Vocational Skills Training for 50 Youth

Summary

This project will provide valuable hands-on sewing skills for 50 adolescent girls. This will greatly improve her chance for employment or self-employment and as a result they become self-supporting. progress report read updates from the field

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	£6 - Will provide the fabric and thread for one girl to participate
	£15 - Will provide a full day of training for a participant including lunch.
	£62 - Will purchase a hand cranked sewing machine for training.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

This project targets orphaned and vulnerable girls at the lower end of the economic strata in their community. These girls are prone to all forms of abuse and can easily resort to prostitution when faced with profound economic challenges. 50 girls identified in the ASAP/Catholic Relief Services funded Out of School Adolescents project will gain sewing skills, self esteem and hope for the future. This is an ongoing project that will train a few girls, as we have the funds available.

Activities

A series of training sessions will be offered at Munyaradzi Training Center in rural Nyanga area. The 50 girls selected will gain sewing skills in order to prepare them for employment or self-employment.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £1,537
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £659
Total Funding Goal: £2,196

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

ASAP website Home Page (http://www.asapafrica.org)

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

This project provides desperately needed survival skills for these selected out of school girls. But this is really about providing some hope where there is little.

Project Message

"It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness." - A positive view of life in spite of the suffering these out of school youth endure.
- Joseph Miti, ASAP Program Mgr. Zimbabwe

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Tom Arsenault,

P.O. Box 2275
Peachtree City, GA 30269
United States
7706327451
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organisation

A Self-Help Assistance Program (ASAP)
58 Dover Trail P.O. Box 2275
Peachtree City, GA 30269
United States
(770) 632-7451
http://www.asapafrica.org

Learn more about A Self-Help Assistance Program (ASAP) and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Zimbabwe and can also be found under Women and Girls.

For more information about Zimbabwe, read the Human Development Report on Zimbabwe or the Wikipedia entry for Zimbabwe.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on January 16, 2012.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 12, 2008.

Latest Update from the Field

Vocational Skills Training Update

By Tom Arsenault - Overseas Program Manager, January 16, 2012 04:05 AM

Sewing and Garment Repair

ASAP’s Vocational Training Project is changing lives by reaching out to many people with skills training they can use to make a living. Up to now, 440 young people (291 females, 149 males) have been provided with vocational skills training in both Nyanga and Mutasa districts, many with your help.

The training has been in sewing, carpentry, bicycle repair and hairdressing. These are skills that these young people can convert into income in their local community.

We thank all of you who have already supported this project. However, we still need more support to train the many more youth who have requested assistance. Please donate generously.

Hair Dresssing Exam

Carpentry Traiing

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