From Noah Ebije, Kaduna
Caleb Danladi Foundation, an NGO, has commenced building skills acquisition centre for the poor, widows, students, school dropouts in Sambam Gida, Kwoi, Jaba local government area of Kaduna State.
The Founder of the NGO, Mr. Caleb Danladi said the centre if completed, will be named after his late younger sister, Dorcas Danladi Skills Acquisition Centre.
Speaking to newsmen during the groundbreaking ceremony of the centre, Danladi said the training will be targeting mostly the poor, widows, school dropouts and other vulnerable people in the society.
He said the Centre was to fulfil his late sister’s dream whose passion was to render help to the less privilege before her life cut short about a month ago.
The Foundation Chief Executive Officer (CEO) explained that the Dorcas Danladi Memorial Skills Acquisition Centre is a historical project particularly for his immediate family, the community and Kaduna State in general.
“Just exactly a month today my sister passed away. Part of her passion in life was to do something similar to skills acquisition centre where she would be able to render help but unfortunately her life was cut short.
“She was not able to achieve that dream, but we don’t want that dream to go in vain, so we decided to come together to build this center in her memory.
“All modalities have already been put in place for the sustainability of the project in line with every NGO’s plan, even from the planing stage.
“This project is targeted to impact meaningfully on the entire community, local government, and the state in general,” Caleb stated.
He restated the growing focus on entrepreneurial and skills acquisition training into education curriculum nationally and internationally.
“Basically this foundation centre is going to go far in delivering one of the keys federal government plans by empowering youths and women in particular with skills needed in 21st century to carter for themselves, the community development and development goals.
“The poor performance of the recent JAMB results is not because they’re not knowledgeable but because of lack of the actual technical skills to be able to use computer or even touch it before.
“There’ll be a dedicated computer centre to carter for the youths, especially in areas of JAMB, talent education acquisition.
“Even though the centre will provides training free of charge, but for the women trained at centre without equipment will be assisted with some in a discounted fee, with the centre when putting it into profitable uses, as part of the sustainability plans”, he said.
He also said there are plans to build similar ones in Kagoma chiefdom and other local government areas in northern parts of Kaduna State as well as other part of Jaba LGAs.
“The centre will also come with borehole in view of the problem of pipe borne water because of water scarcity in the community for the memory of late Dorcas.
“The building of and commissioning of the project will be done by December 2024, to commence operations and rendering service by His Grace”. He added
Danladi promised to collaborate with the government and other international agencies for training when the Centre begins operations.