Vocational Training
CORI’s vocational training program prepares youth and women with practical skills that open doors to employment and entrepreneurship.
We have two vocational paths available to our students:
Carpentry
Sewing & Alterations
Let us help the less fortunate in gaining skills that can help them.
Carpentry
At our carpentry program, we will give them career training and constructive afterschool activities to enhance their entrepreneurial skills, teamwork, mentorship opportunities. Young boys who will attend the workshops will also learn woodworking skills such as planning, measuring, squaring and cutting a board, driving nails and screws, as well as using clamps and other basic carpentry tools. Eventually, all participants will know how to build and repair furniture pieces.
Sewing & Alterations
As we have noticed that people wanted to learn how to sew, we created a program specially designed to teach them the dos and don’ts of this craft. Most of the teenage girls under our Child Sponsorship Program come to the VET Sewing Shop after school to know how to sew. There are also women in the community who regularly attend our workshops to learn seamstress skills, and many have already sewn full outfits. You can support this project by donating funds for the purchase of additional sewing machines. Each manual sewing machine costs $222, while the electric sewing machines vary from $300 to $600. For more information regarding this matter, please give us a call at (541) 501‑2850.
Change A Life
Through vocational training, participants gain the skills and confidence to build secure, independent lives. Carpentry and sewing become more than trades. They become tools for stability, purpose, and dignity. With every skill learned, a person moves one step closer to providing for themselves and creating a safer future for their family.
Your support helps someone learn a craft, earn an income, and ultimately save their own life through opportunity that lasts.