A youth job skills program is building futures in Bangladesh paid UNICEFUSA
A vocational training program run by UNICEF and Bangladeshi NGO BRAC is giving young Rohingya refugees and members of the host community the skills and opportunities they need to survive and thrive.
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore and the United Nations Secretary General's Humanitarian Envoy, Ahmed Al Meraikhi visited with young people learning to repair cell phones in Tenkali refugee camp, Bangladesh in February"The obligation we have as a global society is immense: to give children and young people the world has defined as 'stateless' the education and skills they need to build decent lives for themselves," said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore .
Sixteen-year-old Mohammad and his fellow students are learning carpentry skills in a woodworking shop in Court Bazar.The vocational training program offers a number of job skills training courses, along with internships in local businesses in Cox's Bazar, one of the poorest districts in Bangladesh. Sixteen-year old Mohammad and his fellow students are learning carpentry skills in a woodworking shop in Court Bazar.
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