panyadoli vocational training institute: graduation report · seen over 600 students acquire skills...

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PanyadoliVocationalTrainingInstitute:GraduationReportDate:September22,2016

Venue:PanyadoliVocationalTrainingInstitute(PVTI)Agenda:NationalAnthem

PrayerPVTIGuildPresident’sSpeechPVTIPrincipal’sSpeech

RWCIIIRepresentative’sSpeechRMFProjectCoordinator’sSpeechUNHCRRepresentative’sSpeech

SettlementCommandant’sSpeechAwardofCertificatesClosingCeremony

Lunch

GraduationProceedings! NationalAnthem

SingingofthenationalanthemwasledbyMr.MuyindoGeoffrey.

! PrayerThe prayerwas led by Bishop PaulMugenyi,who thanked almightyGod for love and prayed for thesuccess of the graduation celebration as it began. He alsowelcomed everyonewho took time off to

attend the functionandpraisedPVTI’s graduating students for their hardwork, exhibited in termsofenduringallcircumstancestocompletetheir3-monthtraining.

! PVTIGuildPresident’sSpeechPVTI’sguildpresidentwasfullofpraiseforRealMedicineFoundationandtheircommitmentto“FriendshelpingFriendshelpingFriends,”whichhasenabledmanyyoungmenandwomentostudyatPanyadoli

Vocational Training Institute (PVTI). With the skills students acquire through PVTI’s skills trainingprogram,theyareabletoearnaliving.Inthesameway,hethankedPVTIteachersfortheircommitmentto take time and share their skills with students, and pointed out that some students are already

applyingtheseskillstoestablishthemselvesinthecommunity.Heextendedhisthanksonbehalfofthestudents by praying that PVTIwould continue to support vulnerable youth in the community so that

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they canbecome self-sustaining.Healso strongly emphasized that the startup kit initiative shouldbebroughtbacksothatstudentsaregivenbasicmaterials/toolstostarttheirprofessionallives.

! PVTIPrincipal’sSpeech

PVTIPrincipalMs.TeddyNakyagabawelcomedtheinvitedguestsandthankedthemfortakingtimeto

attend the graduation ceremony. She thanked PVTI’s graduating students for their commitment infinishingthecoursestheyhadappliedfor,sothattheycanbecomebetterpeople inthecommunitieswherethey live.Shewasalsofullofpraisewhen itcametoPVTI teachersandstaff,whohaveshown

greatdevotion inmaking sure that the studentsacquire the skills that theywillneed tobecomeself-reliantandimprovetheirlivesthroughskillstraining.

She thankedRealMedicine Foundation for the love anddevotion shown in past years and for RMF’scontinued support, which ensures that students and the neighboring communities benefit throughPVTI’sskillstrainingprogram.

! RWCIIIRepresentative’sSpeech

RWCIIIChairmanMr.JosephwasverygratefulforthecontributionsthatRealMedicineFoundationhas

made in Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement, not only through education, but also primary health care,wherebymanyresidentshavebeensavedfrommalaria,infections,andotherdiseases.Mr.JosephalsopraisedRMFfortheirattentiontomothers,andthewaysinwhichmaternalhealthhasbeenimproved.

HepraisedPVTIforitscontributionstowardsbridgingtheunemploymentgapsothatpeopleareabletoworkandliveproductivelives.

! RMFProjectCoordinator’sSpeech

RMF Project Coordinator Daniel Wakibi stated that throughout Real Medicine Foundation’s work in

KiryandongoRefugeeSettlementand inPVTI inparticular,manypeoplehavecometoappreciatethatwe are empowering people to improve their lives. Panyadoli Vocational Training Institute (PVTI) hasseen over 600 students acquire skills and able to do something for themselves. Many have set up

business,andwomenhavebeenempoweredtoearnalivingontheirown.Onthisday,September22,2016,74studentsgraduated fromPVTI,havingcompletedtheirtraining inoneof

ourfourdepartments:TailoringandGarmentCutting,HairdressingandBeautyTherapy,CarpentryandJoinery,andBricklayingandConcretePractice.

