Vocational Skills Training/Income Generation Activities
One of IWAYEC’s advantage over other organizations is its hands-on vocational skills and income generating activities. The programme trains women, youth and children on skills such as fashion and design, knitting, tie and dye, soap making, body creams, beads making, mat/basket weaving, oil processing. Environmental Protection: (Local Food Processing, Packaging and Preservation, Heat Retention Oven, Tree Planting and so on). Marketing strategies which include, social media marketing and small scale business techniques are incorporated into the programme in order to fully equip the beneficiaries with the vital tools they need to generate sustainable income. The programme has shown very high positive impact on people and communities that have benefitted from it and it is one of the major programmes that IWAYEC is known for in locations where it has its presence. The Vocational skills training/income generation activates continues to be IWAYEC’s key focus most especially at the grassroots.