As one way of making the youths vibrant in entrepreneurship sector, Concerned Youth organization (CYO) is on the run in imparting entrepreneurship skills so that youths can as well be reliable business minded people.
The organization through its United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded project, is striving to provide solutions to the youths as they struggle economically and enabling them to make a living.
In an interview with CYO executive director, Harvey Chimaliro, said youths need to be empowered economically rather than leaving them to wonder idle in the communities.
He said, : "The main objective is to provide skills in youths and women in the communities so that they can venture in either entrepreneurship and set up their own businesses or they can secure employment easily and earn a living rather than sitting idle".
Chimaliro further encouraged youths not to sit on the skills they have obtained in several trainings but to use them for their own benefit and help their families with along the way.
" They should use the skills they have acquired to benefit their lives and even support themselves, they should aim high and become independent financially or become employers so they can employ others and not to think about themselves ". He said.
Bearing in mind the Corona virus pandemic, the youths are being equipped with skills that are enabling them to earn a living and support for their families, like sewing of face masks which they are selling in this time of the pandemic.
So far, CYO has trained youths and women in Mchinji in shoe making where as another training in tailoring and Knitting was held in Blantyre on 12 and 21 August 2020.
During presentation of certificates to graduating trainees, the Blantyre City Council through its social welfare and home economics section commended the project for its impact on the grassroots community members.
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