MALAWI: Young Christian Workers to Hold East African Regional Leadership Conference in Malawi
The Young Christian workers (YCW) of the Catholic Church in Malawi will host the East African Regional Leadership Conference from 26 August to 1 September 2018 at Our Lady of Africa Conference Centre in Lilongwe under the theme ‘Building the future of young people’.
Young Christian workers vice President Crispin Ngunde disclosed this in an interview with Malawi News Agency, saying that the gathering aims at training the youth and imparting entrepreneurship and other skills to the young people for self-employment.
“We want to train the youth in entrepreneurship skills so that they can be independent. We hope that once they gain the knowledge and skills, they will be able to do businesses and create their own jobs than waiting for employment, which is so difficult to get in most countries of the region these days,” Ngunde said.
Ngunde also explained with excitement that the skills are beneficial to the lives of the youth. “We are delighted to have been chosen as hosts of this regional conference. This will strengthen our movement, bring awareness about our activities and encourage young people to venture into business,”
At the Conference, young people from different countries will interact, share ideas and skills, and discuss other issues that affect their daily lives.
For this reason, said Ngunde, the conference remains one of the important initiatives of the National YCW movements in view of helping the youth achieve financial independence and empowerment so that in the future they too can help other youth.
“Improvement in their financial base will in the long run help the Movement to move forward in implementing various activities that will be supported by the youth themselves,” Ngunde said.
The Conference organizers will solicit speakers from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Technical, Entrepreneurial and Vocational Education and Training Authority (TEVETA) of Rwanda, Uganda and Malawi. The conference will commence with Eucharistic celebration at Mtima Woyera Parish, presided by Bishop Stima.
It is bringing youths from six countries together namely Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and the host country Malawi.
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By: Sellaphine Banda
