Completed project
Employability support for young women of Cité de l’Éternel in non-traditional trades (PQDI-Cité de l’Éternel)
October 2016 - October 2018
$356,291 CAD
Relations internationales du Québec et francophonie, Global Affairs Canada
300 young women of the Cité
The PQDI project targets the poorest people of the Cité de l’Éternel neighbourhood in Port-au-Prince. Its main goal is to improve the socioeconomic living conditions of young women aged 18 to 35 by getting them ready to integrate the job market through non-traditional trades.
Training at the Heart of the Project
The project looks to work specifically to train young women in non-traditional trades (masonry, welding, electromechanics, hydro-refrigeration, electricity and construction painting). To facilitate access to training, specific agreements were put in place with training institutes. Other activities aiming to improve young women’s capacity to defend their interests and actively seek employment will be implemented.
Specific Work With Businesses
The project also includes a component of engaging and building awareness among businesses. It seeks to convince businesses to offer jobs and internships to the young women after their training. To achieve this, advocacy work will be conducted with some thirty business owners to sensitize them and convince them of the importance and benefits of hiring young women in non-traditional trades. Finally, through the organization of a competition, the “Micro enterprise development” component aims to see at least 5 micro businesses created by groups of women after their training.
Project figures
300
young women of the Cité enrolled to participate in the recruitment contests for the training programs
75
young women registered in the training programs (refrigeration, electromechanics, etc.)
12
awareness-building and information sessions organized in the community regarding the project