By Yang Ater Yang<\/p>\n
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At least 200 youth and women in Lakes State have graduated from vocational skilling in a three-month program<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Vocational Skills Development Organization (VOSDO) trained the beneficiaries through funding from Sweden.<\/p>\n Equipped in nine different areas, that include tailoring, animal treatment and agriculture, among others, the graduates are expected to exercise the skills acquired.<\/p>\n Speaking during the graduation ceremony, William Bior Atem, VOSDO project manager, said the graduates included 178 men and 22 women.<\/p>\n Training centers were located in Rumbek with 121 trainees, Yirol with 56 trainees, and Cueibet with the least number of 23 trainees.<\/p>\n Upon completion of the courses, graduates received certificates and startup kits based on their chosen skills.<\/p>\n Those trained in livestock production received 2 goats each, while carpentry trainees received workshop tools.<\/p>\n According to the organization offering the training, the program aimed to increase employment opportunities for beneficiaries, encourage self-employment and entrepreneurship, and further provide alternative livelihoods to discourage reliance on violence.<\/p>\n Lakes State Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sports, William Koji Kerjok, expressed appreciation for UNDP’s support in his key remarks and highlighted a separate loan program for youth.<\/p>\n John Mariik Riak, one of the graduates of veterinary training, thanked the government, saying he plans to share his knowledge with others in his community.<\/p>\n Stephen Mathiang Deng, Lakes State Minister of Cabinet Affairs, emphasized the importance of vocational training for unemployed youth.<\/p>\n He challenged VOSDO to utilize the carpentry skills learned during the program by making chairs for future events instead of renting them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Yang Ater Yang At least 200 youth and women in Lakes State have graduated from vocational skilling in a three-month program. Vocational Skills Development Organization (VOSDO) trained the beneficiaries through funding from Sweden. Equipped in nine different areas, that include tailoring, animal treatment and agriculture, among others, the[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lakes-state","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/beneficiaries-of-the-vocational-training-donning-on-blue-T-shirts-and-white-caps.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23886,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23884\/revisions\/23886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}