Over the past few weeks, I have been highly engrossed with school work and an international cricket tournament, leading me to prioritise them at the moment. Due to this, I had not been able to tend to the expansion plans of Project Suraksha. However, now that my schedule has been Read more…
Week ending 17th September Reflecting on the project, I came to the realization that health insurance is another crucial aspect of an individual’s financial stability. With this in mind, I have begun exploring the possibility of incorporating health insurance into our offerings. My current focus is on conducting secondary research Read more…
Saturday’s Camp After a brief pause, the Saturday enrollment drives resumed. Myself and the bank managers and officials took a short break, and then returned to recommence enrolling and providing financial security to many. However, the turnout at Saturday’s drive was low. Despite previous marketing efforts, such as dual-language posters Read more…
Joint Secy. Meeting, 28th August After the successful enrollment of 31 domestic workers, I approached Mr. Saurabh Mishra, the Joint Secretary of Insurance and Pensions in the Ministry of Finance of the Government of India, to present them with their enrollment certificates. This was driven by two factors. Firstly, the Read more…
Week ending 14th August Tasks Accomplished Key Learnings Last Mile Logistics Issues – To finalize the documentation, I had to work with the local bank and Common Service Correspondents (CSC). During the second meeting, I saw high demand for enrolment, but it became evident that the supply couldn’t keep up. Read more…
Tasks Accomplished and Key Learnings Building upon the success of last week’s enrollment meeting, today’s goal was to ensure that the workers from the previous meeting have completed all necessary accounts and enrollments in the Project Suraksha schemes, as well as onboarding new potential household workers. The impact of the Read more…
21st July, First Enrolment Meeting Initial Thoughts Before the meeting, I anticipated low attendance from the household workers. Given their limited access to technology and digital platforms, our outreach to them had to be through physical means. Based on my earlier experience with data collection, I believed that it would Read more…
Tasks Accomplished and Key Learnings Organising the logistics for the First Enrolment Meeting During the process of organizing logistics, I developed skills in persuasive communication to effectively engage individuals and groups. Coordinating schedules with different stakeholders, including government representatives and bank managers, required strong negotiation skills and patience. The household Read more…
Week ending 7th of July Key Learnings Pamphlets Door to Door Data Collection Tasks for Next Week
Task accomplished Key learnings and reflection Despite the survey being sent out for a week, only 7 responses were received. Although the neighborhood is small, the low response rate does not provide enough evidence for demand. Instead of giving up, I decided to investigate the cause. Upon analyzing the survey Read more…