THE IMPACTS OF MIGRANTS LEAVING EDUCATION EARLY
Whilst there are many migrant students where Youth Connect Foundation operates few continue their schooling into the teenage years. Most leave school at a very young age with no skills for decent employment. These youth land in low skilled and low paid jobs in work unregulated and often dangerous. Once entering into these jobs it is very difficult to leave this cycle. Youth Connect Foundation not only provides opportunities to break this cycle for those who finish high school, but incentive for others to stay in school.
MAE SOT AND MIGRANT LABOUR
The town of Mae Sot lies 4 kilometers from Myanmar. Over the past twenty years there have been dramatic changes in this town due to the combination of regional politics and international economics. One result has been a higher volume of migrant labourers from Myanmar into Thailand. Most of the jobs available for this population are unskilled and low paying, largely unregulated and often dangerous.
WHAT WE DO WHY WE DO
YOUTH CONNECT FOUNDATION’S THREE STEPS
All together Youth Connect Foundation works with apprentices for a minimum of 10 months. During this time the apprentices will go through three stages of the program:
ฺ1.Basic training
-In-School Training
Youth Connect Foundation works with 6 different partner schools where Youth Connect Foundation trainers deliver training to students in their last year of high school. Students receive instruction in Practical Thai Language and Life Skills.
- Out of school
2.Intensive Training
Intensive Training Program and Apprenticeship Placement – After graduation, high school students are eligible to apply to the apprenticeship program. Once accepted into the program, Youth Connect Foundation matches the applicants (based on student preference) to suitable positions with one of our 70 partner business in Mae Sot. (Currently we are able to offer 45 placements). The apprentices start with a 12 week intensive training, including a part-time pre-apprenticeship, followed by a three month apprenticeship placement.
3.Apprenticeship Placement
At the end of the course, students are placed in an apprenticeship for three months where they will apply the skills they acquired from Youth Connect Foundation’s training. During this time, Youth Connect Foundation’s donors pay the students’ salaries and visits them at their workplaces regularly to monitor their progress.
After their apprenticeships, students are eligible to take advantage of the services offered by the Career Center which is the third and final stage of the Transitions Program.
4.Career Center
Any apprentice completing the apprenticeship program will be eligible for career center services, where the employment team will work to find suitable and decent full time work for them.
Our Goals
Education/Training
Employment/
Career Center
Social Enterprise
Budget/Finance
Alumnis Business /welfare Staffs