Ninety-seven young adults walked across the stage at Busitema University after finishing their hands-own skills training program. Stanbic Bank put up fifty million shillings to make the dream happen for these eager students. The six-month course taught them how to weld metal, fix cars, lay bricks, and work with farming equipment. Three students quit during the program, but the rest stuck around and earned their certificates. University officials cheered the amazing completion rate that shows how much everyone wanted to succeed.
The bank started this project to help young people who cannot find good jobs. Diana Ondoga from Stanbic Bank watched the graduation ceremony and felt proud of what the students accomplished. She explained how the bank wanted to give chances to youth who dropped out of regular school. The program grew from seventy students last year to one hundred this time around. Bank leaders picked the smartest applicants from different areas where the university operates.
John Siminyu learned welding skills and already landed a paying job at a local workshop. He had been helping his father raise chickens, but that business failed and left him with nothing to do. Christine Adikini studied irrigation methods even though she was pregnant with twins during the tough course. Her husband James says she taught him new farming tricks that helped their crops survive bad weather. The couple believes these skills will open doors to better opportunities for their growing family.
The bank started this project to help young people who cannot find good jobs. Diana Ondoga from Stanbic Bank watched the graduation ceremony and felt proud of what the students accomplished. She explained how the bank wanted to give chances to youth who dropped out of regular school. The program grew from seventy students last year to one hundred this time around. Bank leaders picked the smartest applicants from different areas where the university operates.
John Siminyu learned welding skills and already landed a paying job at a local workshop. He had been helping his father raise chickens, but that business failed and left him with nothing to do. Christine Adikini studied irrigation methods even though she was pregnant with twins during the tough course. Her husband James says she taught him new farming tricks that helped their crops survive bad weather. The couple believes these skills will open doors to better opportunities for their growing family.
