The Northwestern Mutual Foundation was more than pleased to announce nearly $700,000 worth of grants to 14 nonprofit organizations that are willing to administer job training services, business development strategies and access to crucial community resources.
John Kordsmeier, president of Northwestern Mutual Foundation, said "Job training courses and business development programs provide more than new life skills - they also give people hope."
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Rivaayat is an initiative by Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi to revive various dying art form and solve innumerable problems faced by the artisans. Rivaayat began with reviving a 20,000-year-old art form of pottery that is a means of survival for 600 families residing in Uttam Nagar, Delhi.