- In progress
- Project Watt a Difference
- Koyra, Khulna
- Skills & Training
£4,238Total deployed
What this did for 20 young people
A generation ready to work, on a coast where the work keeps washing away.
- 20
- Participants
- 4mo
- Duration
- 1,400
- Repairs a month
training period
for the local community
Plenty of appliances. Plenty of young people. No one trained to connect the two.
In Koyra, cyclones and riverbank erosion keep wiping out the work young people grew up with. Farming and fishing can’t be relied on any more.
What’s left is low-paid, seasonal work, earning BDT 5,000–8,000 a month.
Meanwhile, more homes have electrical appliances and solar panels than ever before, and when they break, there’s nobody local trained to fix them. The young people who could do it have no route into vocational training, professional tools or a first client.
The demand is there and so are the people. The skills are what’s missing.
Where every pound went
| Ref | Line item | Amount | Share | Chk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L-01 | Training Equipment | £850 | 20.1% | |
| L-02 | Trainer Remuneration | £971 | 22.9% | |
| L-03 | Trainee Transportation | £850 | 20.1% | |
| L-04 | Training Day Refreshment | £758 | 17.9% | |
| L-05 | Apprenticeship Equipment for Trainees | £607 | 14.3% | |
| L-06 | Admin/Operational Cost | £202 | 4.8% | |
| Σ | Total deployed | £4,238 | 100% |
Five months. Four things.
01
The young people who came forward
Twenty unemployed and underemployed young people from Koyra were selected, with baselines recorded before training started.
02
Learning the trade
Four months of hands-on and classroom training in electrical wiring and appliance repair, with safe working practices built in from day one.
03
On the job
A one-month apprenticeship in local repair workshops. Real customers, real faults, real experience. Each trainee left with a professional start-up toolkit.
04
Open for business
Guidance on pricing, finding clients and managing money, plus local marketing and referral partnerships with electronics shops and building contractors. That means graduates can start earning straight away, with an estimated BDT 16,000 a month each.
