Beauty ‘secrets’ for women in Forces

Over 2,000 Forces personnel will be provided training this year:

Ridma DISSANAYAKE

The Office of the Chief of Defence, in keeping with the government’s vision of empowering women, will conduct a course in beauty culture for women in the Army, Navy and Air Force, who are retiring from active service.

This will be conducted in collaboration with Seri Naturals (Pvt) Limited and under the guidance of Defence and Urban Development Ministry Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa empowering women with skills and knowledge to set up their own business in beauty care.

The workshop will be launched today. It will be conducted by hair stylist and makeup artist Romesh Atapattu and will take place thrice a week for one month.

The workshop will cover areas such as how to set up your own business, performing a cleanup, bridal dressing and basics of beauty culture.

A graduation ceremony will be held at the end of the programme where participants who successfully complete the workshop will be awarded a certificate.

“These trained entrepreneurs will also be an asset to the economy as they would be providing employment to other young girls in their town. This programme marks another important milestone in the vocational training programme launched in 2010 under the guidance of the Defence Secretary to provide vocational training for all members of Armed Forces,” a spokesman said.

Under the programme over 2,000 forces personnel will be provided training this year while it is planned to provide training for over 3,000 personnel next year.