Fifty-five girls former sex workers have been awarded certificates in IT, business and economic skills, financial literacy, photo editing and entrepreneurship after a six months training.
According to project coordinator of the Germany funded Somero Uganda institute, Ruth Ssanyu, most of the graduates wer.
She said that in 2009 a group of students from Germany and Uganda started Somero education for young people which registered with a vision to give 13-25 aged youth meaningful education and training needed for self-sufficient life to act as agents of social change.
Ssanyu said that the target was to empower vulnerable girls and young women in commercial sexual activities; those affected by drugs, trafficked and young mothers.
She added that their mission is to offer specific education programs, life skills development and health promotion among slum girls and young women.
The national coordinator of "Somero-Uganda," Godfrey Ssimbwa Nsubuga, said that since the school started they have trained 3,000 students, some creating their own businesses, others working in different offices and organizations in secretarial departments.
He said noted that some of girls get pregnant and are forced out of school while others quit after their parents get to know that they are being trained.e, prior to the training, involved in sexual activities in different places in Bwaise and Kawempe.
By Juliet Lukwago
According to project coordinator of the Germany funded Somero Uganda institute, Ruth Ssanyu, most of the graduates wer.
She said that in 2009 a group of students from Germany and Uganda started Somero education for young people which registered with a vision to give 13-25 aged youth meaningful education and training needed for self-sufficient life to act as agents of social change.
Ssanyu said that the target was to empower vulnerable girls and young women in commercial sexual activities; those affected by drugs, trafficked and young mothers.
She added that their mission is to offer specific education programs, life skills development and health promotion among slum girls and young women.
The national coordinator of "Somero-Uganda," Godfrey Ssimbwa Nsubuga, said that since the school started they have trained 3,000 students, some creating their own businesses, others working in different offices and organizations in secretarial departments.
He said noted that some of girls get pregnant and are forced out of school while others quit after their parents get to know that they are being trained.e, prior to the training, involved in sexual activities in different places in Bwaise and Kawempe.
By Juliet Lukwago