Foundation trains over 30 youths in skills acquisition

Emmanuel lkpeama

In a bid to impact lives and eradicate poverty among the young generations, Blessed Gumpant Foundation has trained over 30 young men and women in skills acquisition in Ejigbo Local Council Development Center of Lagos State.

The skill acquisition programme was on make up, head-tie gele, catering, beads and hat making saw the young men and women graduate from the centre after six weeks of intensive training at Ejigbo town hall.

Speaking at the event, the convener, Rev (Mrs) Prisca Timpaul stated that for the past years, the foundation has been in existence as it has been rendering vocational services, while reiterating the place of the foundation in impacting lives.

She went further to state that the foundation provided free training for all participants and ensure that the beneficiaries are established,

“we have so far been rendering services as we have trained over 600 men and women mostly vulnerable ones in the society.

“We came into Ejigbo and discover that they were struggling to eat three square meal, we decided to make an impact here in Ejigbo by coming up with various skills acquisition and we are happy to announce to you that we are graduating over 30 young ones, ” she stated.

Rev Mrs Timpaul opined that the various skills that has been acquired will help to build and develop the beneficiaries which is the whole idea of the training, while congratulating the graduands and advising them not to see the benefits of acquiring skills for their growth and development alone, but also see it as an awareness and opportunity of training others.

She appealed to the local government to support the foundation so that more young men and women can be equipped, she said.

Some of the beneficiaries who spoke to Nation Update thanked the organizers for the opportunity being giving to them so as to acquire various skills. Highlights of the event were display of various works done by the graduands.

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