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Project Description
This program is focused on the technical development of young underprivileged women. With financial assistance from the Tamil Nadu Social Welfare Board, vocational training courses in typewriting are organized to educate young women with technical skills. As of now, 22 girls in the area of Kolli Hills (Namakkal) have been trained fully. However, only 11 attended and passed the exam, due to a cyclone hit followed by heavy rain which isolated the Kolli Hills for over a month during the exam period. CST has plans to expand this program in the coming year and continue to bring the neglected rural villages into the new millenium, through the empowerment and employment of the women.The following table presents the results from the Vocational Training Program.
# of students
# attended exam
# passed exam
# working now
# of dropouts
25
11
11
6
14
"Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness." --Chinese Proverb