Co-Willing considers vocational skills training as a key factor for sustainable economic empowerment.
Whenever possible we make sure that vocational training is an integral part of our projects.
Co-Willing collaborates with local and Swiss vocational training institutions to set up vocational skills education in our African partner countries.
Current focus areas:
– Construction and maintenance
– Automotive sector – diagnostics
– Computer literacy
– Video/photography & web-design
– Tailoring and design
– Swiss Hospitality training
Gender Equality
Co-Willing considers it crucial that women have equal access to education as men.
Several members of Co-Willing run projects of vocational skills training in their countries.
Examples:
South Africa:
IT-Training & Cyber Security programmes
Vocational Skills Education: South African colleges in exchange with Swiss vocational training colleges: mechanics, hospitality
Lead: Rommel Roberts
Mali:
‘From Soil to Plate’ – Vocational training college for agriculture, food processing, hospitality training
Lead: Yeah Samaké
Kenya:
Welding & Metal Workshop for youth in Kibra, Nairobi
Lead: Kibra Green CBO – Yakub Jaffar, Alfred Ayoro
Photo/Videography & Web-Design – for youth in Nairobi
Lead: Nikuze training centre – Maxwell Musungu
WANTED
We welcome people with skills in above areas to come and share with our youth.
Please connect with info@cowilling.org
And we are happy about machines and tools etc.
