Vocational Training and Education
In order to get a job that pays even a little more than minimum wage, you need training of some kind. Our aim for this community is going to be to try to provide vocational training through tailoring courses, fabric painting courses, beautician courses and such for the women and training in carpentry, electrical repairs, plumbing, ac and fridge repair etc for the men. While this is feasible for younger adults (18-30 yrs of age), employment opportunities are what we need to concentrate on for the men and women above the age of thirty. This can be achieved by
1. Encouraging sale of the craft work done by the women and children in the slum ,not in traffic jams and at signals, but at one spot, possibly outside of a temple or near tourist spots.
2.Providing the men with pushcarts on which they can sell vegetables and fruits or even iron clothes in nearby residential areas.
3.Getting men jobs as security guards.
4.Getting cleaning jobs for both the men and women.
This is what we have so far but our effort does not do it. We have to convince these people to go out and work. Their biggest problem is that they are too content doing nothing! Even after providing them with opportunities, we have to ensure that they will attend training classes and show up to work daily. This is what we plan to achieve.
Now, moving on to how we are going to achieve this, while research on vocational training institutes is on, internet searches are not yielding very good results. All I've been able to get so far is a vocational training institute for women run by the the "Andhra Mahila Sabha" in Mylapore. Their contact is 24994761/ 52168979.I suggest that someone who is living in Chennai get in touch with someone at this institute and find out the necessary details like courses available, fees, admission criteria etc. Also, please do enquire about other such institutes in Chennai irrespective of whether you are a part of this committee or not.
Those of you who have more ideas please e-mail me on shilpamenon111@hotmail.com.
1. Encouraging sale of the craft work done by the women and children in the slum ,not in traffic jams and at signals, but at one spot, possibly outside of a temple or near tourist spots.
2.Providing the men with pushcarts on which they can sell vegetables and fruits or even iron clothes in nearby residential areas.
3.Getting men jobs as security guards.
4.Getting cleaning jobs for both the men and women.
This is what we have so far but our effort does not do it. We have to convince these people to go out and work. Their biggest problem is that they are too content doing nothing! Even after providing them with opportunities, we have to ensure that they will attend training classes and show up to work daily. This is what we plan to achieve.
Now, moving on to how we are going to achieve this, while research on vocational training institutes is on, internet searches are not yielding very good results. All I've been able to get so far is a vocational training institute for women run by the the "Andhra Mahila Sabha" in Mylapore. Their contact is 24994761/ 52168979.I suggest that someone who is living in Chennai get in touch with someone at this institute and find out the necessary details like courses available, fees, admission criteria etc. Also, please do enquire about other such institutes in Chennai irrespective of whether you are a part of this committee or not.
Those of you who have more ideas please e-mail me on shilpamenon111@hotmail.com.
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