Magic Bus India Foundation
Siddu Gowda is an experienced professional in social work and youth placement. Currently serving as a Placement Manager at Magic Bus India Foundation since October 2020, Siddu focuses on facilitating job placements for youth. Prior experience includes working as a Counselor at Samaja Seva Samithi, providing counseling services to couples, and as an Associate Trainer at Buzzz India Trust and Buzz Women, delivering financial training and empowerment sessions for rural women. Additionally, Siddu has held various roles in monitoring and training within programs at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences. Educational qualifications include a Master of Social Work from VSK University and a Bachelor of Arts from Kottureshwara Degree College.
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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