Tribal Youth Employment Through Vocational Skills

Total of 93 youth from district Khyber, Kurram, Orakzai and North Waziristan attended 3 months vocational and employable skills trainings in different trades. SRSP’s Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC) organized these certified (City and Guilds of London Institute) training courses under the five years project funded by the Government of Germany and financed by KFW to support Reintegration and Rehabilitation for Temporarily Displaced Persons (TDPs) in FATA.
Advisor to the Chief Minister KPK on Industries attended the closing ceremony. The honorable guest appreciated the facilities established at the training center and suggested to introduce advanced level courses for the upcoming CPEC interventions in KPK.
During the closing ceremony Participants were given the completion certificates and the tool kits for their respective trade.

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Shoaib Sultan Khan visit to Local Support Organizations

Mr. Shoaib Sultan Khan, the founder of RSP movement in Pakistan, visited Local Support Organizations (LSOs) in Nowshera and Charsadda Districts and met Community Investment Funds members, Entrepreneurs and Value Chain members. He described what he saw as an excellent example of women empowerment and poverty alleviation. He was accompanied by Chairperson SRSP Mrs Munawar Humayun Khan and CEO SRSP Masood Ul Mulk along with others.

Government keen to develop synergies with SRSP's development programmes.

The Minister of Planning and Development and Finance Mr Taimur Khan Jhagra paid a five hours visit to community organisations, community investment funds, infrastructure projects and value chains in Nowshera and Peshawar Districts. He said the government was keen to learn from SRSP's development experience and develop synergies among development programmes

Finance Minister KP & UNDP representative inaugurates Vocational Training

The representatives of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government and UNDP stressed the need for adopting innovative ways to address the issues of unemployment and lack of livelihood opportunities in the merged districts. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister of Finance and Planning Taimur Jhagra and resident representative of UNDP Ignacio Artaza were speaking at a ceremony to inaugurate vocational training for 500 youth from the merged districts of Khyber, North and South Waziristan. The train ing is being organized at the Human Resource Centre of the Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) in Hayatabad. The six-month training is being funded by the USAID through UNDP in a project being implemented by the SRSP in the three districts. The youth are being imparted training in different trades including solar panel, auto mechanic, motorcycle, refrigeration and air-condition repairing. The trainings are certified by the City and Guild London.

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