KT&G established the KT&G Inni Vocational Training Center" at the University of UKCW (Universitas Kristen Cipta Wacana) in Malang, Indonesia, and began free technical training from March 10.
KT&G has started vocational education in earnest to help Indonesia's low-income families stand on their own feet, and the vocational training center will provide three-month sewing technology education for the poorest in the community and youths in social welfare facilities.
The first recruitment attracted more than 170 applicants, three times more than the initial schedule, and the same education will be conducted in six rounds by September next year.
Indonesia is one of the world's top 10 textile sewing industries, and the textile and sewing industries are expected to create jobs under the government's intensive promotion plan.
Amid massive unemployment and the growing number of vulnerable people due to the recent COVID-19 impact, KT&G decided to provide support to help them learn technology and enter the industry and lay a foundation for self-reliance.
The total cost for the vocational training center is 300 million won, which will be prepared as an "imagination fund," a voluntary donation by KT&G executives and employees.
The "Imagination Fund" is KT&G's unique social contribution fund launched in 2011, and consists of a "Matching Grant" in which the company adds the same amount to voluntary donations from executives and employees.
An official from KT&G said, "We hope the establishment of the vocational training center will help strengthen the job competence of the underprivileged in Indonesia and resolve the unemployment problem."
