Some Zomba kids just swapped dead ends for paychecks. A group of young people, once stuck with no clear path forward, is now talking about how learning a trade changed everything. They finished skills training at the One For All Organization Technical College in Zomba. Their turnaround started after watching a show called Good Malawi on MBC TV, hosted by Doreen Banda and Simeon Shumba. The program showed them how to get technical training and tools.
One trainee, Cecelia Stoneck from Zilindo in Zomba Central, says her life is totally different. She saw the TV show and signed up for tailoring classes. Now she makes her own money. Stoneck claims she is financially independent because of the skills she learned. She tells other young people to stop waiting for office jobs that never come and to try vocational training instead. She says real money is in having a practical skill.
The director of the technical college, James Kajawo, pointed to these twenty youths as proof that this education works, especially for those dealing with poverty or who left school early. He thanked the MBC TV show and the hosts, Banda and Shumba, for connecting with kids who had given up. Kajawo said those former trainees are now independent and able to produce things. The college is currently signing people up for its next semester, pushing youths to get the kind of training that leads to self-reliance.
One trainee, Cecelia Stoneck from Zilindo in Zomba Central, says her life is totally different. She saw the TV show and signed up for tailoring classes. Now she makes her own money. Stoneck claims she is financially independent because of the skills she learned. She tells other young people to stop waiting for office jobs that never come and to try vocational training instead. She says real money is in having a practical skill.
The director of the technical college, James Kajawo, pointed to these twenty youths as proof that this education works, especially for those dealing with poverty or who left school early. He thanked the MBC TV show and the hosts, Banda and Shumba, for connecting with kids who had given up. Kajawo said those former trainees are now independent and able to produce things. The college is currently signing people up for its next semester, pushing youths to get the kind of training that leads to self-reliance.
