Work Skills
Bakery
The bakery at Together Foundation is FSSAI certified and occupies pride of place in our centre. We started with a single microwave oven in 2016 and now run a full-fledged commercial facility.
Bakery Operations
- Commercial bakery facilities and operations under guidance of a chef visiting on weekly basis.
- Days of manufacturing are separate from those of learning to bake.
- Bakery support functions are taught to students who are not attuned to actual baking processes.
- Regular bakery exams are held and recorded to help assess students.
Core Objectives
- Impart employable skills.
- Create a learning-on-the-go platform for students to use their skills.
- Reduce dependency on adults when in the kitchen.
- Sell bakery products to generate funds for running the Foundation/reducing student fees.
Visual Schedules
Visual Schedules and Demo Videos
White cranberry chocolate
Triple chocolate cookies
Oats & raisin cookies
Nutella muffins
Dark chocolate
Crackle chocolate
Coffee chocolate
Almond Date Laddoo
Fresh Food
Teaching Programs in preparation of fresh food began in 2022. There were two objectives : Build self-reliance in the adults for their own needs and secondly, learn to prepare fresh foods for customers at the shops.
Visual Schedules and Demo Videos
Fresh Food @ Together: Chutney Sandwich
Fresh Food @ Together: Sprout salad
Fresh Food @ Together: Salad
Fresh Food @ Together: Mini dosa
Fresh Food @ Together: Microwave lemon tea
Fresh food @ Together: Club sandwich
Fresh Food@ Together: Cucumber salad
Paper Plate Manufacturing
One year after Together Foundation began work, we had many youngsters who required alternative areas of engagement, apart from the bakery. The paper plate project lends itself to people of all skill sets.
Something for everyone
- A paper plate manufacturing unit was set up in 2017.
- Team members take turns to operate the machine through the day and every person manufactures approximately 50 – 100 plates a day.
- The other skills taught through this exercise are cleaning and counting the raw material, sorting manufactured plates, packing and sealing the prepared material.
- This project was launched specially for young adults who do not have the skill set for working in the bakery.
Adults manufacturing paper plates
Visual Schedules and Demo Videos
Bag Making
Together Foundation began with training our adults to make newspaper bags and over a period of time expanded to include block printing, gift bags, cloth bags, patchwork embroidery, accessory pouches and sling bags.
Our team of special adults train in 21 day periods for manufacturing every kind of bag.
Paper Bag Visual Schedule
Shop
Together Foundation fulfilled a ten-year dream of creating a real-world retail environment for adults with autism and other intellectual disabilities. In 2025, this dream became a reality with the inauguration of two shops by Sara Tendulkar, Director, Sachin Tendulkar Foundation and nutritionist.
The new shops are an extension of the foundation’s sheltered workshop, which provides training and employment to the beneficiaries. One shop sells edible products made in the foundation’s own FSSAI-certified bakery, while the second outlet features a variety of handcrafted items, including paper and cloth bags, pouches, and festive products. All proceeds from the sales go directly towards the stipends of the adults who create the products.
Sara Tendulkar for Together
Computer Skills
We train adults in the areas of functional computer skills, data entry practice, Photoshop – introductory course, Advanced Photoshop and Canva introductory course. Apart from this we have computer and mobile phone related programs, such as Paint, Whatsapp and G-pay.