So, for example, men in the U.S. or Finland were not as likely as men in Korea or Turkey to care about cooking skills or chastity.

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We converted an old kitchen into a job training center, where the same men and women I fed on the street were given a chance to learn cooking skills.

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There are numerous locally-funded programmes to improve cooking and nutrition skills around the UK but, until now, there has been little data on any long-term effects.

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Children have increasingly little chance to practice even basic skills like cooking and caregiving.

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Some of the workshops which have been offered in the past cover the following vocational skills: cooking, construction, health and sanitation, dressmaking, carpentry, agriculture, hairdressing, beauty, percussion, visual arts and drama.

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Sure, more money is nice, but what they really need are the basic skills and experiences most of us take for granted: learning how to show up on time every day, how to work in a hierarchy, how to work with peers, how to interact with customers (not to mention job-specific skills, from cooking to carpentry).

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The Welsh government says cooking in schools can help children develop practical skills in food preparation, and it is looking at how it can organise a seminar into its ongoing work to promote these skills.

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As jobs go, actual home-making (not sitting around watching TV) is a challenging discipline that combines interior design, cooking, childcare, home maintenance, driving, and other skills.

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