Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera has launched the National Youth Service which is aimed at training thousands of unemployed youth with marketable skills and connect them to opportunities for productive and profitable work.
President Chakwera disclosed that initiative will cut across various training options that include crop, livestock, fish and poultry farming, Information, Communications and Technology (ICT), carpentry, welding, tailoring and renewable technologies.
He said this through his Facebook page today.
“Interestingly, the program has been tailored according to particular localities where young people are given freedom to choose trades that align with their needs, competencies and favourable geographical and climate practicalities,” Chakwera said.
President Chakwera further disclosed that the training has been linked to the National Economic Empowerment Fund (Neef) and Technical, Entrepreneurial and Vocational Education and Training Authority (Teveta) to create right synergies for growth and sustenance of the program.