including a learner support unit
Sparrow’s including a learner support unit initiative provides training and supervised employment opportunities for unemployed parents and members of the community as well as for graduates of Sparrow’s training programmes. Training is provided in a variety of skills including beading, sewing and embroidery and equips trainees with skills they can use to supplement their own income and empower others in their communities through the sharing of their knowledge. Contractual employment is then sourced and undertaken under Sparrow’s supervision at the workshops. The ultimate aim is that trainees will establish their own working groups within their communities, whilst Sparrow monitors their progress and assists them with gaining contracts, pricing their products, quality control, business management and the sourcing of new markets. Sparrow in collaboration with Progression ESDLE and the Department of Labour have placed the participants in the clothing division of the including a learner support unit Initiative on a learnership aimed at upgrading their skills and providing a formal industry related qualification.