NRC Graduates 50 Students
The Youth Education Pack (YEP) Programme by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has graduated 50 vocational students who finished several courses after a year of training under the theme 'empowering youth to be self-reliant.' 27 March 2013 A section of the graduates in Juba. The courses were on electricity, tailoring, mechanics catering and hospitality management.[Waakhe Simon Wudu] By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA, 26 March 2013 [Gurtong] - The courses were on electricity, tailoring, catering and hospitality, mechanics and missionary. Gregory, the NRC Country Director said the project on implementation is aimed at capacitating youth with necessary skills of empowerment. He was so thankful to the UKaid as donors of the project and also the community in Gudele for providing able environment for the execution of the project. It is still the first batch of students being graduated. Michael Guya, Community representative speaking during the function commended the developmental efforts not only made to capacitate the youth but also by establishing the training center in the community of Gudele. However, he challenged that the capacity of the center is small and therefore, called for expansion, adding several South Sudanese youth have dropped out from school due to one reason or the other and are lacking skills. Meanwhile, Lomoro, a government representative who was the Guest of Honour during the function commended the effort of the NRC in empowering youth. He however, called for more efforts saying due to historical and other current factors, there are many South Sudanese youth elsewhere in the country who need this kind of capacity building. He has called for intervention into capacitating South Sudanese youth who lack knowledge of English Language, saying there are a number of South Sudanese youth who were studying in Khartoum and South Sudan but in Arabic pattern and handling these youth has proved to be a challenge to the government. He said it is affecting development in several aspects; affecting youth access to job opportunity and also during transfer of skills whether in class or any institution of learning. Lomoro challenged the youth to take upon themselves the need to empower oneself with any professional skills that can enable him earn a living. He further challenged the graduates to behave exemplary life by effectively utilizing the skills they acquired accordingly so that it induces and inspire others who have not yet realized the importance of the vocational training. Posted in: Home, Education, Foreign Aid/Assistance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
