VOCATIONAL SCHOOL TRAINING

Under the on-going Vocational School Education Program, UDF is hoping to complete the construction of a two-classroom vocational school in the Ituha Village of Tanzania’s Mbeya Region to assist uneducated and unemployed young people obtain the marketable skills so they can adequately compete in the job market.

Currently looking to obtain the funds to finish the construction, previous work was completed under a grant from Pangaea Giving for Global Change. Furthermore, an array of donors has provided carpentry toolkits and sewing machines so that UDF can start classes immediately upon completion of the construction.

Once complete, trained professionals will provide vocational classes in carpentry, mechanics, masonry, electrical engineering, plumbing, tailoring, knitting, computers, and bicycle maintenance to gender-balanced classes of people aged 15 to 24.

Expanding the outreach of the program, UDF has supported 30 NGOs with vocational training equipment to initiate partner vocational schools throughout the region. Equipment has included: tool kits, sewing machines, computers, and sunflower pressing machines.