Holiday classes on basic ICT skills for youths in Bamenda City (July to August 2024)
Presentation of project
Haven witness most youths roaming about just around our headquarters in Bamenda during long-term holidays for the past years, we took on the initiative in July 2024 to provide an opportunity of learning something new in ICT to some of these youths that may opt to. Notwithstanding their background provide they can’t afford trainings elsewhere. During long-term holiday periods as it is between June to August each year in Cameroon, the door of our headquarters in Bamenda is from henceforth (July 2024) open to eligible underprivileged boys and girls from age 12 – 25. On starting up this phase of support initiative to youths at the local communities where we serve, about 13 youths (9 girls and 4 boys) were trained on basic ICT skills and at the end they were all issued certificates of completion stating their competence.
Training Mechanism
The training went on for two hours (1pm to 3pm) from Monday to Friday as of 1st July to 31st August 2024, but from next year we will start as early as 1st June. The methodology of training was aligned as:
- Practical lectures relating computer hardware and software
- Practical lessons with computer utility software such as file management, backups, antivirus, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher and others.
- Assignments and exams given each lessons to grading and certification.
Yvonne Leina Chi is an award winning international journalist and Women’s Rights Activist.She is Founder and CEO of the Women Relief Services where she joins forces with local women to combat harmful cultural practices against women and girls in African Communities.She is also the Global Outreach Strategist for
Grace is the CEO of Adelaar Energy and an advisory board member of the African Energy Chamber. She commenced her professional journey as an audit staff at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) before she transitioned to the energy industry. She started off as a Business Planning and Economic Analyst for Shell Cameroon and then worked as a Business Analyst and Economist for Shell Nigeria for several years. She also worked as a senior manager (business planning and economics) at a medium-sized multi-national company, Addax Petroleum (SINOPEC Company) before moving to Eroton Exploration & Production Company, one of Nigeria’s biggest indigenous startups where she served as a senior manager in Business strategy and economics.
