SIrish Ethiopian Friendship Association

AwassaSalu self Help Project our most ambitious undertaking to date. The Awassa Children’s Vocational Training Center offers a state of the art vocational training facility.

The Awassa Children’s Vocational Training Center offers a state of the art vocational training facility. Providing training in computer skills, wood, metal, and electronic technologies, ACP aims to improve the lives of under-privileged youth from the Awassa community.

The skills gained here open the door to independent futures for otherwise unsupported young people. A large number of ACP’s beneficiaries are young women, many of whom which have been orphaned by AIDS. Upon completion of their 10-month program, graduates move into local employment or apply for loans to start their own business.

The following is a description all trainings that have been offered over the past four years of Workshop operation:

I. Woodwork Technology

II. Metalwork Technology

III. Electrical Technology

IV. Computer Skill Training