{"id":2582,"date":"2019-10-29T12:17:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T12:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/?p=2582"},"modified":"2019-10-29T12:17:07","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T12:17:07","slug":"cadecom-vocational-skills-training-giving-second-chances-to-men-in-chisenga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/cadecom-vocational-skills-training-giving-second-chances-to-men-in-chisenga\/","title":{"rendered":"CADECOM Vocational Skills Training Giving Second Chances to Men in Chisenga"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By\nBridget mushani <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even\nat village level, people can only hire people with a certain level of\nproficiency in a trade, people claim to be theirs. The case of Chimwemwe Nyondo,\nwas not different whose problems began when he had just gotten married. He was\nweighed down by poverty which was roaming around his life like a roaring hungry\nlion looking for fresh to devour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Negative\nthoughts engulfed the 29-year-old Chimwemwe Nyondo, who does not even want to\nmention the troubles he has gone through, but now he is happy with the timely rescue\nby the Development Desk of the Diocese of Karonga, known among the people as CADECOM.\n&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chimwemwe\nNyondo, from Nakalase Village in Traditional Authority Mwenewenya in Chitipa\nDistrict, was trained in carpentry under the informal vocational skills\ntraining programme under the Integrated Rural Development Project. He is one of\nthe many beneficiaries bearing testimony that if an individual is empowered\nwith vocational skills their life, and that of their community, is transformed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\nused to be a builder with just little knowledge and it was not easy to secure a\nbuilding contract in the village. With limited means of earning income, I was\nfinding it hard to manage my family which disturbed peace at home most of the\ntimes,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThanks\nto the training he had with CADECOM which has restored peace and love in our\nfamily once again,\u201d narrates Chimwemwe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cI used to stay idle, but thanks to CADECOM\nand the Catholic Church, my story is a bitter-sweet story. I enrolled on CADECOM\nvocational skills training program. At first I did not have courage to enroll\nsince I had knowledge in brick laying. But I shoved out that fear, learnt the trade\nand here I am making a living out of carpentry,\u201d says Nyondo with, a lovely\nsmile of hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CADECOM\nan arm of Karonga Diocese is offering different opportunities (Bricklaying,\nCarpentry and Tailoring) in the area for community members who did not go farther\nwith their education. Thus individuals in various villages are learning vocational\nskills under the able hands of experienced trainers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople\nin the village are giving me business nowadays; I make beds, door frames and\nshutters, windows, stools for them. This has also added value to my building\ntrade such that now I build and roof houses. I am making a living through\nself-employment, which I could not do before. In a good month, I make 50,000 Kwacha\nwhich is more than enough to feed and clothe my family by village standards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt\nthe moment, I have an assurance of a solid future with all basic necessities at\nmy disposal if I continue working hard and perfecting my skills,\u201d speaks out Chimwemwe\nwhile roofing a house and putting a door shutter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chimwemwe Nyondo on his uniform:<\/strong>&nbsp; <em>A\nbeneficially of CADECOM Karonga Diocese Vocational skills program<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Bridget mushani Even at village level, people can only hire people with a certain level of proficiency in a trade, people claim to be theirs. The case of Chimwemwe Nyondo, was not different whose problems began when he had just gotten married. 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