SMILE - Comprehensive Rehabilitation For Welfare Of Transgender Persons – Skill Development And Training

A scheme for Transgender Persons to provide employment opportunities to the person belonging to transgender person community by providing them market-oriented skills. #### Objectives The main purpose is to provide employment opportunities to the person belonging to transgender person community by providing them market-oriented skills. Areas for imparting skill training have been chosen after careful consideration by the training partners and also based on the national consultations done with the Transgender community. The skills so imparted are expected to be a means to provide ample scope for employment with dignity to the transgender beneficiary. Under this scheme two types of skill development training programmes are provided to transgender persons: - Short Term Training Programmes (200 hours to 600 hours and up to 6 months). - Long Term Training Programmes (5 months and above and usually up-to 1 year) (up to 1000 hours).