Scaling Up The Employability Of Youth
Although 83.5% of the Ugandans aged 15-29 are engaged in informal jobs; more than 2.2 million youth stay idle; unemployment rate is 13.3% for aged 18-30, one of the highest in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our experience with rural ugandan communities show 3 in 5 adult youth unemployed; 7 in 10 sort of basic employable skills. Government would provide the largest number of skilled Employees in Uganda, enabling transition to employable Skills, and supply competent apprentices! Low engagement of youth arises from; limited accessibility, inadequate resources, biased regional coverage & foreign language as the medium of instruction.
WENET is encouraging, promoting and enabling; youth entrepreneurship, earlier patriotic career growth, multifunctional & vocationalised labour force, forging new standards of work experience and technological networking.
We Are Walking The Talk; Nothing For Youth Without Youth!
In July 2022, WENET launched; Woman, Youth & Child Skills Empowerment Embassy, a local self-help training Facility at Ayami, Lira District in rural Northern Uganda; the low-cost rented Facility offers Skills development opportunities for disadvantaged Women, Youth, teenage Mothers, Girls & Children.
Across 6 Districts; WENET with 18 partner Schools, 34 community change Agents & 9 teenage Volunteers, have ensured; a total of 4,837 school Learners got empowered with sustainability Skills by 2023; formed 3 active School Enterprise Clubs; since 2020, worked with 9 community Youth Groups, Dynamic Jinja City Youth practices entrepreneurship & Ayami Super Heros employs Soccer as empowerment tool.
WENET commits to Youth empowerment;
*Guiding & supporting Digital Literacy & ICT Skills, Leadership Skills & Social Entrepreneurship;
*Training Vocational Skills; Building, Welding, Carpentry, Tailoring, Mechanics, Driving, Electricals & Electronics, Agriculture, Hairdressing, Catering & Bakery;
*Providing sustainability Skills training; making Liquid Soap, Shoe Polish, Crafts, Petroleum Jelly, Re-usable Sanitary Pads, Candles, Ropes, paper Bag & Beads;
*Promoting Music, Dance & Drama; performing Art skills & manipulating musical Instruments; Painting, Decoration & other Creativity potentials!
Sports For Community Transformation: Why Now?
WENET encourages Games & Sports; for safety, strong social bonds, reducing stress, keeping good health & happiness with boosted self-esteem, social skills, and lifetime opportunities. We envision Sport as a discipline with potential to play a central role in transforming Ugandan grassroot communities; yet, negative socio-economic dynamics keeps the largest proportion of potential individuals limitedly exposed, leaving significant portions of youth talents unexploited!
Since 2021, WENET has worked with community Leaders, 9 community Youth Groups, 18 teacher Agents & stakeholders; prioritizing Games & Sports. As of 2023, we boast of 24 key sports personalities promoted; including athletes at national level;
*“We Are Receiving used Sports Equipment & Attires, and Donating them to the local Communities who need them the most” Let us know if you can act;
*Mobilizing Funds to develop physical sports Infrastructure; buy Balls & sports Attires, and organizing competitive sporting Events for Schools & Communities;
*Employing grassroot Soccer & Netball as tools to improve Learner Retention; awareness on Child Marriage & teenage Pregnancy; SRHRs, HIV/AIDS & GBV;
*Engaging local sport communities; train Instructors, Referees, Coaches & first Aid personnel; introduce unpopular sports, Rugby & Volleyball, in hard-to-reach Schools