This project provides high quality training in hospitality and tourism for young women from a highly deprived community. With many fathers in prison and mothers struggling, they have few opportunities to improve their lives. The course includes a two-month placement in good restaurants and hotels; on completion they will be helped to secure a good job. Providing these young women secure employment will provide them a clear route out of poverty and increase opportunities for their whole family.
Young people from this poor community find it very difficult to get good jobs. Many end up unemployed or hustling for casual work on a daily basis. Most jobs are gained through word-of-mouth, but poor families don't know the right people. There are many jobs in leisure and tourism, but people from deprived communities don't get them. A decent job is the most powerful step to escaping poverty, and this project will provide young people the chance to get a good job with a reputable employer.
This project will provide training in hospitality and tourism to young women in a highly disadvantaged community. The course provides a well-recognized qualification and includes a 2 month placement in a high quality restaurant or hotel, enabling the young women to practice and improve the skills they have learned. The young people will then be recommended to reputable restaurants and hotels, giving them access to jobs they would not otherwise be considered for.
These young people will gain skills and a qualification in hospitality and tourism. The placement will give them crucial work experience which will position them well for employment. Recommendations to future employers will open doors that usually remain firmly shut to young people from deprived communities. Having a steady job with a good employer will provide these young people a stable income and the potential for career progression, which will help to lift their whole family out of poverty.
We want to help young people from Athidiya to secure good jobs. The work placement and introduction to future employers which will ease the difficult path to securing that all-important first job.
- Harpo Gooneratne, restaurant owner, Entrepreneur and Course Provider
Total Funding Received to Date: $3,825
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $6,175
Total Funding Goal: $10,000
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