More jobs provided with skill training
Norbu Dondrup, a resident of Gyashing township in Kongpo’gyada county in the Tibet autonomous region, became impoverished in 2012-13 after his mother contracted a serious illness.
He tried to improve his livelihood but failed because of lacking the required skills.
Learning of his situation, officials at the poverty-reduction offices of Nyingchi city, which administrates Kongpo’gyada county, offered a helping hand. They offered him an opportunity for training in Lhasa as a security guard.
When the training concluded, Norbu Dondrup found a job in the People’s Hospital of Nyingchi.
“Thanks to the government, I found a good job and earned enough money to improve the financial situation for my family,” Norbu Dondrup said.
Like Norbu Dondrup, more rural residents in the Tibet autonomous region are looking at vocational training as an important means to help them find new jobs and improve livelihoods.
Chogyal is a resident in Nyangdoi township in Gyalze county. He was a member of an impoverished family before 2016.
He learned from his fellow villagers that there were various training courses organized by the government of Shigatse, which administrates Gyalze county, to help rural residents to master skills for new jobs.
Chogyal recognized this was a good opportunity to change his fate and improve his livelihood. He joined a training class in Shigatse in 2017 and got a welder’s license a few months later.
He founded a small firm in 2018 offering welding services for local construction sites. Seeing revenue increase steadily for his firm, he encouraged more of his fellow villagers, especially those from impoverished families, to learn welding and join him.
Chogyal later put forward an application to the local government to take him off of the list of impoverished residents.
“The government helped me a lot several years ago when I was on the list. Now I have an adequate income to raise me high above the poverty line. It’s my turn to help others,” Chogyal said.
Namgya Tsering used to be an impoverished farmer in Nar township in Samdrubze district, Shigatse. With the help of the local government, he received training in operating construction machinery.
Based on his experience in the industry for several years, he later established a construction company himself. Currently his annual net profit from the business is more than 250,000 yuan ($37,750) a year.
“Now that I am lifted out poverty, I’m planning to create more jobs for locals, help them improve their income,” Namgya Tsering said.
Chophel is the Party secretary of Burtra village in Saga county. To meet the growing demand of the labor market, he opened a labor service company helping local residents find new jobs in and outside the county.
His company has established extensive cooperation with construction, home services and catering companies in the neighborhood. It has helped 115 people find jobs and their average per capita monthly income has surpassed 4,000 yuan.
In addition, the company has cooperated with local vocational schools to offer training to 34 residents, equipping them with such skills as cooking and construction machine operating.
To meet the demand of rural residents, local governments in Tibet have stepped up efforts in organizing training courses and helping to create job opportunities.
In Shigatse, for instance, the city’s human resources and social security bureau has offered 115 training classes for residents from impoverished families. Nearly 3,000 people have received the trainings and more than 90% of them have found new jobs.