Magic Bus India Foundation
Sonali Desai is a Sr. Manager of Communications at Magic Bus India Foundation and a Senior Content Writer at Design Cafe. Sonali is the founder of Weaving Roots, a former journalist and writer from Mumbai who ventured into entrepreneurship in May 2017. Sonali has a background in journalism and has worked in various roles such as Freelance Writer, Content Manager, Senior Content Writer, and Associate Editor for companies like 101Reporters, eWomen.co, Hannon Digital, Lokadarshan, City Buzz, and Deccan Herald Media Company. Sonali holds a post-graduation degree in Print Journalism and New Media from IIJNM Bangalore and a bachelor's degree in Journalism, Psychology, and English literature from Garden City University.
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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