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ETHNIC-YOUTHS-INCOME (with picture)
4,000 ethnic minority youths get income generating support
RAJSHAHI, Feb 26, 2020 (BSS)- Around 4,000 ethnic minority youths
including 2,000 women were given income generating supports like sewing
machines and instruments for building construction aimed at making them
competent workforce for their self-reliance.
Abdul Kader, Chairman of Nachole upazila, said they were also imparted
practical training on various trades and vocations like sewing, tailoring,
carpentry, tiles-fitting and building construction so that they can earn
money after the best uses of the training and tools as alternative income
sources.
The supports were given on behalf of an anti-poverty project being
implemented in 50 villages of Nachole upazila in Chapainawabganj and Tanore
upazila in Rajshahi districts.
Agriculture Sustainable and Socio-economic Development Organization
(ASSEDO) and Traidcraft Exchange are jointly implementing the scheme in
association with ‘Fighting Forced Labour with Adivasi and Dalit Communities
in South Asia (MUKTEE) Project’ and European Union.
An eleven-member delegation from European Union and UK visited the
project activities and talked and shared views with the beneficiaries at nine
sites of the two upazilas during the last two days that ended today.
Traidcraft Exchange Programme Director Maveen Pereira and its Bangladesh
Country Director Shahed Ferdous, European Union Project Manager Srinivasan
Renuka and Mukesh Tiwary, Depankar Sengupta, Seama Mowri, Arshia Haque, Amu
Vinzuda, Rajendra Kumar, Karishma Bhoute and Mr. Billah from Traidcraft
Exchange were present in the delegation.
On the occasion, three sewing machines, two mobile servicing tools and
two electrician tools were distributed among seven beneficiaries.
ASSEDO Executive Director Rabiul Alam briefed the team about the project
activities and its aspect, adding that the project is aimed to address the
systemic and structural vulnerabilities of marginalized agricultural
communities for eliminating the menace of child labour.
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