KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 ― After opening a social enterprise cafe to help underprivileged kids gain skill sets, Dignity Foundation today expanded its social enterprise structure with a hair salon.

Cut X Dignity is also located at Sentul, where Dignity opened up the cafe called Project B in 2015.

Similarly to Project B, Cut X Dignity will provide skill sets and hairdressing training for underprivileged youths under the Dignity Foundation programme.

Two professional hair stylists will provide training for the youths every Wednesday and Thursday- and the salon will then be open for normal customers for the other five days, managed by the youths under the supervision of the professionals.

The training programme runs for six months, after which the students can graduate with their skill sets and later seek apprenticeship at commercial hair salons.

Both Cut X Dignity and Project B are part of Dignity's expanding list of skill set programmes.

"All our students who aged 15 and above are required to do our programmes such as urban gardening, wood work, food and beverage, bakery, and also hairdressing. In one year they will obtain all these skill sets and they can choose which one to pursue,” Dignity chairman Rev Elisha Satvinder said.

Dignity, which turns 20 next year, now has over 1,000 underprivileged children in its programmes, from two until 17 years old.

Apart from these skill set social enterprises, the foundation, which was also started in Sentul, provides education for urban poor children from pre-school until Form 5.