Vocational Training for CCH Youth ...
For CCH youth who do not wish to continue with formal education, CCH makes an effort to find suitable vocational training, so that these young people will be able to be self-sufficient when they graduate from CCH.
These efforts range from placement of students in the highly regarded Don Bosco two year vocational training program in Sihanoukville, to placement of individual youth into various job training programs in and around Phnom Penh in trades such as food preparation, sewing, computer repair, motorbike repair, and the like.
Don Bosco Vocational Training Program
Thanks to financial assistance from De Stortkinderen VZW (Friends of CCH, Belgium), eight CCH youth are currently taking enormous strides toward self-sufficient (and even prosperous) adulthoods through a two year intensive vocational training program at Don Bosco in Sihanoukville. The Don Bosco campus in Sihanoukville is pictured below.
Don Bosco is a Salesian order of the Catholic Church which runs the premier vocational training programs for disadvantaged youth in Cambodia, covering numerous areas such as automotive repair, hotel management, graphic design, and much more (see below).
Acceptance into the Don Bosco program is rather competitive, because the record of job placement for Don Bosco graduates is outstanding. For the entering class of October 2009, there were over 700 applicants for only 177 positions (a 25% acceptance rate). 9 CCH youth applied, and 8 were accepted.
"Eight of these Young Men from CCH are now at Don Bosco"
One of the main costs associated with this program is housing, because Don Bosco has limited space for on-campus residence. Therefore, De Stortkinderen VZW of Belgium is undertaking to handle this challenge---short term by renting a house, and long term by having CCH own land and build a residential facilty for CCH Don Bosco students. For more information, or to offer help to De Stortkinderen VZW in their fund raising efforts.