SKILLING THE GIRL CHILD PROJECT

Skilling the girl Child is a programme that was started in 2017 by the president of Uganda to empower the girl child. The initiative is focused on equipping girls with hands on skills such as in Tailoring, Knitting, Weaving, Bakery, Confectionary, Shoe making and Hair dressing. The initiative aims at reducing the unemployment rates of youthful girls. This initiative is creating jobs and a realization of dreams as the girls start up their own businesses and uplift others. Vulnerable girls who have dropped out of school, those who did not go to school, those without jobs and orphans are given preference. The girls being trained are between the ages of 16 to 30 years. Since its inception, there have been two graduations. Each intake lasts 6 months. The program has benefited over 9,214 girls in Kampala region. Currently 3,784 girls are enrolled in 6 training centers which include; Wandegeya Market Northern Wing, Nakulabye Catholic Church, Kigowa Ntinda Catholic Church, Luzira prisons, Mutundwe and Subway located between UBC TV and Crested Towers. The girls are provided with lunch during the course of the training to cut down on their costs since most of them come from humble backgrounds. After graduation, the girls are awarded certificates and given capital inform of money and equipment depending on the course they did to start up their own businesses to support themselves and families.