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Project
Background
Increased migration to Bangladesh's major cities has caused alarming increases in poverty, particularly in Dhaka city. Most migrants end up in slums and squatter settlements where there are few services and little access to education.
In January 2003, Islamic Relief established four vocational training centres in strategic locations in the slums of Dhaka city. Trainees receive vocational training and employment support services.
Fourteen different courses are available at the centre including IT, electrical training, tailoring, tiling, plumbing, first aid and nursing, signboard design and watch repair.
Surveys of participants at Islamic Relief's training centres show that 87% find work whether in self employment or in waged employment.
The project also includes numeracy and literacy classes that supplement the government's Education for All (EFA) initiative by focusing on groups that are out of the scope of the government programme. |
Project Objectives
- Providing access to cost-effective practical vocational education for underprivileged children, young people and other vulnerable groups;
- Employment support services for participants on the training courses;
- Enhancing employment opportunities;
- Establishing cost-effective numeracy and literacy education.
Project Activities
- Creating the infrastructure for education and training;
- Developing skills of the participants;
- Providing an employment support service;
- Provide credit for graduates entrepreneurs
- Developing a functional operating and monitoring system;
- Establishing links with governmental agencies, NGOs and other relevant bodies for mutual cooperation.
- Awareness rising among the targeted community on vocational training facilities.
Beneficiaries
There are 1,412 people enrolled on the courses at the training centres, of which 832 are male and 580 are female. Most of the participants are unemployed boys and girls, both Muslim and non-Muslim.
The project also indirectly improves the economic status of their family members.
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