NGO equips 72 youth with employable skills
Seventy-two youth at Agbogbloshie, a neigbourhood in Accra, have received training in employable skills to better their lives.
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The youth received three month training in computing, tie-dye, bead making, dressmaking, liquid soap making and hairdressing.
The hairdressers went through 11 months of intensive training.
The programme was organised by the Self-Help Initiative Support Services (SISS), a non-governmental organisation responsible for the training of the youth in the area.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Project Manager of SISS, Mr Yaw Asante, indicated that the beneficiaries received training in other fields such as savings, hygiene and sanitation, civic rights and responsibilities.
Beneficiaries receive free training
He said SISS, over the years, received funding from Comic Relief in the UK, hence the free training for the youth.
While expressing appreciation to the donors, he called on them to do more so that it could expand the initiative to all the regions in the country.
To help beneficiaries start up their own businesses, Mr Asante disclosed that the trainees would benefit from flexible loans from SISS.
He said he was optimistic that the beneficiaries could do well on the job market.
Mr Asante encouraged the trainees to be ambassadors of their communities wherever they found themselves.
Beneficiaries advised
The head pastor of the Hope Community Chapel and Orphanage, Rev. Randolph Ashlley, advised the youth to eschew laziness, pride and arrogance and challenged them to be positive thinkers and prepared to make a change in the country.
He further charged them to save towards the future to avoid being dependent on society, adding that “society must benefit from you.”
The trainees were awarded certificates of participation. Eight of them received special awards for outstanding performance.