PARMARTH NIKETAN, August 2019

A special five day Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) Training of Trainers completed today at Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh, jointly organised by the Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), a United Nations membership organization that advocates for improved sanitation and hygiene for the most vulnerable and marginalized people around the world…[Read more]

SEWING THREADS OF HOPE: DSF GIVES SEWING MACHINE TO RURAL WOMEN, 28 JUNE 2016

Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, President of Divine Shakti Foundation (DSF), and Sadhvi Abha Saraswati, Head of the Parmarth Yoga Department, recently joined volunteers and members of DSF to hand over sewing…[Read more]

RURAL UTTARAKHAND VOCATIONAL TRAINING

VISIT TO DSF’S TRIYUGINARAYAN LIVELIHOOD CENTER, 1 JUNE 2015

A visit to the newly constructed livelihoods centre was the next stop in Pujya Swamiji’s yatra to Kedarnath where He met and spent time with the beneficiaries. Several of the…[Read more]

INAUGURATION OF DIVINE SHAKTI FOUNDATION’S NEW BRIGHTLAND SCHOOL, May 2015

Brightland International School, which was completely destroyed in the floods of 2013, has been rebuilt by Divine Shakti Foundation and Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh, led, guided, blessed and inspired by Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji…[Read more]

TRIYUGINARAYAN LIVELIHOODS CENTRE

Divine Shakti Foundation is excited to announce the completion of the construction phase of the Triyuginarayan Livelihoods Centre. Divine Shakti Foundation has joined together with Mandakini Women Weavers of Garhwal…[Read more]