Glo Skillbridge programme, a abilities coaching initiative of Glo Foundation for Lagos Waste Administration Authority (LAWMA) road sweepers, will end up its first set of graduates from the scheme this week, in Lagos.
The empowerment programme was flagged off final month in fulfilment of the Foundation’s pledge to equip workers of LAWMA with comfortable abilities in style design, bead making, baking and digital abilities.
In an announcement issued in Lagos, the muse disclosed that 150 LAWMA sweepers have been chosen to endure the coaching at associate coaching centres throughout Lagos. It gave kudos to the trainees for reaching a lot inside the timeframe of their programmes.
“Glo Foundation is completely happy to equip them with data that can allow them to broaden their horizon and create different streams of revenue for themselves, the assertion added”.
The Coordinator for the style design trainees at YetrosLane Academy, Atunrase Property, Gbagada, Lagos, Mr. Ogunmade Johnpaul Tobi, confirmed that “the members are superb, they’re all placing their greatest foot ahead and they’re prepared to study.” One of many members, Damilola Ilemobayo, mentioned she felt “blessed to be a part of the coaching”, including that “my talent as a designer has improved, particularly in relation to beading materials and I can’t wait to indicate the world all that I’ve learnt. Could God proceed to bless Globacom”.
Equally, Omotola Akinsanya, the coordinator for the baking coaching held at Bakery Initiatives, Yaba, Lagos defined that the members responded enthusiastically to the programme. “Regardless of various ranges of literacy, they’ve proven a powerful ardour for the coaching and a deep eagerness to study,” he said. For Obadina Omowumi, one of many members within the baking coaching, the expertise has been transformative: “It’s been beautiful. I actually just like the impression it has had on my life, each virtually and theoretically,” she noticed. She highlighted how the coaching coated important subjects equivalent to materials costing, measurements, and {financial} administration. “I’ve been praying to God to maintain increasing Globacom. I’m actually glad in regards to the coaching and so appreciative to Globacom for this chance.”
A coordinator of the Digital Ability coaching at ALX, Oluwatosin Abiodun-Lisk, famous that supervising the trainees “has been so fantastic for me and it’s so humbling to see the scholars transfer from zero to 100, studying actually quick”.
Endurance Francis, one of many members from LAWMA famous that “it has been a life-changing expertise for me and I do know that the data from right here will take me to locations. Could God bless Glo for this chance”.
One of the touching tales from the digital abilities coaching got here from Mrs Suliat Ojulari, who had by no means used a pc previous to the coaching. She will be able to now simply navigate her method on a system and use a number of functions dexterously. ” I’m very completely happy, at first I used to be discouraged as a result of I had no thought about the best way to use a pc, however after watching a motivational video I made up my thoughts to study and now I’m excellent at working a laptop computer, all because of Glo and the coordinators, they made it straightforward for me”, she defined.
