INDONESIA: Don Bosco Tech awarded for improving lives through training
More than 7,000 youth receive training each year
(MissionNewswire) Don Bosco Tech in Jakarta, Indonesia, has received an award from Amazon Web Services for making an exceptional contribution to the improvement of the lives of youth and young women who are otherwise not working or receiving training. Don Bosco Tech has trained thousands of students, transforming their lives and empowering marginalized communities.
A Salesian noted, “For over a decade, Accenture Solutions Pvt. Ltd, a trusted partner of Don Bosco Tech, has played a fundamental role in supporting this initiative, financing and enabling the annual training of more than 7,000 youth in the service sector and technical industries. This collaboration allows for positive and lasting change within the poorest communities.”
Salesian missionaries are considered the largest private provider of vocational and technical training in the world. Around the globe, there are nearly 1,000 Salesian vocational, technical, professional and agricultural schools — giving youth the skills for stable employment.
According to the World Bank, Indonesia’s poverty rate is 9.03% in 2024, the lowest in a decade. This is a decrease from 9.36% in March 2023. The number of poor people in Indonesia also decreased by 0.68 million people, bringing the total number of poor people to 25.22 million.
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