TailoringandGarmentCutting(TGC)

SN Name DateofBirth Nationality

1 AGAWI,PASKAL 9/19/2002 Ugandan2 AKELLO,MONICA 7/4/1994 SouthSudanese

3 AKETO,BARBRA 10/29/1990 SouthSudanese4 ALEX,MAKURAPHAEL 8/22/1995 Ugandan

5 ALUENGE,DENGMAWUT 12/21/1988 SouthSudanese

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6 ANGEE,DORCUS 2/2/1998 SouthSudanese

7 ASIIMWE,JANET 10/5/1992 SouthSudanese8 ATIM,MERCY 8/17/1996 Ugandan

9 AUMA,NANCY 7/2/1994 SouthSudanese10 CHANDIA,JACKLINE 10/6/1999 Ugandan

11 DAZARO,ANGELOMICHAEL 7/27/1995 Ugandan

12 ELIZABETH,ANGELOMICHAEL 11/11/1990 SouthSudanese13 ELIZABETH,ATHIENGKELEI 4/4/1992 Ugandan

14 FADHIL,ISMAILODOCH 1/1/1973 SouthSudanese15 HAWA,GRACIOUS 8/10/1985 Ugandan

16 LAMARO,NANCY 12/13/1992 SouthSudanese17 LAMARO,SUSAN 10/9/1984 Ugandan

18 NAM,WENDY 5/2/1997 Ugandan

19 NIGHT,ELIZABETHSAMSON 12/9/1982 Ugandan20 NTEKEREITWE,JUDITH 12/2/1992 Ugandan

21 NYAWUOR,DENGCHAWAI 6/25/1997 Ugandan22 OYELLA,WINNIE 1/1/1989 SouthSudanese

23 OYET,GEOFFREY 12/28/1984 SouthSudanese

24 MARTHA,AKUOTCHAW 1/1/1997 SouthSudanese

HairdressingandBeautyTherapy(HBT)

SN Name DateofBirth Nationality1 ABIRIA,SALIMA 6/24/1996 Ugandan

2 ACHAN,AGNES 9/29/1995 SouthSudanese

3 ACHAN,JACKLINEPETER 7/21/1990 Ugandan4 ACIROKOP,BEATRICE 8/11/1999 Ugandan

5 ADONG,SCOVIA 6/10/1995 SouthSudanese6 AKELLO,VICKYAMOOTI 4/3/1996 Ugandan

7 AMONY,HILDER 12/10/1987 Ugandan

8 AMUNA,AISHA 5/17/1998 Ugandan9 APOKO,JENNIFER 9/29/1996 Ugandan

10 APWOYORWOT,CONCY 2/12/1992 SouthSudanese11 ARACH,IRENE 10/14/1994 Ugandan

12 ATIMANGO,MERCY 11/13/1994 Ugandan13 AWEKO,SOFIA 6/4/2001 Ugandan

14 AYAA,CLAIRE 4/4/2000 Congolese

15 BARINGARANA,JORJETH 8/12/1999 SouthSudanese16 KIDEN,EUNICE 1/1/1988 Congolese

17 LALAM,DORCUS 12/27/1993 SouthSudanese18 LANYERO,SHARON 5/5/1991 Ugandan

19 NABWIRE,LEONID 7/21/2000 Ugandan

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20 NAHBI,NIGHT 7/12/1992 Ugandan

21 NAIGAGA,NULU 1/6/1999 SouthSudanese22 NAMUJJU,STELLA 10/10/1998 SouthSudanese

23 OPAR,HALIMA 8/28/1995 Ugandan

CarpentryandJoinery(CJ)

