Self-employment for 78 estate youth in Badulla

The Minister of Youth Empowerment and Socio Economic Development and the General Secretary of Ceylon Workers' Congress Arumugam Thondaman has taken steps to boost the living conditions of the underprivileged estate youth, so that they could live with equal rights and dignity among other society and inspired them to initiate self-employment which would bring a prosperous life in their future, informed sources said.

The Minister has provided an interest free loan as 75 thousand in cheques each to 78 students under the Navashakthi project of Saumyamoorthy Thondaman Memorial Foundation to Badulla estate youths who participated in a 3-day seminar of vocational training at the function held at Badulla Municipal Auditorium last week.

The Minister has come forward to render his service taking into consideration the plight of the estate youth who were facing predicaments due to lack of proper job opportunities for the past few years and was the main objective of these interest free loan will eradicate the unemployment of the estate youths who are fleeing from their residences in search of jobs in the metropolitan and suburbs.

The large amount of workers who are living in the plantation sectors are immensely benefited and now could equate with other communities as these self-employment services implemented by the Minister who persevered to bring the living rights and also they could initiate employments such as Poultry farming, Cattle farming, cultivations, paddy field and sewing jobs, sources said.