{"id":2678,"date":"2020-01-03T06:11:34","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T06:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/?p=2678"},"modified":"2020-01-03T06:11:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T06:11:34","slug":"karonga-diocese-teveta-grooms-142-youth-in-vocational-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/karonga-diocese-teveta-grooms-142-youth-in-vocational-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Karonga Diocese-Teveta Grooms 142 Youth in Vocational Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Norbert Tambalamtuwa Mzembe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

142 youth from violent prone areas in\nKaronga, Rumphi and Chitipa districts have been awarded certificates for\nsuccessfully completing a six months course in the fields of Carpentry and\nJoinery, Brick Laying and Tailoring, Fashion and Designing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caritas Secretary, Mwawi Shaba says\nKaronga Diocese through the Bishop Martin Mtumbuka planned to reach out to many\nyouths who would have been left out by the formal vocational training\nprogrammes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A greater part of the country’s\npopulation is occupied by the youth who have nothing to do hence they opt for\nviolent acts particularly in Karonga. This initiative, therefore, was also meant\nto groom the youth to become reliable citizens of this nation,” Shaba\nsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\nfurther acknowledged the sister of  Archdiocese of Bamberg and Archdiocese of\nFreiburg in Germany for their support towards the training of about 142 youths\nwho have received certificates out of 150 that were enrolled. They were drawn\nfrom Chiweta, Mwenilondo, Mpata, Pusi-Chakwera and Mwanjawala communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He pleaded with the TEVETA Executive Director\nto organize a further training for the graduates to have skills in\nentrepreneurship so that they are able to sustain themselves through the sale\nof their products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking on behalf of the graduating students\nPhillip Mwangolera commended the initiative by the diocese to train them to\nbecome good and self-reliant citizens through the skills they have acquired. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I was one of the most trouble\nmakers in Mwenilondo who could accept bribes from organisers of violent acts to\nincite violence, but now I have something to fend for myself and relatives. My\nplea to the Diocese and TEVETA is that this should not be a once off initiative,”\nsaid Mwangolera.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the District Youth officer for\nKaronga who represented the District Commissioner, Lapken Liwago stressed on\nNational Youth Policy which stipulates that young people must be empowered\neconomically. He hailed the Diocese and TEVETA for adding value to the policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TEVETA Executive Director, Wilson Nkhoma\nsaid he is pleased to have partnered with the Diocese to train the youth in\nvarious vocational skills. Above all, he commended the trainers for tirelessly\ntraining the youth through competent-based skills, who were also trained\nfurther to become competent trainers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As TEVETA, we believe that the\nyouth can employ themselves through vocational skills and become self-reliant\nif they can put their heart and effort on such skill without actually\nadvertising themselves but through quality products,” said Nkhoma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking on behalf of the Bishop of the\nKaronga Diocese, the guest of honor during the graduation event, Father Cyprian\nNgoma of Kasantha Parish said unemployment rate is high leading to moral\ndecadence among the youth. He said the Church believes that the graduates will\nnow become instruments of peace in the society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Father Ngoma added that the Diocese has\nonly given them an eye opener by giving them certificates but the journey to\nachieve their goal still remains in their hands. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Norbert Tambalamtuwa Mzembe 142 youth from violent prone areas in Karonga, Rumphi and Chitipa districts have been awarded certificates for successfully completing a six months course in the fields of Carpentry and Joinery, Brick Laying and Tailoring, Fashion and Designing. Caritas Secretary, Mwawi Shaba says Karonga Diocese through the Bishop Martin Mtumbuka planned to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":8,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}