UNDP ART Initiative
UNDP ART Initiative - Lebanon
UNDP ART Communication Officer Ola Kobeissi interviews women at the at the vocational training and rehabilitation Center in Haret Hreik. UNDP supported its establishment in partnership with the Swedish government in 2011 together with the Municipality of Haret Hreik. The primary objective of the training center is to alleviate unemployment and generate better income for the population of Beirut Southern Suburbs, a densely populated region comprising nearly 30% of the entire Lebanese population and confronting major socioeconomic challenges , the most adverse being unemployment and lack of job opportunities.
“Some 1,484 beneficiaries have received training since the centre was opened, of whom the majority are women,” said the center’s director Ali Mustafa. The center holds classes for women in agro-food processing, cooking, IT skills, crafts, and beauty, among other subjects, and there are other courses on electric installations and mobile maintenance that are tailored specifically for men. Each of these sixty-hour courses lasts for nearly three months.
Photo by Adam Rogers /UNDP
UNDP ART Initiative - Lebanon
UNDP ART Communication Officer Ola Kobeissi interviews women at the at the vocational training and rehabilitation Center in Haret Hreik. UNDP supported its establishment in partnership with the Swedish government in 2011 together with the Municipality of Haret Hreik. The primary objective of the training center is to alleviate unemployment and generate better income for the population of Beirut Southern Suburbs, a densely populated region comprising nearly 30% of the entire Lebanese population and confronting major socioeconomic challenges , the most adverse being unemployment and lack of job opportunities.
“Some 1,484 beneficiaries have received training since the centre was opened, of whom the majority are women,” said the center’s director Ali Mustafa. The center holds classes for women in agro-food processing, cooking, IT skills, crafts, and beauty, among other subjects, and there are other courses on electric installations and mobile maintenance that are tailored specifically for men. Each of these sixty-hour courses lasts for nearly three months.
Photo by Adam Rogers /UNDP