Fixing Broken TVs

One of the important projects that my host organisation, a rural women's group in southern Sri Lanka, has set up is vocational training for rural youths.

The current class of 25 young people from around Tangalla and Weeraketiya are immersed in an radio and television repair course. Ownership of these kind of items is on the increase, and unlike in wealthier countries people think it is worth repairing broken ones as well.

Here are a couple of shots of the class at work. There are more boys than girls this year, but over the last few years the organisation has trained equal numbers of each sex in what has been a traditionally male occupation.





















The equipment and tuition is sponsored by a Canadian organisation, while we host the classes at the Weeraketiya headquarters and manage the overall project.