Last week, we collaborated with Mentorship forum with Makky (MFM) to organize a skill acquisition program for various unskilled and unemployed youth here in Enugu State, Nigeria. We specifically organized this event because of the high rate of youth unemployment in Nigeria. Currently in Nigeria, it is estimated that 16 million youth in Nigeria are unemployed. The foregoing according to the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) accounts for 23.1% of the Nigerian population.
In a bid to mitigate the foregoing staggering statistics, we specifically targeted 15 unskilled and unemployed young men and women. Through this program, they learnt various skills, which included the following:
· How to create a one page website
· Make-up skills
· Shoe-making skills
· Grant writing skills
These skills were taught by various well experienced and trained facilitators. These facilitators included: Clemente, Chiamaka, Theodore and of course our very own Somtochukwu. At the end of the day participants went home with greats skills, which they intend to, build on and translate into income generation. We are very much committed to ensuring that youth in Nigeria have access to decent work and increased economic growth.
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