Microsoft to empower child victims with IT skills

Mumbai, June 1 : Microsoft has partnered with CAP for empowering victims and communities vulnerable to human trafficking with requisite IT skills necessary to explore sustainable livelihood options.

Under its 'Project Jyoti' programme, Microsoft Corporation India announced a grant of approximately Rs 22 million to CAP (Child and Police project), a Hyderabad-based NGO, to provide IT skills training to victims of human trafficking as well as vulnerable communities at risk of trafficking, a Microsoft release issued here said yesterday.

CAP, along with Delhi-based Prayas and other NGO partners, will engage with these communities to set up a network of 95 Community Technology Learning Centres (CTLCs) across key urban and semi-urban centres in India. The CTLCs will also be located in strategic locations in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Vietnam.

Through this programme Microsoft aims to extend the benefits of IT training to 38,590 people over the next three years.

UNI