Cordaid, with funding from UNDP through the Japanese government, conducted an improved livelihood skills training for 200 South Sudanese women in Juba. The training was led by instructors from New Dawn South Sudan, Paroma International, and Lulu Works South Sudan. They taught skills in food processing, candle making, and other small business topics. The project aimed to equip women with entrepreneurial skills to start and manage their own businesses, promote self-employment, and provide access to financing. Supporting women was emphasized as vital to empowering communities and promoting prosperity.

1. IMPROVED LIVELIHOOD SKILLS TRAINING FOR WOMEN IN SOUTH SUDAN
ACTIVITY REPORT by Francis Bukenya PAROMA UGANDA (+256783542432/+211926262671)
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www.jica.go.jp/www.cordaid.nl/http://www.undp.org/www.paromauganda.com/www.toptierlcrse
rvices.com/ http://newparadigmworld.strikingly.com/ www.dvtss.org /www.ebonycenter.org/MTC
JUBA www.gurtong.net
GRADUATING SOUTH SUDANESE WOMEN OF IMPROVED LIVELIHOOD PROJECT 2015
Cordaid (www.cordaid.nl) Plot 283, Block 3K South 2nd
Class, Airport Arca Tongping Juba,
Central Equitoria State. Contact Person: Mr. Mbira Alex. Position: Project Manager-Emergency
Response. Contacts: +211955905576/+211922970000. E-mail: mbira.alex.stephen@cordaid.nl
Project: Food Security and Livelihood Support For the internally displaced and vulnerable host
households in Mangateen and Lologo Areas.

2. CORDAID FUNDED BY UNDP THROUGH THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
CREATING JOBS FOR SOUTH SUDANESE 200 WOMEN

3. TRAINERS: From the Left Ms. Milly Gabriel (Lulu Works South Sudan) +211921431915/+211954228708,
Mr. Francis Bukenya (New Dawn South Sudan & Paroma International Business Devel
opment Solution (www.paromauganda.com/www.toptierlcrservices.com/
http://newparadigmworld.strikingly.com ) +256783542432/+211926262671, Ms. Anne Apio
Silvestro (New Dawn South Sudan) +211955759650, Mr. Maloni Nimaya Christopher.
(+211)0929299350 or 0956131805 Cordaid (www.cordaid.nl) & Mrs. Achol Juach Diing
+2119955851807/+211977113765.

5. Cordaid project secretary Ms. Joy from the left and Mr. Ladu Juba County representaive on the right

6. ORGANIZERS, SUPERVISORS, SOUTH SUDANESE GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES AND DONORS

7. From the left Mr. Mbira Alex. Position: Project Manager-Emergency Response. Contacts:
+211955905576/+211922970000. E-mail: mbira.alex.stephen@cordaid.nl. www.cordaid.nl and
to the right representatives from the UNDP http://www.undp.org/ Funders of the project through
the Japanese Government. www.jica.go.jp
From the left is Rev. John C. Daau
Director General of Vocational Training
Directorate of Vocational Training
Ministry of Labour, Public Service & HRD
Ministries Complex IRSS| Juba| South Sudan
Email: dg@dvtss.org |www.dvtss.org

8. Cell: +211 (0) 955 486 861
And the other government representative on the right.

9. From the left is the SSTV Camera man, Mr. Gatwech Ring +211955665263 of Ebony Center for strategic
Planning South Sudan. www.ebonycenter.org and on the far right Mr. Christopher the senior supervisor
of the project. In the same photo you can see the products made by the women trainees.

10. NOTE: From the left is the instructor Francis Bukenya helping the 75 year Old lady in the extraction of
the candles from the mould and on the right is the 15 year old Girl who has made a candle designed
from the waste water plastic bottle!!!!!! Age does not matter and innovation is the key to creating
jobs and resources utilization today.

11. NOTE from the Chief Technical Advisor & Instructor Francis Bukenya. “We cannot seek achievement for
ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community... Our ambitions must be broad
enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.”
Cesar Chavez.
This project seeks to (a) equip the participants with entrepreneurial skills to enable them initiate, run
and sustain their business. (b) To promote Entrepreneurship culture among the grassroots communities
so that they are able to start and successfully manage their own businesses as a lifetime career option.
(c) To promote access to finances for participant entrepreneurs through local commercial financial
institutions like banks, micro finance and SACCOs. (d) to sensitize the grassroots people on the need for
self-employment, adaptable and practical entrepreneurship skills with an aim of starting small and
medium scale enterprises.
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