Life skills and vocational training
Life Skills training The activity was conducted from 4th to 27th of November 2024 targeting 20 youth enrolled under the Innovation Hub program.
Objectives
- To create awareness on climate change with main focused on adaptation measures to climate change effects.
- To train the youth on good life style regarding their health and social relationships with the community.
Youth were trained on; Life skills, Disability inclusion, Climate change, Menstrual health and hygiene, Gender, Reproductive Health Rights, and SRHR services.
20 youth (10 females: 10 males) learnt about life skills and business skills. Vocational/Green Skills training through Innovation Hub. In this quarter 20 youth (10 male and 10 female) were selected and placed for a six month vocational training with 10 male in motorcycle mechanic and 10 female in hairdressing.
The purpose of this training was to empower Children, Adolescents and Youth with life skills and livelihood skills, knowledge and inspire them to create solutions to their life challenges in a safe space. Some of the program participants for example, 2 male and 2 female youth testified that after learning about climate change and renewable energy they are now practicing proper disposal of wastes where they are separating plastic wastes from bio-degradable wastes.
One of these male program participants said that he collects and sells plastics to dealers and gets money. Okello (not real name) said most times he reuses plastic bottles for other purposes like buying cooking oil, holding water for brushing in the morning and he has now become advocates for reduced plastic use within their home and to his fellow peers within the community.
After the training on SRHR, all the 20 youth under CLASS Innovation Hub decided to go for STI/STD and HIV/AIDS screening and testing respectively something they testified they feared before this program.
Compiled by Omara Moses, Phone: +256 777 035731, Email:classinupper@gmail.com
