Thoughtshop Foundation is an India-based NGO, founded in 1993, that uses design thinking and creative communication tools to address social issues and empower marginalized youth, women, and children. They develop participatory play-way games, pictorial toolkits, and community programmes focused on gender equity, child rights, leadership, and social change, especially through their Youth Resource Cells (YRCs) across West Bengal and beyond.
School for Skills proudly counts many students from this organisation among its participants. It has collaborated with Thoughtshop Foundation and continues to be happy to work together, supporting shared goals of youth empowerment, holistic development, and community impact.
Jabala Action Research Organisation is an India-based human rights NGO established in 1992 that supports vulnerable children, especially girls and young women, facing marginalization due to poverty, lack of education, violence, child marriage, trafficking, and unsafe migration. It works through rights-based empowerment, capacity building, livelihood support, and community engagement to protect and uplift underprivileged youth.
School for Skills has many students coming from Jabala’s programmes and is proud of this ongoing collaboration. The School for Skills is happy to work with Jabala, sharing a commitment to empowering youth through education, skills training, and broader opportunities for growth and social transformation.