Community skills project, ndola
This project funds a three-month, community-based skills training programme in plumbing, electrics, and welding for 80 young people. With money raised in 2022, DAFA purchased safety gear and clothing, and paid for hot meals for all students throughout their course.
Students on the community skills project in Ndola
A report on the community skills project from Sr Christine Mwape, director of the project:
In February 2023, over 100 students registered for Power Electrical Installation, Plumbing and Pipe Fitting, Metal Fabrication and Welding at Fatima Skills Centre.
The project has allowed young people in the area to realise their dreams. Some of the pupils admitted that life had lost meaning, most had failed to complete O-level training due to lack of financial support or poor school results, and some had been at home without doing anything for more than seven years.
With the pupils looking forward to an opportunity to learn skills that could give them a chance to become entrepreneurs in future, we saw a transformation in these young people within six months. Some were awarded short contracts at the hospital and Fatima school to fix their electrical and plumbing faults and they report they’re managing to avoid peer pressure to stay away from alcohol and drug use.
The Dominican Missionary Sisters are grateful to DAFA for the continued support rendered to us especially in ensuring that young vulnerable youths are educated and assured of a bright future. The sponsorship received reached 86 young people of Kavu area which is a peri-urban community of Ndola, Zambia. The support was able to equip students with safety uniforms and shoes as well as various needs to complete their course. The support was timely as the programs attracted many needy students who couldn’t afford these essential requirements.
Thank you!
“Thank you very much for your support to our mission. This particular project is an opportunity of a lifetime for some of these young people who would have otherwise continued to just roam around the village with nothing to do. Now, they are taking their studies very seriously, and having a meal greatly contributes to learning. Thank you very much.”
Sr Christine Mwape, director of the project