Our 23 students have been evaluated during last weeks and shoved a great performance in most of the subjects. All the youth has done some tests related to their field of specialization (carpentry and joinery or brick block laying and concrete practice), as well as being examined in Technical Drawing, Math and English.

The results, reported by our local coordinator, Lawrence, have been magnificient. To give you some idea about the same:

CARPENTRY AND JOINERY

NAMES PRACTICAL THEORY TECH.DRAWING English Maths Total Posit

Ojok Nelson         68%     84%     70%     56%     82%     360 1
Ajok Costa           60%     58%     74%     88%     66%     346 2
Adong Fihona      36%     88%     67%     55%     82%     328 3
Apio Kevin          58%     66%     70%     78%     68%     326 4
Adong Catherine 48%     70%     60%     78%     68%     324 5
O kello Denish     68%     62%     78%     55%     58%     321 6
Okello Franco     78%     87%     68%     44%     42%     319 7
Ajok Jackolin     55%     68%     73%     64%     54%     314 8
Ojok Sam             86%     44%     74%     66%     36%     306 9
Opio jimmy         80%     58%     40%     36%     68%     282 10
Ogwal Tonny     68%     70%     36%     48%     58%     280 11
Okello Tonny     73%     66%     55%     32%     38%     264 12

FOR BRICK BLOCK LAYING AND CONCRETE PRACTICE.

Oyuku Jimmy     86%     90%     88%     73%     60%     397 1
Otim Denish opio 88%     84%     73%     66%     58%     369 2
Ayo Sam               86%     82%     66%     72%     58%     364 3
Otim Denish         66%     67%     70%     58%     64%     325 4
Obong Stephin     80%     58%     65%     68%     48%     319 5
Awino Scovia       68%     79%     55%     46%     60%     308 6
Apio Susan          70%     60%     48%     68%     54%     300 7
Apil Catherine     70%     77%     38%     62%     48%     295 8
Opio James okello 67%   70%     33%     58%     48%     294 9
Owiny Louis         48%     74%     50%     30%     68%     270 10
Oryang Sam         44%     56%     60%     25%     38%     223 11

There are currently 23 students, divided in both categories (Carpentry and brick laying). Half of them are orphan and the other half come from poor families that cannot afford an education for their children. Their age is comprised between 16 and 21 year old and, as you can read in the previous post, their future looks bright!

“Since we are still facing some challenges to overcome, the training is being carried out in somebody’s home and we are basing on practical aspect due to lack of resources for the said where we have to sacifice for the materials like timbers. They are supposed to make simple things like chairs, tables, those one that can be sold they sell in order to get materials. And with the bricks we buy some few for making moddles some we make them locally. Most of the teachers are volunteering.”

The students have been busy doing exams and finishing their tasks for the first months of training and our teachers have already reported the first round of qualifications.

Cisco Systems, leader in networks and routing systems, worldwide, is today helping Aber and our mother NGO, Nabuur.

The company organizes once a year an event when all their workers have to dedicate one day to help a nonprofit organization. This can vary from painting a school for orphans, helping a dining-room to feed poor people or writing down plans and thinking about ways of improving the organization of a charity or their marketing plan, to mention some examples.

Just a couple of days after the International Volunteer Day, Nabuur and Aber are being awarded by the assistance of a team of 21 elite engineers and professionals that are currently working together in order to develop strategies to improve the performance of Nabuur worldwide. The so-called Giving Back Day is going to help us going further in this venture!

Since some weeks ago the first twenty students of Aber’s Vocational Training Centre are busy learning carpentry work, bricklaying and concrete practice.

Now the tools available are not the most appropriate ones but the youth, under the supervision of Otia Lawrence, are doing their best in improving their skills and progressing at an amazing rythm. In few months they will receive proper tools that will allow them developing their skills in the best way!

Our story, our goals and objectives are now appearing in Nabuur’s main page!

“Nov 16 2007 - Vocational centre promises a new direction for war orphans in Aber, Uganda

Aber is home to a high number of orphans, due to the war in Northern Uganda. Poverty and lack of a social structure are fertile soil for various criminal activities among these young children. Girls are particularly vulnerable for prostitution.”

You can read the whole text HERE.