NGO Calls For Focus On Vocational Skills Training To Reduce Unemployment
A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Give to Life Charity Organization has said Vocational and skills training is the key to reducing unemployment among the youth and growing the local economy for poverty reduction.
The chief Executive Officer, Madam Dorcas Dadzie called on the governments and other stakeholders to focus on providing enabling environment for young people to learn handiwork to empower them economically and contribute to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Madam Dorcas Dadzie made the call at Brekusu and its environs when they enrolled teenage mothers into various vocational skills training.
They were also provided with all the learning materials needed for the training.
Madam Dorcas Dadzie noted that her outfit and its partners had in the past years enrolled teenage mothers in various communities in Ghana into various vocational skills training and called for support to scale up the project to benefit many vulnerable girls to help reduce unemployment and poverty.
The CEO further appealed to traditional rulers in Ghana to offer them piece of lands to put up a multipurpose skills training centers in Ghana.
The Matron of Give to Life Charity Organization, Anne Marie advised parents not to abandon their teenage girls who dropped out of school because of pregnancy instead, they should be encouraged to learn a trade.
She added this would provide economic independence for their wards and help them make up for missing out on formal education.
The public relations Officer of Give to Life Charity Organization, Madam Helen Kankam lauded the efforts of Give to Life to reduce unemployment in Ghana and encouraged the beneficiaries to take up the training seriously to empower themselves.
To support Give to Life Charity Organization, contact madam Helen Kankam on 0554020672
