Vocational Skills Training for 500 Youth
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: $200
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $9,800
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
Organization
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
A Self-Help Assistance Program (ASAP)'s Current Projects on GlobalGiving
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A Self-Help Assistance Program (ASAP)'s Funded Projects on GlobalGiving
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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 November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 12, 2008
Latest Update from the Field
Monthly report from Zimbabwe
By Joseph Miti - Programme Manager, August 17, 2009 03:12 PM
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