Skill Training and Family Counseling Project

 Objective:

¥      Stabilization of families, empowerment and recognition of rights of orphans and children of marginalized households in Yeka Kifleketama and neighboring kebeles by the year 2007.

¥      Mobilization of the local community to integrate children & youth from under privileged families through integrated education and family counseling.

 

Target Groups: The target groups were school drop out youths, aged 18-25 with at least 3 siblings below age 15.

 

Achievements:

¥      The project provided skill trainings in hotel and child care, beauty and hair dressing, heavy machine operator, like dozer operation skills, as well as counseling and reproductive health awareness services. A total of 527 youths (450 female and 77 male) got the services of the project and 68% of the youths were employed.

This projected phased out in 2008.

 

Status of the Project: Phased Out