Offering Vocational Skilling is really important in rural villages - with no transport, excepting possibly a bicycle, many school leavers and school drop outs have very limited opportunities to earn a living.

In 2024 we are starting Vocational Skilling at Bishop Willigers Secondary - using the school premises during the three school holidays. This will be professionally run by a local NGO who has considerable experience in supporting and training the youth in the community. The courses will reflect the interests of the students - but to start with Sewing/Tailoring, Hairdressing, and Solar Cooker Construction are planned all leading to a Level 1 National Accreditation. As many of the students will be school drop outs the NGO will also offer Literacy and Numeracy catch up lessons to the students who are struggling, as these students following graduation will need to be work ready to start up and run a small business.

We will update this page as the training begins.