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The training included carpentry and joinery, building construction, tailoring, tie and dye.
The graduates included drop out students, primary leavers and those people interested in acquiring vocational skills in various fields of studies from all over the 10 states of South Sudan.
Among the graduates were two female students who received certificates in building and construction profession known to be men’s profession by most South Sudanese.
The graduates also received start off work tools so as to enable them start a new life in the competitive technical world.
The nine months technical training was funded by the Norwegian Peoples Aids through the Norwegian People’s Aid Civil Society Development Program.
Nina Pedersen, the program manager for the Norwegian People’s Aid Civil Society Development Program said the values of the Norwegian Peoples Aid are to promote peace, Unity in communities.
Nina encouraged the graduates to show to the country and the world at large the skills they have acquired from the nine months training under ups and downs.
She added many South Sudanese feel inferior thinking they are not as good as Kenyans and Ugandans in technical work giving higher chances to the foreign nationals to maximize the opportunity by taking all the technical jobs from the nationals.
She said South Sudanese should change their perception towards casual work which earns you huge cash compared to the white collar job seekers working in the offices.
She warned the graduates not to sell off their work tools and equipment given to them as a start off physical capital.
She said cultural diversity should not be a disunity of South Sudanese adding being so diverse, can make people to grow faster and develop.
The Program manager encouraged high enrollment of the disabled persons into the vocational schools saying “disability is not inability”.
Many disabled persons in South Sudan are neglected and some are being denied chance for education by their parents or guardians, which is the opposite in other developed and developing countries in the world today.
Cecilia Tito Oba, the Mayor of Yei Municipality congratulated all the grandaunts for the great achievement of acquiring these technical skills which will take them through their endeavors.
Cecilia encouraged all the graduates to form associations or corporatives and work in groups.
She said that a carpenter forms a group composing of electrician, builders and architectures is easy to run and manage, rather than going to look for professionals from other areas.
She urged all the graduates to positively contribute in the national reconstruction of this war ravaged newly born nation through the various technical skills that the graduates have acquired.
The mayor encouraged the females not to focus only in one profession of being a tailor but rather specialize in various professions that are dominated by males so as to be safe in the job market.
She also emphasized on time managed by the women, saying most South Sudanese women spend their whole time in cooking which is a waste of time, they should learn how to allocate their time and utilize it productively.
Cecilia urged the graduates to be the source of employment to the rest of the people by creating corporative unions and Associations that will offer job opportunities to the citizens rather than waiting for public offices.
South Sudan right after the independence in 2011 received foreign constructors who up to date been raising storey buildings in the country, but the fear is that most of these buildings may not leave longer due to poor foundations being set by the foreign constructors.
The graduates are seen as the saviors in the building and construction sector in the country since they may have nationalistic heart and do the right work required.
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