This most recent round of trainings reached 44 students in Nyasaka, 50 students in Nundu, 31 students in Mahina, and 76 students in Igelegele.
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Legal and behavior change process (BCP) trainings were carried out at four secondary schools in Mwanza, Tanzania: Nyasaka, Nundu, Mahina, and Igelegele. EBLI staff members Rose Edward led these trainings, focused on sexual and reproductive health and human rights (SRHR) issues, particularly as it relates to pertinent teen issues. Like all of our BCP activities, this training aimed to help empower young people to choose healthy futures for themselves, putting aside unhealthy and destructive behaviors such as casual sex, and alcohol and drug abuse. The goal is for every student to reach his or her potential and thrive. This most recent round of trainings reached 44 students in Nyasaka, 50 students in Nundu, 31 students in Mahina, and 76 students in Igelegele.
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Today the tenth batch of young people completed employment lessons as part of the overall Business Skills Training curriculum. The focus of the employment lessons is to equip young people, with a special preference for young mothers, with the knowledge and tools for how to apply for and attain employment. Over the course of the past week, the participants learned about the differences between employment and self-employment, the advantage and disadvantages of each, the power of networking, and how to write a professional cover letter and curriculum vitae (C.V.), and how to conduct an interview, among other things. All employment lessons were taught by EBLI staff member, Elizabeth Geoffrey, and INTERTEAM volunteer, Tobias Peltenburg. During this final day of employment lessons, a young mother who graduated in the ninth batch, Defroza Jeremiah, addressed the participants and spoke from her experience as one who dropped out of school due to pregnancy, completed EBLI computer literacy and business skills training, and went on to attain employment as a secretary at Green View Primary and Secondary School in Mwanza, Tanzania. It was a wonderful opportunity for the young people to hear that they too can rise out of the poverty they are living in. Next week, this tenth batch of young people will continue their Business Skills Training by taking a comprehensive business examination, followed by an introduction to Hisa saving and loaning groups, which will economically empower these young people to start and/or expand businesses in order to achieve their goals. Following Business Skills Training next week, this tenth batch of young people will complete a three-day workshop on behavior change process (BCP), equipping them with knowledge and life skills to help choose healthy futures and avoid behavior patterns, especially casual sex, that put them at risk of gender-based violence. Today the tenth batch of young people completed entrepreneurship lessons as part of the overall Business Skills Training curriculum. The focus of the entrepreneurship lessons is to equip young people, with a special preference for young mothers, with the knowledge and tools for how to choose, plan and run a successful enterprise, be it individually or as a group. Over the course of three weeks, the participants formed seven group enterprises, each of which wrote a detailed business plan exploring all facets of business, including but not limited to: list of business needs and projected start-up costs, selling prices of goods and services, how to raise capital, customers and competitors of the business, separating start-up and continuing activities, drafting a group business constitution, making a plan for testing production, selling preparations, record keeping, advertising, customer service, and criteria for future business expansion. All entrepreneurship lessons were taught by EBLI staff member, Lucy Metha, and Maryknoll Lay Missioner, Michael Leen, with much assistance from former young mother, Neema Jeremiah. Tomorrow this tenth batch of young people will continue their Business Skills Training by learning how to apply for and attain gainful employment, including how to write a cover letter, curriculum vitae (C.V.), and how to prepare for and conduct an interview. These lessons will be instructed by EBLI staff member ,Elizabeth Geoffrey, and INTERTEAM volunteer, Tobias Peltenburg, with occasional assistance from the aforementioned instructors of entrepreneurship lessons. The ultimate goal of Business Skills Training is to empower these young people to attain economic emancipation and rise out of poverty through strategically planned income-generating activities, enabling them to joyfully and confidently live a full and dignified life. Business Skills Training for the tenth batch of young people began earlier this week, which aims to equip young people, with a special preference for young mothers, with the knowledge and tools for how to apply for and attain employment, and how to choose, plan and run a successful enterprise, be it individually or as a group. The ultimate goal is to empower young people to attain economic emancipation and rise out of poverty through strategically planned income-generating activities, enabling them to joyfully and confidently live a full and dignified life. In this first week of training, participants have learned the meaning of entrepreneurship and group enterprise, including the pros and cons of each, along with the traits of a good entrepreneur or a good group. Additionally, they have learned the reasons many businesses fail, and the three main types of businesses. Finally, the participants went through the process of how to choose a good business idea, assessing the unmet needs of people in their community, and comparing that against the skills they have and the locally available resources. After all of this, the participants chose the strongest business ideas and formed a total of seven group enterprises. Over the coming weeks, together they will write their respective business plans, beginning with a list of the total business needs and start-up costs. The seven group enterprises formed include: cooking (2), decorating, tailoring, farming, chicken keeping, and hair salon. Today, EBLI began business skills training for its tenth batch of young people to move through the project. Each of these individuals recently completed computer literacy training and is now entering into a business skills curriculum, co-facilitated by Michael Leen and Lucy Metha, and assisted by former student young mother, Neema Jeremiah. While the focus remains on young mothers, EBLI began accepting a few boys in the tenth batch, all of whom come from impoverished backgrounds. The objective of today's seminar was to initiate business skills training that aims to equip young people, with a special preference for young mothers, with the knowledge and tools for how to apply for and attain employment, and how to choose, plan and run a successful enterprise, be it individually or as a group. The ultimate goal is to empower young people to attain economic emancipation and rise out of poverty through strategically planned income-generating activities, enabling them to joyfully and confidently live a full and dignified life. This first seminar was attended by 46 young people - 43 young mothers and 3 boys - and focused on the foundational aspects of entrepreneurship, for example: Who is an entrepreneur? What is a group enterprise? What are the characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of each? Additionally, participants set classroom rules and stated their course expectations to ensure a fruitful learning experience for all. Business training focused on entrepreneurship will continue for eleven days, followed by four days of employment training, a business exam, introduction to Hisa saving and loaning groups, and business leadership training. |
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