We create professions out of social needs.
Every individual has a need for a meaningful, rewarding, and dignified livelihood. Young people are no exception! Often disadvantaged youth find themselves relegated to low level jobs in call centres or service industries.
Through our courses, youth from marginalised communities have the chance to enter and influence socially critical professions.
We treat each young person as a unique being with potentials that are waiting to be explored and developed. Baduku creates spaces where students can learn in an atmosphere of stimulation and care. They are continuously challenged to examine their beliefs about themselves and the world around.
They learn new skills to emerge as confident professionals and empowered leaders in society.
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I was born and brought up in a village in Raichur district a very neglected part of North Karnataka. Due to the financial crisis at home, I had to work as a daily wage labourer throughout my School and College days.
Poverty made me a wanderer. I had no idea where I was going when I ended up working on a flyover construction site in Bangalore. I heard of the Journalism course at Baduku Centre for Livelihood Learning, for which I did not have to pay. At last, I felt that even I could reach for my dreams!
I completed the six-month course in journalism and entered the Kannada media industry as a trained professional. Today, I am a district reporter for a prominent Kannada Daily, thanks to the continuous encouragement and mentoring from Baduku. It would have been impossible for me to reach this stage without this unique centre.
At Baduku, we reimagine learning to include experiential, participatory and creative pedagogies. Our inter-disciplinary approach integrates self and social awareness with knowledge and technical skills.
Here, learning happens beyond the classroom. Many of our learning events happen on farms, mountain tops, and even over the internet. Interactions based on pluralistic and diverse living experiences in spaces like the hostel, the library, and the lab, enrich the learning process.
Students are placed in professions for which they are trained and are enabled to pursue further education in the area of training. They receive one-on-one mentoring, during and after their courses by our experienced and diversified faculties.
Baduku Centre for Livelihoods Learning offers short and long term courses in seven socially critical professions.
- Duration – 6 months
- Faculty- Manjunatha M
- Email ID-learner.lecturer@samvadabaduku.org
Scholarships are available for all the above courses.
Since baduku’s journey began in 2009, we have partnered with various academic and research institutions, and other social organizations and we continue looking for collaborations with those who share our vision to partner with young people and contribute to the process of social transformation.
Our Baduku courses are residential and conducted on the Samvada campus having accommodation, food, a computer lab, a library as well as sports and games facilities. Watch the video to learn more!