Vocational training

When you have a skill, you can find an income. However when you are stuck in a poverty cycle you do not have spare money to spend on developing your skills, you therefore can not gain a reliable secure income which means you stay in a poverty cycle.


LifeBuilder changes this. LifeBuilder provides vocational training so that the individuals from poor communities can gain the skills they need which will help them pull themselves and their family out of poverty. LifeBuilder works with local businesses in Ludhiana, Punjab, India to identify where there are skills shortages in the local employment market. LifeBuilder and the businesses then work together to provide a vocational training course which will allow the individuals who attend a shot at gaining a reliable income. 


Certificate of Hotel and Kitchen Management (CHKM)

In 2009 LifeBuilder India partnered with the Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) and Majestic Park Plaza, Ludhiana to develop this training programme - giving young adults from poor families a skill they could use to develop into a secure and long term career.

This opportunity provides rural youth with a transferrable vocational skill that makes them broadly employable in the hospitality industry across India. This is why the project was conceived and executed by LifeBuilder India. In total almost 200 rural youths benefitted from this programme.

 
Textiles training course

 

In 2011 LifeBuilder trained up 25 women from households with an income of less than £30 a month in skills they could use to work in the textiles industry. They have all now have full time permanent employment – putting their skills to good use and pulling themselves out of poverty.

 

You can read Manjit’s story and find out how learning about textiles has changed her life.