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Accenture and the Accenture Foundations have awarded Save the Children an additional USD3.2 million to build upon Accenture-supported projects in Vietnam, China and Bangladesh that create job skills training and placement opportunities for disadvantaged and at-risk young people.
Vietnam will receive more than USD677,800 of the total grant funds to support job skills training and placement opportunities for 1,900 young people in Da Nang and Can Tho cities. The priority will be given to low-income, unskilled or street youth, as well as laborers and migrants.
This grant brings Accenture’s direct support to more than USD5.7 million since 2010.
The award is part of Accenture’s corporate citizenship initiative “Skills to Succeed” which will equip 700,000 people around the world by 2015 with the skills to get a job or build a business. The two-year grant will help Save the Children increase the employability of nearly 27,000 young people by delivering market-relevant vocational, work readiness and life skills and entrepreneurship training.
Additionally, the grant aims to strengthen linkages between trainers, employers and government to ensure demand-driven training and job placement opportunities.
In addition to skills training, the grant will enable Save the Children to increase both the scale and impact of its ongoing Skills to Succeed projects through the production of knowledge tools and assets.
These will share insights and learning on how the private sector, governments and non-profits can partner to better prepare young people to be skilled and ready for job opportunities as they emerge.
This initiative is also changing the future for young people who traditionally have had few options and helping to address extensive unemployment for youth globally./.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
