Help Train and Find Jobs for 30 Laotian Youth

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Summary

Giving youth job training will keep them off the streets. Makphet restaurant gives youth hospitality traning so they can find jobs and earn income. Makphet is a socially responsible enterprise.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Lack of skills leading to gainful employment among urban marginalized youth in Laos represents a high risk for young people to end up on the streets or adopt harmful behaviors, pertpetuating the cycle of poverty. By providing professional hospitality training and subsequent job placement servcies, the chances for youth to improve their lives increases considerably without creating dependency on program support in the long term. They will then be able to find jobs and earn income.

Activities

By providing quality vocational training in a real work environment, and by offering subsequent job placement services, vulnerable young people have the opportunity to obtain decent employment and attain long term financial security.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $25
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $50,825
Total Funding Goal: $50,850

Additional Documentation

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

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

30 students are provided with high quality training making them more attractive to prospective employers 15 students are placed into decent employment, ensuring their long term financial security.

Project Message

Young people come to Makphet the Restaurant and they flourish – they learn, they are inspired, they set future goals and become role models to other young people. This is why I love my work.
- Gustav Auer, FI Hospitality Business Coordinator/Chef

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Toni Palombi,
Grants Manager
9A Street 21
Phnom Penh, 000000
Cambodia
85523986601
Email:

Project Sponsor

Skoll Foundation

Organization

Friends-International
9A Street 178
Phnom Penh, Cambodia 0000
Cambodia
(+ 855) 23 986 601
http://www.friends-international.org

Learn more about Friends-International and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Laos and can also be found under Education.

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

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 21, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 30, 2008.

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