Early this month, STED launched a project that was aimed at promoting marketable skills to provide sustainable employment among the youth from Nairobi's informal settlements of Huruma, Korogocho and Mathare. Today, hardly a month after the launch, youths were sommoned for an introduction to the project.
Mr. chokera from Cobtrad Consultants addressing the youth during the forum
The forum aimed at varifying the kind of training the youth wanted to enroll for and whether the trainings would benefit them at the end. A big number of youth were recruited to start there trainings at the community level with focus given to the experience they are expected to get for the job market.
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| John Kimani, a berber from Eastleigh owns a berber shop, and was willing to give training to youths on his skills from his shop. |
Mechanics, Welding, Catering, Embroidery, Tailoring, Hair and Beauty, Painting and electronics were among the courses the youth prefered for the trainings with a huge number of boys giving priority to mechanics while the ladies prefered catering.
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| A student recruited for the training giving remarks about the project while the rest listen carefully. |
Some of the benefits the youths are to get from the project include:
- The trainings are to be conducted at the community level where the youth reside from therefore, transport would not be a problem.
- The project targets all youths despite of your educational backround meaning even the class 8 leavers will benefits from this project.
- Youth are expected to gain experience required for the market
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