Giving Laotian youth access to opportunity and education

Bound by a vicious cycle of poverty, many young Laotians from rural villages do not get the same opportunities as they would in the city. They may have to leave school at a young age to help the family earn an income, marry young into another poor family, or worse, be caught up in the sex trafficking industry.

In the villagers SEDA works with, we aim to assist young people gain access to education and vocational training, helping to break the poverty cycle and remove gender barriers for girls in small communities.

SEDA has been supported many young boys and girls to help them to achieve their goal.  Most of the youth comes from their village and has been appointed by the SEDA’s members and the weaving women’s leader or village committees to send them to SEDA’s Youth Training Program.

This year, there have been many males and females who have participated in the program.  Once they learn their basic skills, they get a professional job from local company and some end up moving abroad. Currently, there are two girls in SEDA’s program from 790 Camp..who joined in August.

SouKaVan is 24 years old. She has graduated from vocational school two years ago, but hasn’t found employment. She joined SEDA’s team to improve her skills in English language, computer, sales & marketing, basic book keeping dialogs, inventory of the textile, design the textile products for her village members, and she learns how to benefit from research to development.
JouLaThip is 19 years old.  She is still attending a vocational school in healthcare. While she is with SEDA as part time, she will develop her skills from basic accounting, documents processing, English, learning basic computer, research in nutrition, outreach to the communities, inventory of medical supplies and medicine that is in the warehouse.  Her research will benefit her community and her people in her village.

In the future they will hopefully become successful trainers for many other youth in their village and other villages as well.

Donation will be needed to help keep their basic material and supplies during their training.