FIT Projects
Project | Welding training for flood affectees and IDPs , Muzaffargarh |
Date of Approval | 15 March, 2012 |
Duration | 12 Months |
Number of Beneficiaries | 33 |
Implementing Partner | Punjab Vocational Technical Training Council |
Project Description:
A center of excellence will be set up under this project for teaching welding and fabrication to rehabilitate the flood affectees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Demand driven vocational skills training will be provided for improving productivity of the trainees from the area. Under the project, the training will help reduce poverty in the area. These training will lead to employment for the trainees.
For further details;
Major Ghazanfar Abbas Manager, Curriculum
Ghazanfar.abbas@pvtc.gop.pk
www: pvtc.gop.pk
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The city of Muzaffargarh lies along the bank of the Chenab River. This proximity is a boon for its thriving agricultural sector. In 2010, however, the area was shown the devastating downside of being so close to a thundering watercourse when it experienced one of the worst floods in the region’s history, drowing countless villages and localities in its path. For hundreds of thousands of people, it meant the end of their lives as they knew them. From their humble situations they were thrust into even greater turmoil, and for many, the period of struggle has still not come to an end. [Read More]