Additional Managing Director of PKSF Dr Md Jashim Uddin visited the activities of the RAISE project being implemented through Rural Development Organization (RDS), a Partner Organization (PO) of PKSF, in Sherpur district on 23 January 2024. He visited the Apprenticeship Program on ‘Driving cum Auto Mechanics’ where 3 youths are receiving hands-on technical training under the supervision of an Ustad (Master Craftsperson).

During the visit, he remarked that the selection of appropriate apprentices and master craftspersons under the RAISE project will play an important role in the success of the apprenticeship program.

Dr Jashim Uddin also visited the activities under PKSF’s Rural Micro Enterprise Transformation Project (RMTP), BD Rural WASH and MFCE project being implemented through RDS. Md Nuru Uddin, Executive Director of RDS and other senior officials of the organization were present with him during this visit.

Under the Apprenticeship Program of Recovery and Advancement of Informal Sector Employment (RAISE) project, 35,000 unemployed youths will receive hands-on technical and business skill development training that will help them engage in sustainable employment.