Technical Skills Training-50 poor Youth

Dear Donors,

We would like to share with you the quarterly report for the activities undertaken by Aspire Rwanda, this report covers the implementation of project for Creating

Opportunities for Youth Employment. Youth employment initiatives have been increasingly coordinated within Youth Employment Scheme. The beneficiaries trained have shown eagerness and perseverance in using their technical and entrepreneurial skills and insights to start small businesses or to find jobs in their areas. The motivation shown by young women was even higher compared to that of men. Overall the, beneficiaries understood that continuous training and education to respond to market demands should be the focus. Their approach to health and safety issues as well as functional literacy was a positive one.

Youth empowerment through basic mechanical engineering education and training programs:

TVET Training Center made preparations, by distributing brochures, pamphlets in an effort to socialize this program. After that the organizers conducted a selection of prospective education and training participants who had registered themselves, and on the first day of the start of education and training, the participants were given guidelines for participating in this education and training program.

As for this quarter, the stages of enrichment and production, where after previously in the first quarter the basic theory and practice of competency were strengthened, in the second quarter this is the stage of developing the theory and practice of competence to the next level, such as workshop management, electricity and technical drawing II (solid edge). From those previously still using the theory and practice of manual competence, in this quarter they have used machine tools, with a duration of 150 hours each.

There were already an economic value and self-financing, where participants can finance themselves, equipped with the basic theoretical material and the practice of competencies that have been obtained in the first term, if the competence is complete and he masters it, then it is applied to productive training that really works, right application, join in the production. Where at the Technical Center Work Training has its own production unit, so it does work in real terms, working on goods ordered from consumers.

In connection with the results of the Youth Empowerment program through Education and Training at the Technical Training Center for Job Training. The beneficiaries are very helpful and feel the benefits.

We welcome your continued support in making a difference in the lives of more vocational youth. We encourage you to donate monthly here. Even a few dollars a month will go a long way. Please also share this with your contacts and invite them to consider supporting this ongoing project.

Thank you!