By Nancy Njeri | Project Principle
Mrembo salon vocational training organized their one day annual hair and beauty seminar on 22nd of Sept. The one day seminar led by two tutors from Ashley’s (one of the leading chain of hair and beauty shops in Nairobi) was geared towards perfectioning and improving what they already know, and helping them to understand the current trends of hair and beauty. Among the other topics covered were: how to handle clients, different types of clients, general expectations of both clients and employers, nail technology, use of rollers,dreadlocks,make up, different types of scalp n skin, proper shaving of hair including dos and don’ts. Participants were fully engaged the whole day with more of practical sessions and less of theories. The current participants are the last butch of Mrembo salon vocational training for the year 2016 and are expected to graduate in by the end of December and be placed in various VAP’s partnering salon for internship and job placements. ”With what I have been trained and the learnings that I have received today, I think am fully ready for any job opportunity.” Said Mwikali
Jobs For Girls
The “Eat football, Sleep football, Drink Coca-Cola” is a campaign advert associated with Coca-Cola company way back in 1996, but two former Mrembo salon vocational training graduates Jennifer and Mary who are also graduates of Mrembo program, a program that addresses sexual health reproductive and rights issues amongst girls, are tweaking the advert in another style of their own, “Play football, Get empowered through football and Earn as a result of football initiative.” Equipped and wired with the right tools and information regarding hair and beauty, both practical and theoretical, financial and computer literacy that took them a couple of months, the girls were lucky to land job placements that awaited them at the exit gate of their graduation. “Am so delighted for the skills that I have received at Mrembo Salon. Am now in a position to live independently and support my younger siblings.” Said 21 years old Anyango.
By Nancy Njeri | Project Principle
By Nancy Njeri | Project Principle
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