Maavadiya Career Expo Proposal

CHOCO is seeking interested educational institutions and employers for "Maavadiya Career Expo". The expo is scheduled to be held on 24-25 November 2009.

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CHOCO Announces "Maavadiya Career Expo"

CHOCO toady announced an ambitious plan to host a career expo in Thinadhoo. This expo would be called "Maavadiya", a tribute to a local boat builder. The expo is expected to be held on 24-25 November 2009.

CHOCO states that "the opportunities for employers to meet with the potential employees are rare in the Maldives, especially in suburban and rural islands. Understanding the requirements of employers and the skills structure of the local labour market has been difficult due to lack of interaction and communication. Furthermore, educational opportunities that are available for the young people need to be informed, at a bit more personal level, face-to-face. The career fields that have a future in the Maldives, especially in the islands, need to be informed through an exposition of employers and educational institutions".
 

"Hence CHOCO is taking the initiative to organise a career expo in G.Dh. Thinadhoo, in November 24-25, 2009. The expo will be called Maavadiya, a tribute to the best boat builder in the island and is expected to be the first of many such expos to be run in future. Maavadiya would enable employers and educational institutions to interact with an attractive target crowd and market their organisations. It would be a great opportunity for employers and education providers and visitors as well, where each party would have something to gain".

CHOCO started seeking for participants today, and program proposals are being distributed today. CHOCO official said that they have already got two educational institutions who would participate in the expo. One of these institutions boast 7 universities from Malaysia. From the positive initial outlook, CHOCO expects a strong support for the program from the education and employment providers as well as visitors.

"Thinadhoo Support for Maldives" Carried Out Successfully

Two days of campaigning for Maldives a new wonder of nature has been concluded successfully on 17th October 2009. 468 people voted on stations in the Basketball Court Area of Thinadhoo. 

The event was carried out together with live music from the local Bodu Beru band, "Tekunik". Environment related documentaries were also shown in order to gather raise awareness against climate change.

CHOCO organized and implemented the event with tremendous support from Upper South Province Office, Thinadhoo MP Mr Mohamed Gasam and several youth of Thinadhoo who volunteered to assist. CHOCO is also immensely thankful to Raas Maldives Pvt Ltd who share their home internet connection on the first day of voting. CHOCO also thanks the several people of Thinadhoo and Dhiraagu for their assistance.

CHOCO Starts a Campaign to Gather Support for Maldives as a Wonder of Nature

"Thinadhoo Support for Maldives as a Wonder of Nature" started last night in Thinadhoo Kulhivaru Park (Basketball Court Area). The event was scheduled to start at 4pm yesterday evening, but due to rain the event was rescheduled to start at night. Voting for Maldives was carried out between 8pm and 11pm.

There is overwhleming support from the public for the program. Several poeple of different age groups visited the area and casted a a vote for Maldives and selected their choices for wonders of nature. Totally 171 people voted last night.

"We had several people visiting last night. 171 people voted last night and some of them include expatriates in the island. If internet connection was a little bit faster, we could have even got more people to cast vote" said Mohamed Noozam, the in-charge of the program. 

Internet connection was taken from a shop near-by the area and a home user connection was shared for the program. The only ISP in the island was asked for internet provision about a week in advance, however the ISP was not able to provide internet to the area despite being located just around the corner of the event avenue. 

Despite the technical difficulties, CHOCO staff organising the event is happy with the overall organisation and support from the public.

There were also several entertainment activities run together with the voting. Teknik, the local Bodu Beru band, was playing live music. There was also documentaries regarding the environment being shown in the area. CHOCO informs that since the target crowd was the locals, the envrionmental documentaries are targeted to aware the locals regarding the fragilities of our environment and highlight the need to preserve the Maldivies from future environmental calamities and things locals can do about it.

CHOCO would like to thank the members who worked hard to carry out this event and all the volunteers who assisted in the program in many ways.

The event will be continued today also from 8pm till midnight. 

Basic Certificate in Pastry Making Course to Start in November

Choco announces a basic course in pastry making to be run in early November this year in G.Dh. Thinadhoo. The NGO is seeking keen participants for the program. The representatives in the island have already begun the marketing of the program and overall interest from the public is overwhelmingly positive. It is expected that limited seats available for the program will be filled in the due time.

"We have got 40 participants who have expressed their interest to participate already. We expect to get even further support from the public" said Mohamed Noozam, the program coordinator and Director for Human Resources Programs of CHOCO.

The short course will run for 10 days and the enrolment fee is MRF 1000 per head.

The course coordinator is Ms Mariyam Saeeda, an experienced pastry making course coordinator. The materials required for the course will be provided.

"Thinadhoo's Support to Maldives as a Wonder of Nature" Campaign

To include Maldives among the new 7 wonders of nature, a lot of internal and external support needs to be gathered. We need to give our best effort to gather as many votes for the Maldives from the country itself.

CHOCO is following the government’s lead to gather as many votes for the campaign and is arranging a platform to vote for the Maldives to the residents of Thinadhoo, one of the most populous islands in the country.

In the basketball court of Thinadhoo, a lively program is being organised by CHOCO. There would be the opportunity to vote in one of the possibly 10 computer stations in the arena. Further the voting event will be backed by the music of local bands, including the local Bodu Beru band.

CHOCO is seeking support for the event from various stakeholders, and the objective of this proposal is to gather support of relevant stakeholders for the program.

We urge everyone to take a national interest in this event and support the program in the highest capacity possible for the stakeholder.

CHOCO signed agreements for Hydroponics and Quantity Surveying Programs

CHOCO signed agreements with the Ministry of Youth, Human Resources and Sports, on behalf of the government of the Maldives, to run separate programs hydroponics and quantity surveying. The agreements were signed in 29th September 2009 in the Ministry.

Both the programs are funded by Maldives Government's TVET (Technical and Vocational Education and Training) program. CHOCO is set to finish both the programs before March 2010.

CHOCO's "How To Hydroponics" training program will seek to train people in the field of hydroponic agriculture. At a time tourism is waving the region, it is a new market opportunity to do earn a career and money in the field.

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