Good Start: Vocational Training for Youth
With millions of people living below the poverty line, families often struggle to meet their basic daily needs. For many in this situation, education becomes an unaffordable luxury, especially for those living in the most impoverished communities. With lack of access and income to send their children to school, they may end up working in low-paying jobs, perpetuating the cycle of poverty for generations to come.
With school drop-out rates increasing and barriers to gaining employment, the number of street children in urban centres is also rising. They are, in turn, at risk of child abuse and forced labor.
That’s where the Good Start program steps in, providing marginalised youth with vocational training in Vietnam and the Philippines. The program aims to enhance students’ self-esteem, improve their quality of life and provide them with a sustainable income stream to help support them and their families.
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Sadly, around half of Vietnam’s unemployed are people under the age of 25 years, with many of those having left school early. Without furthering their education, disadvantaged youth often end up toiling away as subsistence farmers or pursuing other low paying jobs.
But, our Good Barber Project is giving talented young people aged between 16 and 18 years, the opportunity to attend vocational hairdresser training in Hanoi City. After graduating from the course students find careers in salons or start their own businesses, earning an average of $600 – $900 a month, more than five times the average income of their village household.
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Hairdressing Training in Vietnam and Philippines
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Your support will be directed to various infrastructure projects, dedicated training programs and provision of resources, all with the view to making communities more self reliant, resilient and sustainable for the long-term.
"I'd like to thank [Good Neighbours] for providing us with this vocational training opportunity so that we could pursue our dreams, [and] all of the teachers at the center for guiding us and pointing us in the right direction."
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