Is DEPDC helping the children find work when they leave DEPDC?
Options provided at DEPDC include staying at DEPDC to work combined with study either at non-formal education to complete high school, a degree in Commuity Development at the Rajapat Institute in Chiang Rai or vocational training. Staff members and former daughters informally assist students to find work. In the 2000 Report on the first ten years of DEPDC 328 former daughters were surveyed and it was found 38% found work in the private sector (restaurants, shops, factories, hotels), 28% continued education, 16% returned home to assist their families, 10% were unemployed, 2% were in employment related to sewing, 2% were in employment related to sex work, and 4% had other forms of employment.
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