Magic Bus India Foundation
Vijayalakshmi Bhat is currently the Senior Manager of Public Relations and Communications at Magic Bus India Foundation since July 2023. Prior to joining Magic Bus, they worked as a Senior Manager of Public Relations at Communicate India from March 2017 to June 2023, and as a Senior Executive in Public Relations at Adfactors PR from August 2015 to February 2017. They also have experience as a Senior Executive in Tax Support at EY from November 2009 to March 2012. Vijayalakshmi holds a Masters in Mass Communication, Public Relations, and Media Studies from the School of Broadcasting and Communication, and a BA in Economics from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning.
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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