FCCISL completes triple benefit housing and livelihood project

Twenty-two youth in the conflict affected Thambinyagapuram Village in the Eastern Province of Ampara district acquired skills in building construction at Handwerk Centre Eastern Province (HwC EP), qualified for certification by the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka (FCCISL), National Construction Association of Sri Lanka (NCASL) and Handwerkskammer Koblenz (HwK) Germany in the vocations and also helped each other to build their own houses.

Twenty-two houses were handed over to beneficiaries at a ceremony last week.

The beneficiaries of this unique housing and livelihood project were directly supervised by Handwerk Centre of Eastern Province (HwC-EP) during institutional training and on-site training when they were building their own houses.

The project was funded by Helft uns Leben, HwK- Rheinland Pfalz Germany and the local coordination was done by Sooriya Foundation Ampara. HwC -EP is an initiative of the FCCISL, NCASL and HwK Germany.

Coordinator to the President K. Parathy said the efforts of all parties of this important initiative will help the conflict affected families by developing competency to build their own houses and provide them with training in a vocation where they can be employed or self employed.

Representative of Helft uns Leben and HwK- Rheinland Pfalz Germany, financier of the project Dr. Gayangl von Helmendahl said that the beneficiaries have built their own houses, the skills they acquired have to be put into good use to help themselves as well as others.