Bazar trainees make their way into labor market with their new professional skills

After intense professional training sessions, it was time for the end of the second phase of the (Bazar) project, for the trainees to get tools and equipment to start their next step.

It is a necessary step, at the end of every vocational training phase, for the trainees to start delving into the profession themselves and making their way into the labor market again after they found themselves forced into displacement tents far from their cities, towns and villages.  

The trainees of the (Bazar 2) project underwent 27 training sessions in three main professions: (sewing, dressmaking, and plumbing), in addition to training in the field of professional marketing to give them a suitable opportunity to compete in the labor market.  

“The training will not be in vain,” said Basel Muhammad, 22, while receiving the special tools and equipment at the end of the project.  

Muhammad, who is one of the trainees in the plumbing workshop, said this as he is preparing with his other colleagues to start their first job that they got before the end of the training, which includes carrying out an expansion of plumbing in Tal al-Samen IDP camp itself, which is housing thousands of IDPs.  

Muhammad and his colleagues say that having this practical opportunity will enhance their confidence, and will contribute to consolidating the skills they acquired throughout the training sessions they went through as part of the team of trainees within the (Bazar 2) project, especially since the trainer himself will be in constant contact with them throughout the new work period.  

Also, in Tal al-Samen camp, male and female trainees of sewing and dressmaking workshops have completed their closing activities by holding an exhibition of products they achieved themselves throughout the vocational training period.  

Many of the camp’s residents who visited the exhibition, expressed their admiration for the level of proficiency the trainees reached during a record time.  

The success of the exhibition contributed to raising the male and female trainees’ self-confidence, while most of them did not waste time and started their first practical steps in the field of work again.  

Some of them rented shops and prepared them to start working directly, such as Jihan al-Tayyar, 39, who rented a shop in the city of Raqqa, hoping that she would start her career in the labor market and achieve financial independence that would help her secure the sustenance of her children and her family.  

The vocational training sessions of the (Bazar 2) project began on November 7th and continued until December 1st, amidst severe health measures as a result of the health crisis that the region and the world are going through.

Although the project provided training opportunities for (24) male and female trainees in the three main professions, thousands of IDPs in Tal al-Samen camp and other camps are still in dire need of additional programs to reintegrate them into the labor market and enable them to provide stable sources of income within the framework of livelihood programs that focus on developing human capabilities to ensure that they obtain fair opportunities to improve their conditions.