SN Name DateofBirth Nationality

1 OBALOKER,JAMESPETER 1/1/1985 SouthSudanese

2 LUBANGAKENE,SAMUEL 12/16/1995 Ugandan

3 MOBUTU,POPEPAUL 6/12/1984 SouthSudanese

4 JAMES,AUGUSTINE 6/5/1996 SouthSudanese

5 OBWOLA,DENIS 8/3/1999 Ugandan

6 BASILIANO,LOUIS 6/1/1994 SouthSudanese

7 JAMUGOWA,RONALD 8/25/1996 Ugandan

8 PHILIP,WUORNYOK 2/22/1969 SouthSudanese

9 MORON,RAYMONOCIRA 6/2/1994 Ugandan

10 OMIRAMBE,STEPHEN 5/5/1998 Ugandan

11 IMOO,ALEX 9/25/1997 Ugandan

12 ONGURA,IVAN 7/10/1996 Ugandan

13 OCAYA,STEPHEN 10/11/1995 Ugandan

BricklayingandConcretePractice(BCP)

SN Name DateofBirth Nationality1 ACAN,SHARON 8/25/1999 Ugandan

2 ANENA,JANET 6/5/2000 SouthSudanese3 MUMBERE,JOACKIM 5/25/1991 Ugandan

4 TABAN,GODFREY 1/1/1989 SouthSudanese

5 OYEE,SAVERI 3/14/2000 Ugandan6 MABIRI,JOHN 2/2/1994 SouthSudanese

7 JOHNSON,KALANYLONY 1/1/1986 SouthSudanese8 NENRACH,PATRICK 5/14/1996 Ugandan

9 AYIGA,SIMONSIKA 11/22/1990 SouthSudanese

10 VUCIRI,SIMONPETER 12/28/1986 SouthSudanese11 ODONGO,PAULIVAN 6/6/1981 Ugandan

12 ANZETI,VINCENT 3/4/1999 Ugandan13 OCHENG,CHARLESBUKE 5/9/1989 SouthSudanese

14 OKOT,CHRISTOPHER 7/2/1997 UgandanAsseenabove,74studentsgraduatedfromthePanyadoliVocationalTrainingInstitute(PVTI)onSeptember22,2016.

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! UNHCRRepresentative’sSpeechThe UNHCR representative expressed amazement at the work Real Medicine Foundation has

accomplishedinKiryandongoRefugeeSettlementbyimprovingpeople’s livelihoodsthroughequippingthemwithessentialskillsintailoringandgarmentcutting,hairdressingandbeautytherapy,bricklayingandconcretepractice,andcarpentryandjoinery.Hestressedtheneedforintroducingnewcoursesthat

would further benefit the community, such as automotivemechanics, so thatmore of the youth areengaged.

! SettlementCommandant’sSpeechThe Settlement Commandant was extremely impressed by the work of a young person who hadgraduatedfromPVTIwithinaperiodofthreemonthsandcouldnowcreateproductsthatwouldsellon

a competitive market. Given the circumstances, the Settlement Commandant pointed out theimportanceoftheirhandiworktograduatesinthemarketwhocannotfindajobbecausetheylacktheessentialskillsneededinagivenfield.

HethankedRMF’steaminKiryandongofortheircommittedeffortstoensurethatpeoples’ livelihoodsare improved and thanked the organization as awhole for their commitment to bringing services to

KiryandongoRefugeeSettlement.

! AwardofCertificates

CertificateswereawardedtoPVTI’sgraduatingstudentsbytheSettlementCommandantandPVTIPrincipalMs.TeddyNakyagaba.

SettlementCommandant(2ndfromleft)with2youngwomenwhocompletedthecourseinBricklayingandConcretePractice

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StudentstakeagroupphotowithparentsandtheSettlementCommandant

Carpentryproductsexhibitedduringthegraduationceremony

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SettlementCommandant,PVTIstaff,andparentsexaminecarpentrystudents’products

ConclusionThe graduation day at Panyadoli Vocational Training Institute (PVTI) was a great success, as the jubilant

graduates celebrated while listening tomusic and words of wisdom from speakers including the SettlementCommandant,whowasthehonoredguestoftheday.