The primary section of a transformative Glo Skillbridge programme geared toward equipping devoted Lagos Waste Administration Authority (LAWMA) sweepers with important smooth expertise and vocational coaching kicked off final week throughout numerous places in Lagos.
The initiative is designed to create new earnings alternatives for the employees.
This system instantly addresses the necessity to empower LAWMA workers, significantly sweepers, by offering them with expertise that may result in various earnings streams and bridge {financial} gaps. Glo Foundation first unveiled The plan for this bold empowerment program was unveiled lately throughout a particular celebration honoring LAWMA workers and sweepers.
At the moment, round 150 chosen sweepers are immersed in intensive four-week programs masking Trend Designing, Bead Making, Baking, and Digital Abilities. These trainings are being carried out at devoted associate facilities all through Lagos, fostering an atmosphere of studying and progress.
In a press release in Lagos, Glo Foundation expressed its delight on the outstanding progress being made by trainers in its expertise acquisition program. it recommended the trainees for his or her dedication to studying new expertise, which can allow them to discover further earnings streams.
The optimistic affect on the beneficiaries is already evident. On the vogue and bead-making classes at Yetroslane, a vogue academy in Gbagada, a vibrant ambiance prevailed as trainees eagerly absorbed the learnings. Inside simply three days, some had been already showcasing their self-made beads. Amusat Mopelola Airat and Liadi Fatimoh had been among the many many who expressed profound gratitude to Glo Foundation and LAWMA for this life-changing alternative.
The baking program at Bakery Initiatives, Yaba, Lagos, radiated related enthusiasm. A LAWMA supervisor additionally engaged within the coaching, Mrs. Busari Adebanke Busayo shared her pleasure, stating that “it will likely be of big profit to me and my household. I’ve discovered how one can measure and weigh flour for numerous baking merchandise and numerous different issues.”
Ikorodu-based Mr. Williams Oladipupo, a participant within the digital expertise coaching at ALX, Costain, lauded Glo Foundation for offering the chance for expertise that can improve his private enterprise and even assist information his youngsters’s foray into coding. Twenty-two-year-old sweeper Miss Udoh Blessing Endurance Francis echoed the identical sentiment, highlighting the essential significance of digital literacy in a quickly evolving world.
The four-week intensive coaching ends in July.
