Singing and dancing is something all the girls at the Seng Girls Home enjoy. It may be -20 °C outside, but lots of girls singing together keeps everyone warm. There are now 98 girls living at the home and government licensed Vocational Training School, with another 20 girls supported in various training schools around China.
My name is Tsedan and I am 29 years old. I missed out on going to school because my parents thought that boys are more important than girls. Now that I have my own family, I want my three children to be able to go to school - an opportunity that I didn’t have.
32 SHARES
After her divorce, Drolgakyid has to raise her three lovely daughters on her own, as well as face the shame and pressure from her family.
10 SHARES
A village director from one of the towns in Western China learned about Captivating and the My First Job Program through one of our program coordinators. She expressed the need for the training to be conducted for the women in her village as people who don't own a land to till are hoping to find another way to support their family.
42 SHARES
Yangkartso, 17, lives with his brother and mother. Her father died due to an accident at work when she was still a child. Her mother then sought jobs so she could continue supporting them and send them to school. However, when her brother fell ill, their family's financial difficulty increased and she had to drop out of school.
66 SHARES
Thirty women aged 19 to 38 years old started in the Husky Energy Tailoring Skills Program in May, most of them having limited educational background. But all of them share the same goal, that is, to learn a skill to live on, provide for their children's education, and uplift their family's situation.
54 SHARES
On August 3, the third My First Job program this year was launched wherein 30 women were accommodated.
40 SHARES
