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KABUL (PAN): The Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled announced on Sunday 800 people would be provided vocational training in five provinces as part of efforts to alleviate poverty in the country.
The project would be implemented in Logar, Badakhshan, Nangarhar, Khost and Nimroz provinces, said Minister of Labour Amina Afzali. She added two private companies, Naween and Danish, would train 800 people in masonry, painting, wiring, packaging, carpentry and mechanics.
She said the project was for vulnerable individuals such as internally displaced people, the jobless and the returnees. Women and families of war victims and martyrs would be trained under the six-month project. She said the project, costing 18 million afghanis, was being funded by the World Bank and the ministry.
Currently, 53 percent of Afghan population is jobless, with 36 percent living below the poverty line. The ministry says more than 300,000 Afghans have so far received vocational training.
But 25-year-old Sultan Mahmood is pessimistic about such trainings. A painter, he comes to the Haji Yaqub Square daily in the hope to find a job. "This project is of no use. Even if thousands are trained daily, there will be no jobs for them."
The 10th grade student believes the creation of jobs is the only way to overcome poverty in the country.
But Afzali branded the training programme as an opportunity for the jobless. He said they planned to assist 40,000 poor families in Badghis, Logar and Badakhshan provinces in the coming winter. The project will cost 90 million afghanis and each family will be provided with $200 in cash.The project would be implemented in Logar, Badakhshan, Nangarhar, Khost and Nimroz provinces, said Minister of Labour Amina Afzali. She added two private companies, Naween and Danish, would train 800 people in masonry, painting, wiring, packaging, carpentry and mechanics.
She said the project was for vulnerable individuals such as internally displaced people, the jobless and the returnees. Women and families of war victims and martyrs would be trained under the six-month project. She said the project, costing 18 million afghanis, was being funded by the World Bank and the ministry.
Currently, 53 percent of Afghan population is jobless, with 36 percent living below the poverty line. The ministry says more than 300,000 Afghans have so far received vocational training.
But 25-year-old Sultan Mahmood is pessimistic about such trainings. A painter, he comes to the Haji Yaqub Square daily in the hope to find a job. "This project is of no use. Even if thousands are trained daily, there will be no jobs for them."
The 10th grade student believes the creation of jobs is the only way to overcome poverty in the country.
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