Training centre for youth to enter the garment industry set up in Mullaittivu

A training centre to train youth for the garment industry has been set up in Sri Lanka after the Security Force Headquarters - Mullaittivu (SFHQ-MLT) took initiatives to establish a new garment factory in collaboration with the district secretary for Mullaittivu and garment industrialists.

According to fibre2fashion the training centre is an initiative of Global Design Tex. Global Design Tex intends to provide youth with job opportunities in the garment industry in Mullaittivu area under Phase one. 

In the second leg of the project, Global Design Tex expects to establish a 300-employee garment factory in the Mullaittivu area for the benefit of unemployed youth as a gesture of reconciliation and goodwill. 

With the close coordination of the district secretary for Mullaittivu, the new training centre and the SFHQ-MLT, the training session for 35 young men and women has commenced, the report claimed.