The Skills development Selection Committee completes field visit in Northern Uganda. The committee held meetings with different stakeholders to strengthen project activities in the North.
Impact of skills training: Recent studies indicate, 68 % beneficiary youth in Northern Uganda found employment 6 months after graduation. 42.3 % of them are in wage employment & 25.4 % are in self-employment.
EUTF is not only supporting refugees but also host communities. Host communities receive training in modern farming. They form saving groups and set up cassava gardens in Rhino Camp. They are able to extra income.
Happening now: EUTF project is training 23 refugees in bakery at Maaji II refugee settlement in Adjumani. After the training, learners are able to either start small businesses or get gainful employment.
"There homes are our homes. Our homes are there homes." says Susan a South Sudanese refugee.This is how refugees & host communities coexist in Rhino Camp. United!
Youth in Rhino camp learning practical skills in shoe making. EUTF project through parnters provides such vocationals to host and refugee communities in Northern Uganda.
At the world’s largest refugee camp, Bidi Bidi, the two girls have ventured into a male field. Two months ago, Keji a South Sudanese refugee and Sarah Ugandan enrolled in carpentry. Today, they make chairs and tables . #africatrustfund
Meet Michael Eyulu. He acquired skills in metal fabrication in Adjumani. In a good day, he makes 60,000/=. With extra income, Michael pays school fees for his siblings. He plans to open a workshop and employ youth.
We had the pleasure of hosting in Kiryadongo a team from the #EUTF headquarters in Brussels. The group interacted with refugees & nationals benefiting from our activities especially in the fields of livelihood, education and skills development as well as water #AfricaTrustFund
Jerrycan waiting line / Omugo VI settlement, Arua district 💧👦🏿👧🏾💧
Delivering water through trucks can take days. Together w/ #EUTrustFund,
@min_waterUg & local partners are working to change that reality w/ piped
water supply systems for both refugees & host communities.
There we go again! @europeaid just adopted 11 new programmes for Horn of Africa under the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa https://t.co/lRc4nzV44L. €65m will support the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework. Uganda will get the lion share with a total of €26.2m projects