Extreme Response InternationalVocational Training
We offer vocational training to help people earn income to provide for their families.
Adults, including women from informal settlements in Metro Manila and women and families in the Quito and Taytay communities · Golden Hands trainees meet weekly for eight months; Quito Women’s Program holds two weekly gatherings
From extremeresponse.org/our-work/vocational-training ↗About this program
VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS PROVIDE HOPE AND PURPOSE
There’s no age limit for dreaming about the future. We work with adults to help them to develop the skills to achieve their dreams. We offer vocational training to help people earn income to provide for their families.
Golden Hands teaches advanced sewing skills, business acumen and values formation to women from informal settlements in Metro Manila. The goal is to foster self-esteem, long-term sustainability, and stronger families.
In 1997, ER founders began working with 300-plus people who gleaned their living by collecting recyclables from the trash in the Quito Dump. Our Quito Women’s Program serves 60+ women through two weekly gatherings that provide exercise, nutrition, skills training and business support.
ER and Grace Church of Glendora (Calif.) operate a community development program that helps women and families extricate themselves from economic hardship, low education and a lack of opportunity. Pathway For Hope transforms lives by providing holistic empowerment opportunities for the Taytay community in Metro Manila. Hundreds of women have been trained in advanced sewing, massage and business basics.
Questions
Who does the vocational training serve?
We work with adults to help them to develop the skills to achieve their dreams.
What happens at the Golden Hands graduation ceremony?
During the graduation ceremony, each woman wears a garment they made and is publicly celebrated. Each graduate also receives a new sewing machine and a starter kit so they can begin earning income.
What is a TESDA certificate?
We also work closely with TESDA – a Filipino agency that provides technical education and certification. A TESDA certificate is a huge plus in gaining employment.
Details
- Who
- Adults, including women from informal settlements in Metro Manila and women and families in the Quito and Taytay communities
- When
- Golden Hands trainees meet weekly for eight months; Quito Women’s Program holds two weekly gatherings
- Where
- Metro Manila, Philippines; Quito Dump area, Quito; Taytay community, Metro Manila
Run by
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