Sustainable Skills and Empowerment for the Youth

ANOTHER HOPE CHILDREN’S MINISTRY

PROJECT REPORT

PROGRAMME/DEPARTMENT:  PROJECTS

PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED: SUSTAINABLE SKILLS AND EMPOWERMENT FOR THE YOUTH

 MONTHLY REPORT FOR:  NOVEMBER 2016

 PERSON SUBMITTING THE REPORT:

 NAME: KIBIRIGE TIMOTHY

 POSITION: ASSISTANT PROJECTS CORDINATOR

 EMAIL ADDRESS: tkibirige@anotherhope.org

 SUBMITTED TO: SUPERVISOR MR. KASOZI DANIEL.

EMAIL: dkasozi@anotherhope.org and adminaccount@anotherhope.org

 DATE OF SUBMISSION: 26^TH NOVEMBER 2016

 PROJECT LOCATION

JJEZA TOWN, MPIGI DISTRICT ALONG MITYANA ROAD

PROJECT INFORMATION

       Overview of the project and its objectives 

The project aims to reduce the unemployment rate among the youth and increasing the number of youth joining vocational schools rather than Degree course that have no ready jobs.

Objective

The Project Goals and Objectives is to reduce vulnerability and dependency among the young people by 20% in 5 Districts of Central Uganda (Kampala, Mpigi, Wakiso, Mityana and Mubende) our objectives are:

1. To mobilize and sensitize over 12,000 youth in the Districts of Central Uganda 

2. To advocate and mainstream vocational training skills with other trainings.

3. To reduce the problem of unemployment by 10% of the youth by training them in Vocational skills.

4. To provide 40% of Counseling

 Activities that have taken place:

• Roofing of the renovated four classroom block. See photos below

• Purchase of  some of the training items needed such as hair driers, tailoring machines among other.
• The District Education Officer of Mpigi District was met and meeting held where he advised on the procedures for registration of the school. We are so grateful for the cooperation the District officials have exhibited, they mentioned that this project was long overdue and it is very much needed to help the youth in the 5 Districts of central Uganda
•  Forms for the registration processes have been acquired
• Identifying potential beneficiaries

OWAYESU MONICA RESCUED FROM A FORCEFUL MARRAIGE

It is so sad when you see children suffering and the suffering continues even when they are adults. As we were enrolling children to join the vocational school, we came across a young lady Monica whose story was so sad. Monica’s uncle when we told him that Monica has been selected to be one of the beneficiaries, he just sobbed in tears and said “Thanks for saving my sister’s child, she was about to be married off to an old man who is over 50 years because my sister could not afford school fees which led Monica to drop out of school when she was 15”. This was so touching knowing that the sustainable skills for the youth came at a right time to save Monica from the forceful marriage that when we talked to her she never wanted it.

Who could have saved Monica if it was not for the generous support of our friends Come febraury 2017, Monica will be training to be a hair dresser, a course she really cherishes in. Thanks so much for saving lives of these youth and we are so grateful for the great change we are yet to see in a few months

 Future plan

• Finish the Renovations
• Working on the work plans
• Setting up the training rooms
• Fundraising more
• Awareness campaign of the vocational center in the Districts of Wakiso, Mpigi and Mityana
• Vocational Assessment study in the sub-county where the District is located

Links:

• http://www.anotherhope.org