LearnLocal offers “Access to Education and Work”
Computer and language skills are important core competencies in today’s labor market. But where to acquire such knowledge in the absence of access to a PC, or if German-language courses are too expensive? Moreover, many people have no experience of the labor market, which makes job-hunting even more challenging. Together with LearnLocal, we close a gap in the social net here, and offer the following areas of learning at work:
- People can obtain practical basic knowledge by attending low-cost computer and German language courses.
- Migrants can gain their first experiences of the working world in sewing/repair shops, thereby improving their chances when they approach the labor market for the first time.
LearnLocal courses require very little prior knowledge, and the costs for course participants are low. The aim is to empower participants by strengthening their self-confidence when it comes to attending further courses or training sessions. More than 65 volunteers work for LearnLocal as course leaders of computer courses, as seamstresses in sewing/repair shops, as German-language teachers, or in childcare.
We want to give socially disadvantaged people access to training, thereby smoothing their way into the world of work. In many areas there is a lack of an offering that is suited to the financial, professional, social, and temporal needs of these people. Thanks to low-threshold training and work programs, we enable people experiencing poverty – a group that frequently also includes migrants – to gain access to education and work, and to participate socially.
In order to ensure that we can continue to provide these low-threshold offerings in the long term, make new offerings available, and extend them regionally, we are reliant on financial support.
Caritas Zürich
Armut gibt es auch im Kanton Zürich. Mit Beratung und verschiedenen Angeboten setzen wir uns direkt und präventiv für die Bekämpfung insbesondere von Familienarmut ein. Wir erforschen die Ursachen und zeigen Lösungen auf. Wir setzen uns ein für eine Politik, die Armut verhindert und Menschen mit wenig Geld ein würdiges Leben ermöglicht.
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