Magic Bus India Foundation
Sandhya Krishnan serves as the Director of the Adolescent Programme at Magic Bus India Foundation since April 2022, bringing extensive experience from previous roles including Senior Advisor at Thinkthrough Consulting and Program Director at Educate Girls in Maharashtra. Sandhya has a notable track record in program management with save the Children India as State Programme Manager for Tamil Nadu and in various roles at Save the Children Finland addressing child protection and rights during the Tsunami Response Program. Other significant positions include Senior Programme Officer at SWISSAID India, where management and implementation of programs on youth, diversity, and gender were key responsibilities. Sandhya's earlier career involved research management roles at Aarohan and Vimarsh, contributing to development research and organizational capacity building. Holding a Masters in Social Work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Ramnarain Ruia College, Sandhya has a solid educational foundation supporting a career dedicated to social development and children's rights.
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Magic Bus India Foundation
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Founded in 1999 by Matthew Spacie, Magic Bus is building a world where young people break out of poverty to lead fulfilling, rewarding lives and contribute positively to their communities. This is achieved by enabling adolescents to complete secondary education and skilling young people to be in jobs. Our Childhood to Livelihood programme works with adolescents and young people in the age group of 12 to 24 years. Over the past two decades, we have spread our reach across India and impacted more than 1 million young people across 24 states and 75 districts. We have set up 240 Community Learning Centres and are present in 2342 schools We have set up 80 Livelihood Centres and 8 Entrepreneurship Incubation Centres What are our programmes about? Childhood Programme: In our Childhood Programme, we work with adolescents and multiple stakeholders from their connected ecosystem. We focus on teaching Life Skills, enhancing education and imparting employability skills. Livelihood Programme: Our Livelihood Programme enhances employability by imparting Employability Skills and connecting young people to sustainable livelihood opportunities through sector specific training, job placements and post-placement support. Entrepreneurship Development Programme: Our Entrepreneurship Development Programme assists and mentors budding young entrepreneurs from underserved communities, 70 successful entrepreneurs from 3 regions have been supported through this programme. To find out more about our programmes and support our work visit: http://www.magicbus.org