By Our Correspondent, Mufundi
100 young people from vulnerable communities in three wards of Ihanu, Luhunga and Mdabulo in Mufindi district in Iringa region have started receiving special training on how to start economic projects that will enable them to run their lives and support their families.
The training is being held in Igoda village, Mufindi district by engaging the young people, some of whom are those who have dropped out of school due to various life challenges, including girls who have terminated their pregnancies.
The trainer of the training Aman Vahaya from the non-governmental organization RLABS-Tanzania said that the special training is to build their capacity in the field of entrepreneurship that will enable young people to overcome the bad thinking that some of them have had to be an entrepreneur you must have cash in hand, but when you can become an entrepreneur without starting with financial capital.
"In many rural areas there are many opportunities to do something that is basically one of the biggest investments for someone who aspires to become an entrepreneur, so if the actors get rid of the bad mindset of relying on money they can make a difference in life," he said.
In order for these young people to overcome this misconception they must first become self-aware and confident before starting the entrepreneurial activity they need to do and after they start then they can start the second process of applying for loans to improve the relevant entrepreneurial activity.
However, he said that through the land they own in rural areas, whether family or private, they can design economic projects that do not require much financial capital other than manual labor.
Vahaya said for example, entrepreneurship for girls is an entrepreneurship where one can start with non-financial innovation and once they start they can improve by finding an area that will need more funding to improve.
Commenting on the benefits of the training, Youth Agency Mufindi (YAM) project manager Zilipa Mgeni said the aim of the training was to empower more than 770 youths including 150 orphans from the three wards which will all be connected to the 16 villages of the project.
He said the YAM project is for four years from 2021/2024 and has been funded by the Finnish government under its Deaconess Institute in partnership with the Tanzanian government under Mufindi District Council and Foxes Community and Wild Life Conservation.
Mgeni said after the training provided to the beneficiaries they will be empowered to run the projects that they have chosen to do by empowering them to improve it further.
Mufindi District is one of three districts in Iringa region that have been challenged by youth and vulnerable children and through the government and various development partners have continued to empower these young people to set up economic projects that enable them to make progress.
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