Vocational Skills Training
Vocational Skills Training is an important element in ensuring youths are able to leave the projects with the necessary life skills to become truly independent. Many of the children at the centres have never had the opportunity to attend school or indeed to benefit from any education before joining npyt. For some of the older children learning the basics of reading, writing and some maths prepares them to join a skills course and take those first steps towards a successful future.
On site formal vocational training offers Tailoring & Dressmaking, while informal skills training includes welding & fabrication, building, mechanics, carpentry, plumbing, computer skills and organic agriculture, normally as a compliment to outside training. Other courses being followed include Sign Painting & Graphic Design, Hair Dressing, Food and Beverage Production & Presentation, Electrical Installation, Community Nursing and Community Health Work.Both LVCP and BVCP have youth in training while npyt also takes mature street children directly from the streets and into training as a fast track doorway to a viable future.
The training elements of this programme are co-sponsored by Entwicklungshilfeklub www.eh-klub.at an Austrian development organisation. npyt has to find 50% of the budget from our own limited funds. Contributions can be made to this by either one off donations or Sponsor a ChildRecently "Challenge Farm", a sister programme in Kitale, asked npyt graduates to hold a training awareness session at their project. The outcome was very positive with success stories that went far beyond our greatest expectations. It is true to say that most youngsters who have completed training are successful, entering remunerable employment in relevant skills.