Young Apprentices Learn Marketable Skills
In December, 37 young people from Jalalabat area in south Kyrgyzstan completed vocational courses administered by USAID and the Mercy Corps Collaborative Development Initiative project. More than 50 youth ages 15-25 participate in the master-apprentice program, which teaches dress-making, wool processing, felt manufacturing, sewing production, interior decoration and electro-gas soldering. The initiative was created to help local youth develop marketable skills needed to secure gainful employment.
The program is slated for expansion this year and expects to award small grants and work with two local implementing partners to provide apprenticeships for an additional 350 students.
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Thirty-seven young people completed the USAID-supported apprenticeship
program
Photo Credit: Mercy Corps |
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