By Mohammed Al-Kinani
JEDDAH – A new agreement will see many unemployed Saudi youth undergo various courses to help them enter the job market and to start their own businesses.
This is the result of a recent agreement signed between the Technical and Vocational Training Board (TVTB) in the Makkah Region with the Craft Hands Philanthropic Society (Hirafiyya).
Dr. Rashed Al-Zahrani, head of the TVTB in the Makkah region, said that under the agreement, Hirafiyya will send young men and women to the TVTB to attend six-month training courses in computers, photography and accounting. “We will focus on professional ethics which we believe is of great importance. We expect that some 300 youths would graduate annually,” Zahrani added.
He said graduates can also benefit from loans that the Human Resources Fund gives to those wanting to set up their own small to medium-sized businesses. “A graduate can get up to SR200,000 to finance his or her project. Or a graduate can choose to receive a monthly loan of SR3,000 for the first two years,” he added.
Al-Zahrani added that the TVTB is working to coordinate with the Hirafiyya Society to repair the homes of poor people.
Ahmed Hussain Hashim, the head of Hirafiyya, said that they have mobile training units that can reach different places around the Makkah region. “The Municipality has given us a 10,000 meter square area where we can set up a training village,” Hashim said. – SG
He added that Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, the Emir of the Makkah Region, has helped to secure the land. “We were given four pieces of land in various places to establish training centers,” he said.
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