Loom Training Center-LTC

Duration: January 01, 2020 to December 31, 2025

Objectives:

(a)  Skill development and capacity building of poor community people specially women on loom operation and management; (b) Employment creation of poor community people specially women in loom sector; (c) Development of micro entrepreneurs from skilled poor community people through establishment of loom as their won micro enterprise; (d) Development of marketing chain of loom product; (e) Development of livelihood of community people specially women through linkage with Microfinance and increasing their regular family income; (f) Women Empowerm.

Major activities: a. Design and necessary approval of plan; b. Procurement or tender call and select contractor; c. Construction and established a loom training centre; d. Training center decoration; e. Design training course, prepare training materials and preparation of training schedule; f. Selection of beneficiaries to provide training support; g. Organize grassroots people aware and motivate them to secure their employment, ensure proper marketing of their product and improvement of livelihood by facing all kinds of social hazards and cope with the natural disasters; h. Operation of training courses; i. Linkage with MFI, ensure necessary financial support and other required support to establish their own enterprise.

Implementation process: Construction and decoration of a loom training center, benificiaries selection and provide training, linkage with MFIs and provide post training support for IGA or services.

Matching of SDG:  SDG-1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere. SDG-2: End hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.

Source of fund : Japan Embassy (on behalf of The Government of Japan) under Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security Projects –GGHSP.