150 graduate from skills training programme
Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton with participants at the graduation ceremony
Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton with participants at the graduation ceremony

-to commence second part on January 18

By Richard Bhainie

ONE HUNDRED and FIFTY Soesdyke-Linden Highway residents last Friday graduated from Semester One of Phase One of the Yarrowkabra-based ‘IMPACT ME!!!’ skills training programme

The graduation ceremony was held at Savannah Tours, Yarrowkabra.

The initiative is being conducted by Justice Corp (Guyana) Inc, in collaboration with Eletra Foundation, Community Open-Door Alliance and TIVA College. It targets residents of Yarrowkabra East and West and its environs, but is not limited to those areas.

The IMPACT ME project was designed to offer skills training to participants who will be equipped with lifeskills that can create better livelihoods through job employment, entrepreneurship and/or can help them to make meaningful contributions to their communities by taking up leadership roles.

A graduate receives her certificate

It is open to unemployed, unskilled and semi-skilled individuals, including but not limited to school drop-outs, teenage mothers and fathers, slow-leaners, differently-abled individuals, single parents, stay-at-home mothers and widows.

It is a two-fold project. Phase one is the training aspect which has two semesters. The first semester focused on theoretical and practical training of each subject area, while the second semester will offer entrepreneurship and leadership training to further prepare students for the second phase.

The graduates in Semester One underwent training in visual arts and craft, fabric arts, sewing, catering, cosmetology, motor mechanics, woodwork (joinery and woodcraft), carpentry, masonry, and foundational academics (Mathematics and English Language).

The second semester, which commences on January 18, consists of the enterprising aspect, whereby entrepreneurial skills will be learnt and applied to each respective area in a practical way by initiating small or medium-size business ventures.

Phase two, entitled ‘SPREAD’ the acronym for Specialise, Produce, Reap, Earn, Advance and Drive, focuses on the implementation of what was accomplished in the first phase.

Persons are urged to contact Justice Corp (Guyana) Inc., to sign up for the programme which is free of cost. Participants are required to pay only a $1,000 registration fee.

The organisation’s office is located at Lot 102 Sandeman Place, Brickdam, Stabroek. Contact can also be made on telephone numbers (592) 603 2763 or 225 6862.

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