Offering Face-to-face job training programs and organizing environmental clean-up volunteer works for college students Offering vocational training program on sewing technology to help empower the underprivileged
SEOUL, South Korea, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The global corporation KT&G is collaborating with its CSR channel, Sangsang Univ Indonesia and vocational training center to offer various job training programs and environmental volunteering opportunities for the Indonesian youths. With the COVID-19 pandemic slowly easing-off, KT&G’s CSR programs are also focusing on bouncing back to ‘normal’.
Sangsang Univ Offering Career Development Programs and Environmental Volunteering Opportunities
First, KT&G Sangsang Univ is offering off-line career development programs and vocational trainings since April at the ‘Univ Zone’, a space Sangsang Univ built in Jakarta State University for college students. KT&G Sangsang Univ opened up the ‘Univ Zone’ at Jakarta State University on April 1st. ‘Univ Zone’ was established in the floor area of approximately 90㎡, nearby the College of Engineering Building. The venue can accommodate about 50 people at the same time.
KT&G Sangsang Univ ran an intensive four-day career development program, ‘Career School Season 2’ for about 100 college students from April 11st at the ‘Univ Zone’. Job interview practices, resume drafting, and mentoring from various professionals were included in the program. Sangsang Univ plans to continue helping the Indonesian youths with their career development by offering them various job trainings.
Sangsang Univ is also arranging environmental volunteering opportunities for the Indonesian youths, under the program title ‘Sangsang Sharing’. On March 20th, 11 college students who are members of KT&G Sangsang Univ engaged in Ciliwung River clean-up volunteering activity.
Sangsang Univ is also running various programs at the Jakarta Creative Hub. In January, digital marketing and digital video making classes were offered. In March, barista training was conducted, and young people interested in coffee joined the class to learn the basic concepts of coffee making, how to use the espresso machine, and latte art.
KT&G Sangsang Univ Indonesia is a CSR channel run by KT&G that aims to help local university students with career development and capacity building. KT&G has been operating ‘Sangsang Univ’ in Jakarta and Surabaya to help Indonesian youths with cultural experiences and career development since 2015.
For those who wish to participate in Sangsang Univ Indonesia’s activities and classes, up-to-date information can be found on Instagram(sangsangunivid), Facebook(sangsang univ indonesia), and YouTube (sangsang univ. indonesia).
Revitalization of ‘KT&G Indonesia Vocational Training Center’…Teaching sewing techniques to the underprivileged
The vocational training center located in the Universitas Kristen Cipta Wacana (UKCW) are also in vigorous operation. Last March, KT&G newly established the ‘KT&G Indonesia Vocational Training Center’ in UKCW, Malang and began technical training, free of charge.
The center mostly offers sewing training for the impoverished or fostered teenagers in the local community.
COVID-19 has caused a large-scale unemployment and increase in poverty. KT&G is operating the vocational center to help those in need gain technical skills without financial burdens and begin a career in the industry to build a foundation for financial independence.
In line with the movement towards returning to normal life, there is a growing interest for the vocational center. The number of applicants for participating in this year’s vocational training adds up to nearly 500, which shows the popularity among the local community. Participants are learning various sewing techniques and also producing masks and resource kits to help with the COVID situation.
The participants of the sewing training program are displaying high level of satisfaction. One of the participants mentioned, “Even though it is free of charge, it offers a highly professional education, and I was able to learn practical techniques. It helped me get a new job.” Another participant said, “I opened a new clothing repair shop after finishing training.”
An official at KT&G said, “We are actively helping Indonesian youths and job seekers to increase their career potential through Sangsang Univ and Vocational Training Center.” He went on to say, “We will continue to develop and offer training programs for the Indonesian youths.”
(Attached) Sangsang Univ “Public Speaking” class and UKCW Career Training Center sewing technique training, two photos
Discussion about this post