Aid in Action
USAID and Chevron Support Vocational Training
The fourth and final group of 110 youth, bringing the total to the planned 330, will start their vocational training on February 19 under the USAID-Chevron public-private alliance.
Banda Aceh |
Friday, February 17, 2006
Elizabeth Sunindyo, USAID
Students practice wiring skills during training
The fourth and final group of 110 youth, bringing the total to the planned 330, will start their vocational training on February 19 under the USAID-Chevron public-private alliance. This group includes 27 participants from Nias Island, often neglected in post-tsunami reconstruction efforts.
USAID Mission Director William M. Frej commented, “This partnership between USAID and Chevron reflects a long-term investment in Aceh’s economic future.”
The final group will graduate in May 2006. USAID-Chevron students are finding employment when they return to their communities. One graduate has opened his own private business and recently won a contract for electrical wiring for 15 new houses in Aceh Besar. A women participant recently got a job as a bookkeeper in a private printing company in Banda Aceh. Others are working as full-time construction field supervisors. USAID established a monitoring team to follow-up with graduates of the program over the next two years.