Katudwe Institute, Ep Lwanwa, ITA Chiherano and Kalole: 136 young entrepreneurs stand
Originally published January 24, 2018 at 11:40
With the mass unemployment affecting young people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the difficulties that more than 60% of parents have to properly educate their children, the Grenier organization for Integrated Development introduces young people to entrepreneurship, permaculture and the use of mobile phones, tablets and web applications to access the information they need.
Far from giving young people good theories they will gradually discover, 60 girls and 76 boys in teams of schoolchildren and young entrepreneurs have benefited from starter kits consisting of broodstock hens, guinea pigs, rabbits, pigs, goats, 700 seedlings of coffee trees and market garden seeds. These kits, with the guidance of the school authorities, the parents and the initiator of the project, will enable young people to continue their studies, to implement their ideas of entrepreneurship and to prepare for the future life which requires know-how and curiosity.
During a brainstorming session on the project, Georges (16) spoke in this term: “We must not wait for food production and entrepreneurial competitiveness with the ancestral practices of our grandmothers because the working environment has changed so much with the scarcity of fertile lands and the increasingly unpredictable climate.”
Recognizing that education must help young people earn a living, GDIBU’s Child Education Support Program works through private donations of $ 5 to $ 2,000, and supports around 100 children for the 2017- 2018 and will focus on youth economic empowerment with cooperative micro-enterprises in agriculture and livestock for the period 2017-2020
Here are the achievements for November 2017- February 2018
Achievements by GDIB (November 2017- February 2018)
This video gives slide shows of the achievements in between 2016 to 2018 by Grenier organization for Integrated Development.
Descriptive transcript of the video:
[Video starts with the children holding banner that reads “GDIBU asbl.www.gdi-rdc.com Youth training for Cooperative entrepreneurship and the use of #NTIC 2016 – 2018”]
[ A close up shot of a 700 seedlings of coffee trees placed on a ground. ]
[ Slide-show displaying children holding. ]
[ Students holding seedling for distribution. ]
[ Young male and female students holding chickens for breeding at ITA Kalole. ]
[ Natural scenery of Ciherano landscape with mountains appears. ]
[ Slide-show reappears with young students holding rabbits for distribution in Ciherano. ]
[ Nursery onions of young agronomists in Ciherano appears with young students standing together. ]
[ Brown goats and their shepherd appears to emphasize goat breeders for breeding.]
[ A hen and a cock walking freely in the farm at Lwanwa primary school. ]
[ Young students displaying rabbits for distribution at Ciherano institute. ]
[ Slide show continues with a class room of many students seated on benches with an instructor standing in front. This is training session on the use of Google search and social networking emails at the Katudwe Institute. ]
[ A close up shot of green seedlings of coffee plants appears that are eventually to be distributed for the youth in Nduba. ]
[ A close up shot of a printed paper with the list of items received by the entrepreneur groups at Kalole institute. ]
[ Slide show of achievements continues with school children of Lwanwa in front of first classroom built by GDI through local contribution. ]
Student speaks: “We must not wait for food production and entrepreneurial competitiveness with the ancestral practices of our grandmothers because the working environment has changed so much with the scarcity of fertile lands and the increasingly unpredictable climate”
[ Initial shot of children holding banner reappears. ]
[ Class room training session on the use of Google search and social networking emails at the Katudwe Institute reappears. ]
[ Man standing with instructor and students in front of the class room and reads the items received for argobusiness. ]
Man speaks: “5 pigs for $202.20 value
28 hens for $120.40 value”.
End.