KABUL (SW) – The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has launched a professional skills training workshop labelled as “Omid” (hope) in Kabul for former drug addicts who have just completed rehabilitation course.
Abdulwahid Fayez, the head of the skill and development of professional training at the ministry, said that in this workshop, drug addicts who have just passed the withdrawal period, would be trained in five fields of sewing, electricity, bag sewing, boot sewing and home electrical appliances repair for three months.
Fayez added that in one training course, 500 people are trained in these fields.
Mujeeb al-Rahman Afghan, who is trained in this workshop, said: “We are asking the government departments to get us jobs in the electricity sector, so that we don’t get addicted again and we can provide livelihood for our family.”
Suneel, another student at this workshop, said he was worried that he might stay unemployed after the end of the training course and will become addicted again. He asked the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs to provide him with a permanent job. “The government should launch programs so that these Muslims who graduate from here will be back at work so that they don’t get addicted again.”
According to statistics, currently, 52 vocational training workshops are supported by the Islamic Emirate and 130 other workshops are supported by international aid organizations throughout Afghanistan.
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