Escape poverty thanks to free vocational training

From a poor household, after receiving free sewing training, Ms. H'Quynh in Dak Sak village (Dak Sak commune, Dak Mil district, Dak Nong province) escaped poverty, became the owner of a sewing workshop, creating regular jobs for 10 local workers.

Ms. H'Quynh guides the tailors in the workshop to complete products for delivery to customers.

Ms. H'Quynh said that her family used to be poor, and at times had to struggle to make ends meet, so she always struggled to find a way to escape poverty so that her children could have a better life.

After researching many jobs, in 2016, Ms. H'Quynh chose to study sewing at the Continuing Education Center - Vocational Education of Dak Mil District. In 2018, Ms. H'Quynh continued to go to Ho Chi Minh City to study to improve her skills.

Because she is poor and an ethnic minority, Ms. H'Quynh received free vocational training. At the end of 2018, after completing the course, she boldly borrowed capital from the social policy bank to invest in buying industrial sewing machines and opening a local sewing workshop.

The initial work was mainly to repair clothes and sew costumes from M'nong brocade for the people in the area. When the workshop was in stable operation, based on the relationships from her time studying in Ho Chi Minh City, Ms. H'Quynh received orders from Binh Duong, Ho Chi Minh City, and Dong Nai for finishing sewing.

After 3 years of operation, the sewing workshop has grown in scale, the number of orders is increasing, Ms. H'Quynh hired 5 ethnic minority women in the village to work. However, in 2021, due to the Covid-19 epidemic, the sewing workshop had no orders, only operating at a low level, affecting the income of many workers in the workshop.

Ms. H'Quynh has tried every way to manage, maintain the factory's operations, and encourage workers to overcome difficulties together. By early 2023, when economic activities returned to normal, Ms. H'Quynh's factory received more orders.

At the same time, Dak Mil district organized free sewing classes for the people, and Ms. H'Quynh's workshop was chosen as a place for students to practice. Ms. H'Len, Dak Sak village, said that before, she only worked on the farm, her income was unstable, so her family was always short of money. After learning the trade and having a job at the sewing workshop, her family's life has improved, and she has better conditions to take care of her children's education than before.

Currently, Ms. H'Quynh's sewing workshop ensures regular work for 10 tailors, with an average income of about 6-7 million VND/month, the highest income worker is 8.5 million VND/month.

All the tailors in the workshop are M'nong people from Dak Sak village, some of whom are poor households in the commune. From cutting, sewing, overlocking, assembling to finishing the product... all are specifically assigned to each tailor, creating a professional production line.

Deputy Director of the Center for Continuing Education - Vocational Education of Dak Mil district, Nguyen Xuan Long, said: Recently, the unit has coordinated with localities to conduct surveys on needs and develop plans to open sewing training classes for rural workers.

After the training, many students have created jobs for themselves, created products to sell in the market and escaped poverty. In particular, Ms. H'Quynh's sewing workshop is a typical model. Ms. H'Quynh not only created jobs for herself after being trained but also created jobs and brought stable income to many ethnic minority workers, contributing to accelerating the poverty reduction process in the locality.

Source: https://baodaknong.vn/thoat-ngheo-nho-duoc-dao-tao-nghe-mien-phi-233654.html