Butakoola Village Association for Development (BUVAD) an indigenously led and founded charity offering services in our founding area of Kayunga District in Uganda (East Africa).
At BUVAD we have started on a journey to equip disadvantaged youths with Market Demand Driven Skills and also develop their talents in trades like Music, entrepreneurship with small micro-enterprises, essential digital skills, Blacksmith, woodwork, cosmetics (Hairdressing) Baking, Cookery, hides and skin tanning, athletics, football, tennis ball, etc,
We need volunteer builders and funds contributors for purchase of building materials. We already have the land in place and have finished setting up a steady underground water source supply at the project site for all water required work. We need to install a water pump and start up rooms for the initial Music skill.
We are building a skilling center where Music shall be the opening skill since we can use it additionally to fundraise through Music Gallas and Festivals.
The donation link for you to use is: https://www.mchanga.africa/fundraiser/102836
As BUVAD planned for its next five years 2023 to 2027, a stakeholder survey was conducted, which unearthed a need to empower the youths who are the biggest employable population to overcome redundancy and disorderliness. Following the recent prolonged COVID-19 lockdowns, many young girls became young mothers! We have an early motherhood boom in Kayunga. These young mothers need to be empowered with a quick skill to be able to fend for their premature responsibilities.
The survey exposed high crime rates due to drug abuse and substance use, generally high poverty levels, and as well poor local government revenue collections.
It was evident that youths in Kayunga have a wealth of marketable talents that are being soiled due to ignorance and lack of promotion to the market.
Talents in; Music, Dance, Drama, Fine Art, Muscle Arts, Skating, Athletics, Football, Indoor games, comedy shows, and many more shall be rejuvenated at this center.
The long duration of skills training that makes the skills training courses expensive for sponsors of youths and self-sponsorship to centers has rendered the youths highly unemployed too!
BUVAD intends to train youths in well-broken down short courses (Learning modules) in market demand-driven skills which will make the course affordable, and hence a youth can learn in a short period of between 2 weeks to a month.
Thereafter, youth can start to earn money from the so far acquired skill, then will afterward upgrade still by level until after a period of one or more years, when he/she has an enriched brain with a buffet of market demand-driven skills.
These skills shall be market demand-driven skills somehow different from the traditional vocational skills. Some of these will include; Soap making, shoe repairing, matchbox making, handcrafts making, sewing and knitting, portable solar charger making, juice making, furniture making, electronics repair, bricks making, tiles making, building, metal welding, mini waste recycling and up-cycling, mini businesses establishment, sports like: cricket, soccer, skating, athletics, indoor games and more will be developed.
The support to the project needed includes:
Funds and Human resources for the establishment and furnishing of the center are needed and welcome!
BUVAD has a piece of land already donated by the community to kick-start this project.
How it increases happiness
Empowering youths through skill development and talent nurturing is crucial for their future success. Establishing a Skilling and Talent Development Center can provide the necessary resources and guidance to help youths thrive in today's competitive world. Discover the significance of timing and relevance in shaping the future of our youth.
This will be through
Tailored skill-building programs
Nurturing individual talents
Seamless learning experiences
Enhanced productivity and innovation
Adapting to evolving industry demands
With your support we shall annually be able to empower over 600 disadvantaged youths to overcome financial constraints and also create more jobs for their friends.
With your donation, we will construct, furnish & kick-start a center for youth talent development, along with training in mindset change and short courses (Learning modules approach) in market demand-driven skills for job creation.
Steps to complete the task
Support this project with as low as 5 USD, 50 USD, 500USD, 5000USD or more >>, through our fundraiser link at : https://www.mchanga.africa/fundraiser/102836
You can also visit us and donate through our website at: https://www.buvad.org/
Or Email us at: [email protected] for bank wire details to our organization bank account.