Magic Bus India Foundation

Magic Bus India Foundation has been working with young people, living in poverty, taking them from a childhood full of challenges to a life with meaningful livelihoods impacting youth by equipping them with the life skills and knowledge they need to grow up and move out of poverty, and take control of their future.

Major Interventions:

Adolescent Programme: The NGO works with adolescents for their holistic development helping them to overcome hurdles and equip them to complete secondary education. Life skills are taught in a way they understand through the activity-based curriculum. It also focuses on Education Enhancement to improve basic literacy and numeracy. Magic Bus works with multiple stakeholders from an adolescent’s ecosystem to build a network of support and uplift their community.

Through Community Connect, Magic Bus works with families, community leaders, and local authorities to create a supportive environment for adolescents’ aspirations. This collaborative approach strengthens the ecosystem around each adolescent, helping align parents, educators, and community members with their growth and learning goals.

Livelihood Programme: The objective is to enhance the employability of youth by imparting life skills and connecting them to sustainable livelihood opportunities in white and grey-collar sectors. The youth are provided with sector-specific training and job placements. Post-placement support are also provided in the form of mentoring and handholding through regular follow-ups as job retention is a key challenge for youth from underserved communities.

Skilling Programmes: The Standard Skilling Programme offers life skills, financial and digital literacy, and interview preparation to equip youth for roles in high-growth sectors like retail, IT & ITeS, BFSI, and hospitality. FutureX, a blended learning model, extends this training to scale, aiming to reach thousands annually through technology infrastructure and centralized support functions like placements and mentorship. The Connect with Work program bridges employment gaps for young graduates, providing intensive skilling and job placements within one week, followed by a 12-month support period. Additionally, the AWS Cloud Skilling Programme, in partnership with Amazon Web Services, trains underserved youth in cloud computing, combining technical skills with employability training and preparing participants for certification and entry-level cloud roles in the modern workforce.