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This program is, without doubt, the most important we have to help both the young people and the adults to become self-sufficient. In fact, every time one of our trainees leaves us, having completed his course and with a certificate proving his competence in his pocket, and he succeeds in finding a job, it gives confidence to all the others.
It concerns the elder of our street children as well as displaced adults living in the vicinity.
In our farms and in three other centres, workshops provide training in carpentry, bricklaying, electrical work, welding, agricultural techniques and tailoring for both men and women. In two of the centres, we started refrigeration and air-conditioning workshops; in another one, leatherwork is teached.
In the five centers, we also provide health awareness, first aid, adult education and methods of fighting HIV/AIDS.
We hope that the authorities will officially recognise the certificates given at the end of the course, which have already enabled a good number of their beneficiaries to become self-employed or to find a job.
The total cost (material, equipment and salaries) of this program in 2005 has been US$ 206'666.
41% of the trainees who graduated in 2005 some months ago are already earning a living (around 60% for the ones who learned masonry and electricity). |
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