REVIVE programme by Periferry revolutionizes the concept of inclusive workplaces by providing specific guidance to Transgender people which would help them get placements easily.
Conception of REVIVE
Trishala explains to us about the conception of Periferry first, “So REVIVE was started back in July and REVIVE is a one-of-a-kind programme where we fully focus on upskilling the transgender community.”
TransInn and REVIVE: what’s the connection?
Trishala explains this, “Both REVIVE and TransInn very much, work together. So TransInn is a residential training setup that we have right now, in Bangalore.”
The workings of the REVIVE programme
REVIVE programme works, as Trishala explain, “So these batch-on-batch training sessions happen and each batch has between 20-25 people. So we do training on Digital Literacy, communication, soft skills, and life skills, so more generic training is what we do.”
What about corporates?
Corporates also require inclusive training and Periferry takes care of that. Trishala describes, “Apart from that we also partner with corporates if they want to train the community in certain skills like Tech related skills, programming and such, we also do. So we predominantly try and do more physical training but in case that is not possible, we still facilitate online training as well. So that’s what REVIVE is about it is completely funded by corporates and we function through their CSR.”
TransInn vs GarimaGreh
TransInn as we found out is linked to REVIVE. GarimaGreh is a Central Government scheme for Transpeople that not only provides them shelter, it also provides them with medical care, and basic amenities like food and recreational facilities. Additionally, it also helps them in skill development. Trishala explains the scope of both programmes, “So like I mentioned earlier, we are purely a training so the setup is more of a training centre setup. So GarimaGrehs obviously have a larger and wider objective to fulfil.”
Need for resources
Periferry is also struggling with resources and Trsihala very frankly talks of her experience, “So at Periferry, at this time, we don’t have the right resources to support people who are reaching out to us in business although we try and direct them, people who reach out to us, we try and direct them to organisations that are equipped to handle this but at the moment we are not able to handle someone coming in with such a grievance or you know from a difficult situation so this functions very much.”
Functions that TransInn fulfils
Trishala says, “TransInn functions very much as a residential training setup so I think that is one difference. Also, our objectives are slightly different although we focus on upskilling and providing a ton of opportunities they are limited to that at this point in time. So even with our corporate partners, we do have a very focused objective that we are here to fulfil so that is one difference that we have from Garimagreh we are also still a small organisation so we may not have, we may not be able to contribute in that level as such.”
What if there is an emergency?
So, Trishala explains, “In case somebody reaches out to us in an emergency we do try and provide them as much as possible and if they are doing fine then we also encourage them to be a part of our training programme as well so we have done that to two people, I think, in the past and you know they have also successfully attended training and also landed up with jobs that are kind of into the situation but still much you know we have a long way to go when it comes to that.”