Citi Foundation, the charitable arm of global financial services provider Citigroup, has joined hands with Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF) for funding vocational training of young women from PSDF target districts (Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Lodhran, Muzaffargarh).
The foundation has extended a grant worth $30,000 to PSDF for providing, vocational and entrepreneurial training to sixty women. The foundation aims to create linkages between rural female enterprises and product/services markets. The trainings will enable young rural women to engage in income generating activities, either by setting up an enterprise or getting access to markets for jobs.
The entrepreneurial training will impart skills for market analysis and access, business plan preparation, costing financial management, accessing financial services and negotiation skills. Vocational training component will include crafts, embroidered garments, livestock management, and tailoring.
