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Livelihood creation has never been more important. COVID-19 restrictions have left families across east Africa devastated, many not being able to work and feed their children. As we all begin to imagine life after coronavirus, we want to give more individuals the life-changing gift of a skill.
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Situation
Vincent Kayanja, the Mayor of Entebbe, Uganda stated at a TWAM presentation, 'Education without a skill is almost completely useless.' In labour-orientated countries across east Africa where TWAM works this is true. TWAM is addressing this problem by providing the tools to equip training centres and for students who have dropped out of formal education when they graduate. There are hundreds of thousands of individuals across east Africa in need of a skill - this Christmas we want to do more.
Solution
TWAM is a Christian charity that collects unwanted usable tools, refurbishes them, sorts them into trade kits and sends them to the developing world for livelihood creation. Our work in east Africa sees us send over 300 tonnes of tools each year to local people supporting their own communities. We work with hundreds of partners who set up skills centres in their own communities to meet their own needs: they provide the training and we provide the tools.
