100 youths get free six months vocational training

As part of its annual youth empowerment conference, a non-governmental organisation based in Ibadan, Human of Substance Empowerment Initiative (HOSEI), has given free vocational training to 100 youths that just graduated from public secondary schools within Ibadan metropolis.

The 100 students who were selected on a first to arrive at the event basis were selected from a thousand fresh secondary school graduates that participated in the annual conference of the association.

The 100 beneficiaries received scholarship for six months to learn a vocational skill of their choice and also got enrolled into HOSEI’S Mentoring Programme for the period of one year.

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The six months learning period is expected to be a time of rigorous mentoring and free vocational training in diverse crafts courtesy of the Human of Substance Empowerment Initiative (HOSEI), as part of efforts to empower them, put them on the path of financial independence and consequently, develop the community. training.

The youths who were selected couldn’t hide their enthusiasm and appreciation of the opportunity given to them during the empowerment conference held at the Nigerian Bar Association, Afe Babalola Bar Centre in Ibadan.

The empowerment was in line with the vision of the founder of HOSEI that in order to reduce the number of youths that are vulnerable to peer pressure and crime, everyone must have a way of making ends meet.

Speaking on the programme, the founder of HOSEI, Abiade Olanwanle Abiola, stated that, “since we started years back, it has been a success story. We thank God for how far we have come. We are happy that HOSEI has been able to touch the lives of hundreds of youths and give them financial independence with the help of good people who opened their businesses and sacrificed time and efforts to push this dream. We are getting better by the year and we intend to do more.

“It is my belief that if we allow these young ones to move around aimlessly while awaiting admission, we will make them vulnerable to cybercrime, prostitution and other vices. We want them empowered so they can be financially independent to shun vices,” she stated.

Indeed, the adage which says that an idle hand is the devil’s workshop is about to be put to shame in the lives of the 100 teenagers as their fortune is about to change in the space of six months; teenagers that have no known skills, now have the required ability to stand on their own and become employers of labour are about to start a life-changing journey rather than waste their time engaging in irrelevant and unproductive activities while awaiting admissions into higher institutions of learning.

Parents of the lucky beneficiaries could also not hide their joy that their children are being given the opportunity that could lessen the financial burden of school fees by the time they gain admission.

Abiade’s vision is to give as many youths as possible a chance not only to dream but to also pursue their dream and rewrite their own stories in a way that will set them on the path of independence.

HOSEI further gives youths improved access to resources and transformed their consciousness, beliefs, values, and attitudes with the “I can and I will” attitude which allowed those that could not stand up for themselves develop confidence to stand tall.

The first youth arrived at the venue at 4:30am in the morning and before 6:30am the first hundred were already at the venue of the progamme which was billed to commence by 10.00am. The first five to get to the venue were given six yards of ankara fabric in addition to the training opportunity by the matron of HOSEI, Pastor (Mrs) Dolapo Adelakun.

HOSEI embarked on this yearly community development programme so as to curb the increasing rate of social vices like prostitution, cybercrime, etc, among Nigerian youths.

And for these young people, it is a journey on a new path to a new life.