Over 500 children benefit in entrepreneurship programme.
The programme which was geared by I- profile Foundation, a Ugandan based non-profit organisation located in Muyenga Kampala, started in 2016 with the aim of helping children get entrepreneurship skills in order to curb unemployment in future.
The programme which was geared by I- profile Foundation, a Ugandan based non-profit organisation located in Muyenga Kampala, started in 2016 with the aim of helping children get entrepreneurship skills in order to curb unemployment in future.
Aisha Ali, the managing director of I- Profile Foundation said that the children got skills in decorative art, which include making decorative bottles, door mats, necklaces and bracelets, which are sold in selected super markets and shops in Kampala.
She said the children who were aged five to 14 years were from Kampala Parents School, Mirembe Primary School, Kabojja Junior School, Rainbow International School Kansanaga, Kisugu Church of Uganda Primary School to mention but a few.
Aisha said that on this note, Finmango a US based organization has also come in to work with them by launching the Fincubator, which is a targeted programme that champions the entrepreneurial spirit of children.
The managing director Finmango, Scott Glasgow, at the launch on Monday said the programme focuses on education, entrepreneurship and microfinance, starting at primary level aiming at empowering children with vocational skills at an early age.
He said that according to the state of Uganda Population report 2018 launched in November last year, 1.2 million youth in Uganda between the ages of 15 and 29 were idle.
Scott further said the report launched by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) revealed that youth are neither in employment nor education or training.
‘To this cause, we therefore, came in Uganda to provide programmes related to financial literacy and entrepreneurship to children from the ages of nine to 30 in order to reduce on the unemployment problem,” said Scott adding: “We are working hand in hand with I- profile Foundation that seeks to run long term annual projects with primary schools and refugee youth to promote integration and conflict resolution skills with emphasis on leadership and financial literacy.”
The Fincubator! Programme is going to start with St. Andrew Kaggwa Gombe Primary School, Kings way Primary School Entebbe and Kasubi C/U Primary School Kasubi, which will be expanded to other schools in future.
