Vocational Skills Training for 500 Youth

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Summary

This project will provide valuable vocational skills training to 500 selected out-of-school adolescents to greatly improve the chance for employment or self-employment for these young men and women.

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Rural poverty is being addressed through training and education. Many poor Zimbabwean teens drop out of school and so do not finish their high school education. This project not only helps some return to school but provides micro-finance training and vocational training to those interested.

Activities

Vocational training programs will be conducted in Carpentry, Welding, and Sewing in order to prepare these students for employment or self-employment.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $0
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $10,000
Total Funding Goal: $10,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

This project has a target of training 500 young men and women to increase their incomes and better provide for their families. With additional funding we could increase the number of people trained.

Project Message

"Ït 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 Field Operations Mgr.

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Elizabeth Bara,
Executive Director
189 Fulton Court
Peachtree City, GA 30296
United States
7706327357
Email:

Project Sponsor

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Organization

A Self-Help Assistance Program (ASAP)
189 Fulton Court
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 Education.

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 August 19, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

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

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