Vocational Training

It is very tough for any young person to find a job without gaining the right qualifications and experience. In Nepal it is even more difficult for young people to find work as Nepal’s main source of income is agriculture which is not sufficient for families to live and thrive. A skilled workforce is essential for Nepal to become a developed self sufficient country.

Even more so for street children, gaining skilled qualifications and experience is crucial to their survival and a chance for them to become independent and for them to be able to reintegrate back into society and family.

VoS’s mission is to give 1-2 children per month an opportunity to be trained in a skilled job and to be part of a skilled workforce. Nepal’s vocational training policy, adopted in 2012, focuses on young people and adults who did not attend or dropped out of school, many of who are illiterate. The policies objectives include better training linked to what employers need, making sure everybody who completes their training has a recognised training certificate, and bringing training under one uniformed system.

The vocational training programme includes:-

Assessment & Selection process

• Identify training needs of the candidate
• Match needs with the training provider

Provide counselling and motivation (life skills and work skills required to do the training)

• Behaviour Changing Communication (BCC)
• Motivation – encouragement and benefits of training
• Monitoring and Supervision

Support with education needs

• Support with understanding training theory and practice
• Liaising with training providers
• Obtain a recognised training certificate