In the BCT operational villages, Community Organizers have touch based with 220 entrepreneurs, of which 85 entrepreneurs were selected
22 Women & Persons with Disabilities (PwD) with micro enterprises have expressed interest in the program till date
They have attended training for the last 2 weeks for 2 half-days per week (Monday & Tuesday)
Basic knowledge of income, expenditure and accounting was imparted as part of the class
BCT head of finance spent time with each participant to understand and analyse the income and expenditure of the venture.
Further, the entrepreneurs were trained on inventory management – dead stock and moving stock., cost of procurement, margins etc.
Management of the enterprise during the pandemic situation was discussed over phone. Entrepreneurs were guided on how to change course and keep generating income
During the pandemic, all the cohorts were contacted to keep their positivity up. Some them, have been linked to local communities for mask production and about 7,000 masks were made.
The second cohorts with Agri- entrepreneurs has begun with 26 entrepreneurs
