KOTO - training Hanoi street kids in restaurant skills
KOTO is a not-for-profit restaurant and vocational training program that is changing the lives of street and disadvantaged youth in Vietnam.
You can see the quality of their work by visiting the Koto website.
The concept of KOTO began on the streets of Hanoi in 1996 when an Australian Vietnamese man, Mr Jimmy Pham, asked a group of street kids what they wanted out of life. They simply replied, "we need skills so we can find stable jobs" and so the concept of KOTO was born.
In just five years, KOTO has grown from a small sandwich shop in Hanoi to a 120-seat restaurant and an internationally accredited hospitality program that gives some very special young people the start in life that everyone deserves.
Here's a short BBC documentary on Koto's work:
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A longer documentary showing Koto's inspiring work in the middle of Vietnam's booming economy:
Restaurant Management
