Testimonies
As a local artisan, I’m very grateful to NUDIPU for giving me a chance to share my knowledge and skills with youth with disabilities. I believe sharing my skills with them was the greatest part. I am a person with a disability. Persons with disabilities can employ themselves and this can proved through skills. I must say the learners were good and the skills acquired will be put to use,” Denis Kamara.
“I am grateful for the startup kits. When my contract ended as a librarian, I did not know what was next. The only option for me was to try self-employment. Therefore, as a team of youth with disabilities from Nyakiyumbu sub-county, we are very optimistic that we are going to be the leading team of entrepreneurs specializing in welding work in our area and also in the neighboring sub-counties,” Sahambili Anthony. He has a physical disability.
“We thank NUDIPU. I will now start my saloon. I have been working as a housemaid and sometimes people do not pay me. But with my saloon, I will be waiting for my customers to work on them and they pay me,” Maharwimana Goretti. She is a little person.
“When our councilor for Persons with disabilities at the subcounty mobilized us for skills training, especially in tailoring we did not take her seriously. But when she told us we were going to get startup kits for the skills we were trained in we were very happy. So today is a testimony to what she told us. Unfortunately, some youth dropped out along the way during the training. We who continued can testify that we got the items. I am going to make use of the tailoring machine. I am already using the internet to search for trending fashions. I believe now my dream of self-employment has come true,” Mbambu Janet
“I have gained a skill in welding. I was living on hand-to-mouth jobs such as digging people’s shambas. But this was not a daily activity. It is a one-off usually. So I’m going to start my workshop because I have now the machines to start the fabrication of items like windows and doors among others. I believe now I will have a stable income-generating job,” Nuwagaba Ibrahim youth with hearing impairment.
“When my daughter told me she could no longer understand what was being taught in class and always forgetting what she learned she openly told me she cannot go back to school. As a mother, I felt bad but I could not force my daughter to go to school. Her gaining skills in saloon work is an additional aspect for my daughter to also empower herself economically,” Mother to Muhindo Hellen. She is a youth with Down Syndrome.
