Objectives

• To build capacity of minority and artisan communities through targeted interventions by providing skill training support in need-based courses and ensuring employment / livelihood opportunities for them.

• To preserve and promote the cultural heritage of traditional art and craft forms including propagation of literature/ documents/ manuscripts.

• To provide formal education and certification up to 8th, 10th , and 12th through open schooling to school dropouts of families of minority and artisan communities.

• To empower women from families of minority and artisan communities and instil confidence amongst them by providing leadership, and entrepreneurship support.

• To improve employability of and generate better livelihood opportunities for minorities and artisan communities through market and credit linkages and bring them to mainstream.

• To develop model and sustainable art and craft villages, generating livelihood and employment / entrepreneurship opportunities for minorities and artisan communities.