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With respect and understanding for the needs of local rural inhabitants, the Safer Future Youth Training and Vocational Institute tries to reduce high youth unemployment through training in practical and necessary life skills. The goal of the Vocational Institute is to encourage local inhabitants to improve their skills in order to benefit their local communities ,and thus avoiding "brain drain".
In contrast to most other Vocational Institutes, the education at Safer Future is free and so the students only have to pay for practical costs - an amount which is not readily met by most students. In 1994, the Training Centre was established in Allen Town (near Freetown), starting with courses in Carpentry and Joinery, Baking, Tailoring and Dressmaking. Besides the special education in the different departments, every student acquires basic knowledge in Mathematics, English, General Paper, Guidance and Counselling as well as in economical agriculture. At the project owned farm in Nyangba Town, Koya Rural District, the knowledge is put to use. Since the Institutes inception and despite the significant challenges of the war-torn years, more than 200 students have graduated and Safer Future has become one of the best training institutes nationwide. Today there are 8 departments operating in the Technical/vocational Institute. 7 of this departments operates in Allen Town. They include Tailoring and Dressmaking, Carpentry and Joinery, Building and Construction, Catering and Hotel Management, Gara Tie Dye/Batik and Soap-making, Cosmetology and Computer Studies.
The Rural Electronics Workshop is at the project's Agricultural and Renewable Energy Development Centre situated at Nyamgba Town via Joe Town, Köya Rural District. It trains students in Basic Electronics and Solar Engineering. Among the number of students trained are two Nigerians through the sponsorship of the Subshine Fellowship in Autria. This is in consonant with the Project's asperations to transfer the Technology in the sub regions. Efforts are also put in place to effect training in other Renewable Energy System such as Biomas, Biogas, Wind Turbine in september this years. |