an APHEDA project_cambodia: October 2014

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

A trainer profile - 'Hair&Beauty': Sokheng from Mong Russey

Case Study of an APHEDA 'Hair&Beauty' Trainer from Battambang Provencal:

My name is Wat Sokheng.

I am from the Mong Russey Women’s Development Centre in Battambang Provencal.

Previously, I was a hairdresser at Mong Russey market. Now, I am a hairdressing trainer based in Mong Russey Women’s Development Centre in Mong Russey district. I have studied for 5 months learning beauty salon skills in Phnom Penh in May 2006. Then APHEDA developed my skills further in hair cutting on 9^th November 2010.

My APHEDA training has since been upgraded with skills such as, haircutting, bridal up styling, face makeup (wedding and party), nail bar, nail art, perming, hair coloring, theory and practice, hair demonstration foundations, lesson plan and teacher planning.

For me, this course was very important because I have been taught by professional trainers which are very experienced with the international standard quality. I feel that this training course is of good quality, with current needs being meet, which helps us to lead our skills training in our day to day operations in the community education centre.

After each training workshop, I have developed more skills to further train the trainees who come to study in the Women’s Development Centre in Mong Russey.

colour 'foiling' workshop - learning new skills

colour workshop - learning new skills

must practice and reduce time to 45 minutes

colour workshop - learning new skills

trolley with materials

colour workshop - learning new skills

with my teacher trainer colleagues

who took tamagotchi?

Haircutting and Make up class @Oddar Meanchey Training Centre

make-up class

hair cutting class

bridal makeup class

who took tamagotchi?

Hairdressing class from trainer Chumnen @Oddar Meanchey Training Centre

Our newest Training Centre with Chumnen as our trainer is producing beautiful work and quality outcomes.....well done to all our trainees.

@Pochentong Airport

skills training@ the centre

braiding skills training@ the centre

skills training@ the centre

Yuri from Preah Vihear

Trainers from our Centres in the provinces

skills training@ the centre

Khmer bridal styles

our trainees @ Oddar Meanchey

our manikin display

trainee presentation of work to the group

who took tamagotchi?

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Her Excellency, Nhem Morokat from the Ministry of Women Affairs endorses APHEDAs' formal accreditation of the Hairdressing and Beauty Program, a first for Cambodia.

Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA organised an Opening Ceremony on Teacher Training in Hairdressing & Beauty and Small Business Management on 15 October 2014 at Eden Park Restaurant.

Presided by H.E.Nhem Morokat, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Women's Affairs, the event hosted 36 participants from 6 Women Development Centres and included 8 teacher trainers.

The objective was to seek assistance in providing certification and recognition for technical trainers in Hairdressing and Beauty from the Ministry of Labour.

The Training of Trainer project is designed to deliver high quality training courses for rural poor women as a "Second Education Opportunity", leading to village cooperative groups.

At the Opening ceremony, Lim Soksan, Program Co-ordinator reported that APHEDA has been in Cambodia since 1984 focusing on Adult Education, promoting Sustainable Livelihood for rural women and farmers. We are currently working in partnership with 6 WDCs, providing vocational training education in Hairdressing & Beauty, Garment & Handicraft making, Food Processing and Weaving. We have trained in total 387 women over the past 4 years and have trained in other vocations of fish farming & vegetable growing to more than 1,600 farmers of which at least 50% are women. Social Education included in the training are: nutrition, HIV/AIDS, hygiene and domestic violence protection.

The Training of Trainer project is designed to deliver high quality training courses for rural poor women as a "Second Education Opportunity", leading to village cooperative groups.

The Hairdressing and Beauty curriculum has been provided, since 2010, by the Canberra Institute of Technologys' Gail Vest. Her colleague, Emma Luscombe, 2014 Young Business Women of the Year and ACT Finalist for the prestigious Telstra Australian Business Awards, and a certified Educator with the AVEDA Institute, was invited for her Small Business/Co-operative Management expertise.

H.E Nhem Morokat, who supports APHEDA's program 200%, said the WDCs of the 4 provinces (Kampot, Kampong Chhang,Kampong Cham and Kampong Speu), were initially established in 1995 by the Japanese Government. Now it has increased to 14 centres, and she has invited APHEDA to extend its program to those WDCs.

She concurred, that providing economic empowerment for women was to enhance an income generation opportunity, through decent jobs. The development of micro, small and medium enterprises is important for household and social economics. The challenges of WDCs are lacking skills such as 1) methods monitoring and evaluation on ex-trainees, 2) Database on ex-trainees, who are using skills after their graduation, 3) Global quality and measurable monitoring system …etc.

These challenges need all of us to find a solution; therefore, H.E Morokat urged centre directors to pay attention and improve any negative work practice, for the WDCs improvement. On the other hand, the partnership between WDCs and APHEDA as the service provider in technology and training, is very strong.....