Youth Connect is getting ready to begin its second year of work. This year we are very happy to announce that we will be able to expand our activities to reach more schools, more students and more employers in Mae Sot. For 2009-10 we will be working with 6 high schools in the area. At the end of the school year we will be supporting 30 graduates with paid apprenticeships in local businesses. For all of the students we work with, whether tey will go into the apprenticeship of not, we are happy to announce that on the first week of November Youth Connect will open its career center, taking graduates from our program as clients and working with them one-on-one to find the best job opportunities for each client.
In order to provide these expanded services we have taken on some new staff members, as well as moved into a new office right in the center of Mae Sot. For pictures and bios of all the staff members please click here and for pictures and a map to the new office please click here.
As always we are happy to hear from you and if anyone is interested in visiting our project or learning more about what we do and the young people we work with, we welcome any calls or visits.
Currently our first group of apprentices is just about to finish their 3 month placements. Below you can see three apprentices who worked in the Centara Hotel, the Mae Sot General Hospital and Jesawat motorbike repair. Out of the 19 apprentices we placed 17 have successfully finished their apprenticeships. Many of these students have already found or been offered opportunities after the apprenticeship. Those who are looking for work will the the first clients of the Youth Connect Career Center.
Working reception at the Centara Hotel, Hay Mahm on the left side.
Assistant Chef at Centara Hotel, Kyaw Soe Naing on the right.
Kyaw Soe Naing taking a relax.
5 apprentices at the Centara Hotel in Mae Sot, Kyaw Soe Naing, Trinity, Hay Mahm, John Khai and Sam Lin Htwe.
Di Di (second from the left) and Htain Lin (on the right) working at Boy Auto Mae Sot.
DiDi at work at Boy Auto Mae Sot.
Kaung Myat working as a translator at the Mae Sot General Hospital
Saw Du working in motorbike repair at Jesawat Autobike.
Here’s our first group of Youth Connect apprentices from 2009.
Youth Connect is a project currently fully funded by Child’s Dream Foundation in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
