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Training Center

BAFF’s initial training center, located in Kabalana on the Southern coast of Sri Lanka, proposes theoretical and “on the job” training to underprivileged youth in areas which have a potential of economic development in the country. Up to today, more than four hundred young people benefitted from the multi-skills and boat building training programs.

The training covers several fields

  • Boat building (fishing and leisure).
  • Sail and mast making.
  • Mechanical and electrical engineering.
  • Polyurethane and molder rubber products manufacturing.
  • Civil works: masonry, plumbing, carpentry, air conditioning and refrigerator repairs.

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    All training programs include written and spoken English, marketing, small businesses management, basic bookkeeping, IT, internet, e-mail and administrative software.

    The candidates usually have their O level

     and are aged between 18 and 22 years old.

    The full training lasts one year

    and is divided in two periods of 6 months: Theoretical & practical classes and on the job training. A large majority, 95%, of the trainees succeed the examination and complete the training.

    Most of the trainees get a job
    in one of the 7 SME’s created at the initiative of the Building A Future Foundation and some of them found an employment in other industries in the island.

    A new training center in the Northern part of Sri Lanka

    The building A Future Foundation is currently developing a new training center in the Northern part of Sri Lanka (Poonakari). This project is supported by the King Baudouin Foundation of Belgium.

    The Northern part of Sri Lanka is a region that was severely affected by the civil war from 1983 to 2009. The aim of this new project is to train 10 youths year 1, 10 youths year 2 and at term 30 Tamil youths per year and to provide them a sustainable employment with the development of  the yachting industry in this remote and untapped region. The idea is to reproduce in the North the same successful model that the Building A Future Foundation has materialised on the Southern coast of the island with the creation of hundreds of employment for local youth in the yachting industry. 

    Today Building A Future.BE is looking for donations to build the training center and to equip the workshops in Poonakari.

    The donations will finance:

    The construction of a new building 
    This includes a classroom, 2 workshops, a canteen, a toilet and a shower    		66 754 EUR
    The machines, the tools and the equipment’s to equip the workshops:
    Mechanical workshop
    Electrical & electronic workshop
    Fiber glass boat building workshop
    Tables, chairs, black board, etc for the classroom and the canteen    		10 820 EUR
    1 714 EUR
    4739 EUR
    1661 EUR
    Security equipment’s:
    Security shoes for 10 youths
    10 T shirts
    10 bicycles     		408 EUR
    141 EUR
    31 EUR
    576 EUR
    Total86 844 EUR

    Your Donations are welcome!

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    For tax deductible donations (in Belgium)
    please use the following account at the King Baudouin Foundation:
    BE10 0000 0000 0404 – BIC: BPOTBEB1 with the obligatory mention 128/3054/00080
    Any donation from 40 EUR to the King Baudouin Foundation benefit a 45% tax reduction on the effective amount transferred (art.145/33 CIR).
    For donations coming from outside Belgium,
    please use the following bank account at BNP Paribas Fortis in Belgium:

    001-4861672-11, IBAN BE30001486167211, BIC GEBABEBB.

    Partnership with NAITA

    BAFF established a cooperation with a public body locally recognized: The National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority (NAITA) acting under the Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission of Sri Lanka.

    BAFF and NAITA jointly promote employment opportunities for apprentices who succeeded NAITA and BAFF’s vocational training programs. Following the examination, the trainee gets a valid trade certificate from NAITA.

    Benefits for the students

    The training is free. The student receives a monthly allowances, breakfast and money to buy a lunch packet every day. BAF Foundation also provides all the uniforms, safety equipment’s and raw materials for construction. The trainees also have access to showers, a canteen and a library.

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