Our Youth Training Scheme

We do not wish to leave out young people aged 16 years and above that have dropped out of school. Many of the young boys are forced to resort to gambling, financial fraud, thuggery and other criminal acts just to survive while some of the girls fall into teenage pregnancy and child marriage.

Our skills training programme is aimed to ensure that our young people are positively engaged and stay out of trouble. Through this programme, they can learn a trade and obtain skills to enable them to earn a living and help their families with household costs. The young people are currently being trained in tiling, hair-dressing, electric wiring, and dress making. Others are training in welding, plumbing, and painting.

We have engaged local tradespeople in Amaimo community to provide training and mentoring for the young people, while our project coordinator goes on regular inspection visits to the various training sites to conduct periodic and mid-term reviews. A final review is also conducted to certify each trainee’s readiness to graduate at the end of their training period. 

Every trainee will be awarded a certificate on successful completion of their programme and Every Village Matters will help to set them up in business. We will also provide any initial support needed to ensure they stay in business.

Our trainees are currently being sponsored by our generous supporters including members of the Amaimo community. We plan to train a minimum of five young people from the community each year and ultimately establish a trading hub to service the local people and other communities beyond Amaimo, while building community entrepreneurship.