Tongxin Village｜Single mothers are more determined to start the business

There is a "Social Enterprise Speed ​​Cutting" training class in Tongxin Village, a transitional housing in Yuen Long. Aqi is one of the trainees. After she finished learning speed cutting, her first "guest" after graduation was her 12-year-old daughter.

She still remembers that her daughter was initially very resistant to being cut, and felt that her mother could not do it, because she was afraid that the cut would be sour.

Aqi mentioned that when her daughter gave her affirmation, her eyes narrowed slightly, showing joy, which made her more determined to continue to develop in the hairdressing industry in the future.

In May this year, the residents of Tongxin Village moved into the village. The first "Social Enterprise Speed ​​Cutting" training course will be held in July, and the second one will be held in August. In addition to the opportunity for the graduates to work at the "Social Enterprise Speed ​​Cutting" in the speed cutting shop in the village There are also opportunities to be referred to work in other barber shops.

The person in charge of the barber shop that cooperated with Tongxin Village to organize training hopes that the residents will have more skills after training, and have more choices when applying for jobs, and hope to find more people for the industry.

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At first, I felt that learning new things was not as good as the younger generation. From ignorance and comparison, to cultivate self-confidence

Aqi is 47 years old and moved to Tongxin Village after her divorce from her husband. She admitted that she used to be a housewife. Although she has started working part-time in recent months, she doesn't earn much. She wanted to find a craft to make a living. The poster of the training class "Quick Cut" was registered to attend the class.

She mentioned that she had learned speed cutting in other institutions in the past, but she felt that it was not suitable at the time. At that time, I felt that I didn’t know how to cut or cut.” But under the careful guidance of her tutor, she gradually developed interest and confidence, and even offered to cut her daughter’s hair.

After Xuecheng wanted to cut her daughter's hair, she was shocked and her daughter praised "cut ok"

"Actually, after I finished my studies, the first hair cut was my daughter." Aqi said that the 12-year-old girl was very resistant at first. She was used to cutting her hair in a barbershop and was worried that her mother would cut her hair. She was afraid that " The flesh is sour", but Aqi showed her the clip of going to court: "Basically, I know everything about cutting my hair. When I said, 'Mummy wants to help you cut it,' she will try it." Praise mom for "cutting it ok".

Aki and her ex-husband have two daughters, aged 12 and 17, who now live with her father.

Aqi mentioned that in the future, she wants to continue to develop in the hairdressing industry, find a job and earn money, not only to support herself, but also to support two daughters.

Truck driver loses job amid pandemic and participates in training rekindles interest in haircuts

Another practitioner, Mr. Zhang, 52 years old this year, moved to Tongxin Village with his brother one after another because his old residence was to be demolished.

He has worked as a truck driver for more than 20 years, and has been mainly delivering primary school lunches for more than 10 years.

After the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in Hong Kong, schools were temporarily suspended. After the resumption of classes, many schools only open for half a day. Students will not have lunch in the school. The lunch manufacturer has closed down. As a result, he lost his job and worked part-time in transportation on weekends. I used to go to the market to sell vegetables.

"The epidemic has come to 𠵱 home, and our transportation industry has been shrinking all the way." Mr. Zhang pointed out that in the past, trucks and machines earned 30,000 to 35,000 a month, but now there is only about 10,000 left. In addition, people in the industry tend to spend the same money. Asking younger drivers, it is not easy to find suitable jobs. He also admitted: "Manual work, as you get older, it gets harder and harder."

Mr. Zhang mentioned that he worked as an assistant in a hair salon for a short time when he was young, and he was fortunate that he had the opportunity to participate in a training course after the age of 50 and try to learn to transfer to another profession. This is true, at the beginning I was thinking about trying it out, playing it, and seeing if I could learn it, but I guess I can’t finish the course, and I am really interested.” He will be at the speed cutting shop in the village. Work part-time in "Social Enterprise Quick Cut" to cut hair for residents.

90-hour training class teaches four haircuts

The head of the barber shop "Salon Go Ahead" and the chairman of the Hong Kong Hairdressing and Beauty Industry Chamber of Commerce Xu Disheng pointed out that the "Social Enterprise Speed ​​Cutting" training course jointly organized with Tongxin Village lasted for two weeks, with a total class time of 90 hours. Teaches four basic haircutting techniques: bangs, layers, edge layers and shovels.

The head of the barber shop and the instructor of the training course Xu Di: I expect residents to have more skills

He said that there were not too many conditions during the interview. It mainly depends on the time and interest of the applicants. It is expected that they can stay in the "Social Enterprise Quick Cut" which is about to open in the village after graduation. The daily salary can be expected to range from 500 to 800 yuan; in the future, as the number of graduates increases, they will also have the opportunity to refer them to work in other barber shops.

Xu Disheng mentioned that he hoped that the residents would be trained to have more skills and have more choices when it comes to employment. "We have a slogan, 'It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him how to fish'." At the same time, he felt that there was a market in the hairdressing industry. Hope to find more manpower for the industry.

The social enterprise of the quick-cutting shop in the village is expected to open in mid-August, and a second training session will be held

Huang Jingye, the project manager of the service department of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Association, pointed out that the social enterprise speed cutting in the village will open in mid-August. At that time, there will be two employees in the store at the same time, and each speed cutting fee will be 45 yuan. Serving residents in the village, it may be opened to outsiders later.

The second training course is expected to be held in August. At present, about 10 people have signed up, mainly those over the age of 30. Interviews will begin after the class date is confirmed.

Huang Jingye also mentioned that among the applicants who applied to live in Tongxin Village, more than one adult was unemployed, so he hoped that the residents would develop more skills during their stay to help them find jobs in the future. The "Social Enterprise Quick Cut" training course is just one of them. For this training, interview workshops have been held before, and a job fair will also be held in late August to learn about the job-seeking needs of residents, and then conduct other trainings.

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The transitional housing project "Tong Xin Village" is located on Shan Bei Road, Tung Tau, Yuen Long. It is operated by the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Association, and Sun Hung Kai Properties lent the land at a nominal price of 1 yuan and funded by the government.

Under the fifth wave of the epidemic, it was requisitioned by the government as an isolation facility in February this year, and it was returned by the end of April; in May this year, residents were gradually moved in. As of July 24, 845 households of 1,800 units in the village have received keys , a total of 1566 people stayed.

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