Hospitality Training for Disadvantaged Youths

This year, CRDT has benefited from the support of Swiss Contact as part of the Skills Development Program (SDP). The program has aided in our goals to provide Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and life skills to disadvantaged youths from Rural Cambodia.

Twenty students have so far graduated from Le Tonlé this year from Kratie and Stung Treng provinces, including nine women and one individual from the Bunong indigenous community. These students were able to learn a variety of skills, such as Basic English, Administration, Computer Literacy, Hygiene, Food Preparation, Front office, and CV Development. They were furthermore able to practice what they have learned at the Le Tonlé restaurant and guesthouse, a unique feature of our vocational enterprise.

 Vila’s Story:

“Vila is a recent graduate from Le Tonlé. She came from a poor family in Stung Treng and was uncertain of her future. Upon finishing secondary school, Vila went to Phnom Penh in search of employment so that she could save up for university; after a few months she fell ill and had to return home. Her parents were then forced to borrow money from both neighbors and the bank for her medical treatment.

When Vila recovered, she was sent to work in Malaysia for two years, under harsh working conditions, exacerbated by the cruelty of her superior and colleagues. She was unhappy, so she decided to return home and give the money to her parents so they could repay their debts. Unfortunately, living at home meant finding work was difficult.

That all changed when Le Tonlé announced they were accepting applications from disadvantaged youths in Northeast Cambodia. When Vila received notice of her acceptance, she cried tears of joy.”

Vila is now working as a receptionist in Kratie.

Le Tonlé continues to boast its near perfect employment rate, as 95% of this year’s graduates have found gainful employment in the hospitality and tourism sector. 

Your donations will help us to continue the Le Tonlé training centre and directly impact youths in rural Cambodia by offering them real, employable skills and the chance for income generation. Your contributions will have a significant positive impact on the lives of these individuals and their communities!

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Le Tonlé Tourism Training Center is a not-for-profit training guest house providing vocational training to disadvantaged youth from Cambodia’s north-eastern provinces of Kratie, Stung Treng, Ratanakiri, and Mondulkiri.

Established in 2007 in Steung Treng, a new training centre opened in Kratie in 2013 equipped with practical facilities including a training kitchen, classroom, a welcoming ground floor restaurant and a four bedroom traditional wooden stilt guesthouse.

There are currently 20 students at Le Tonle enrolled in the 12 months training course. The course is an amazing opportunity for disadvantaged youth in Cambodia and allows them to build a better life for them and their family.

CHAMPA’S STORY

“My name is Champa. I am 18 years old. I was born in the Kralapheas village, in Stung Treng. There are six us. I have three brothers and three sisters. My father’s name is Vann, my mother’s Sean. They are rice farmers. I stopped learning fifteen years ago, was in 9th grade. My family did not have enough money for me to continue, to support me. My home is far from our school. We had to pay a lot for me to get there. However, I liked learning, when I did. My favorite subjects were social studies. After I left school, I decided to help my family’s work. I was work in the fields with my parents. Then I was depressed. I worked with my mother, sowing rice in the fields. We were out one day and it started to rain, the sky just opened. We couldn’t work. We went in, instead, and we listened to the radio. There was an advertisement on, about Le Tonle, about this school. I was excited. I thought I could finally learn what I needed and wanted. I registered, and waited a month. Then they called me and told me I’d passed.

You donation will help to support  our trainees to get skill in hospitality sector and have a better jobs.

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