HOT SOUP SKILL BUILDING FOR CHILD VENDORs
Donor Agency: US Embassy (Samoa)
Duration: September 2018 – August 2019
The Project addresses the maltreatment and/or exploitation of children exposed to the dangerous life on the streets as child vendors.
Based on the results of the Operation ABC carried out by SVSG in January 2018, SVSG started a Skills Building Training for Child Vendors in February 2018 as a solution to the child vending problem. The program includes basic education in reading and writing as most of these children are illiterate, and include skills building in the areas of carving and carpentry as most of the child vendors are young boys. The workshop was self-funded by SVSG.
Funding from the US Embassy enabled SVSG to continue skills building training to assist 30+ children from the rubbish dump and from the streets, to help give them hope and a future. The funding provided materials for the skill building workshop; tools for carpentry and carving and for the children’s transportation.
Out of the 45 students that attended the training program in 2018, 8 of them have been enrolled for the first time in the mainstream education in January 2019 (2 boys age 9 and 10 / 6 girls age 7 – 10).
Duration: September 2018 – August 2019
The Project addresses the maltreatment and/or exploitation of children exposed to the dangerous life on the streets as child vendors.
Based on the results of the Operation ABC carried out by SVSG in January 2018, SVSG started a Skills Building Training for Child Vendors in February 2018 as a solution to the child vending problem. The program includes basic education in reading and writing as most of these children are illiterate, and include skills building in the areas of carving and carpentry as most of the child vendors are young boys. The workshop was self-funded by SVSG.
Funding from the US Embassy enabled SVSG to continue skills building training to assist 30+ children from the rubbish dump and from the streets, to help give them hope and a future. The funding provided materials for the skill building workshop; tools for carpentry and carving and for the children’s transportation.
Out of the 45 students that attended the training program in 2018, 8 of them have been enrolled for the first time in the mainstream education in January 2019 (2 boys age 9 and 10 / 6 girls age 7 – 10).