Vocational Training

Vision on education: School of Excellence

Why vocational education? Only 2% of young people have access to vocational education! Thirty percent of children never go to school in Uganda due to a lack of mandatory tuition fees! Our students are between 16 to 24 years of age.

Stop Poverty has a vision to give teenage mothers and disadvantaged youth, who have no access to education, the opportunity to pursue vocational training, enabling them to break the cycle of poverty and have a future perspective on work and income through the School of Excellence (see photo on the right). The vocational training programs are recognized by the Ugandan Ministry of Education and Sports.

In addition, students are taught “lifeskills” such as Financial Literacy, a “we can do it” winning mentality, and the making of soap, shampoo, and “domestic agriculture” to generate extra income.

Of the first class for vocational education, Hairdresser and Beautician, three of the 25 teenage mothers and young women had never attended school, and 22 girls had only a few years of primary education! Vulnarable teenage mothers are a vulnerable group.

The problem of teenage pregnancies and teenage mothers in Uganda

In rural Uganda, almost 3 out of 10 teenage girls (between 12 and 18 years old) become unintentionally pregnant. Due to the stigma, young girls regularly attempt to terminate the pregnancy illegally in a dangerous and inhumane manner or are forced to marry at a very young age (often to a much older man). Vulnarable teenage mothers have our special attention.

Stop Poverty offers vocational education in the following subjects:

1. Hairdresser
2. Beautician
3. ITC 1
4. ITC 2
5. Agriculture 1
6. Agriculture 2

In the future, we want to add the following subjects: Seamstress/Fashion-Design and Catering/Cook. A new building is required for this.

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School of Excellence

Dormitories for 80 young women and 60 boys

The focus of Stop Poverty is on the specific goals the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), initiated by the United Nations, namely quality vocational education, particularly technical and vocational education and training (TVET). It is emphasized that by 2030, all young people in the world must have access to quality vocational education