The skills training centre is poised to give young people an opportunity to learn the trade that can help them survive in the country’s growing and challenging job market. The center situated in the heart of Kubuneh is being sponsored by the KuKi Group in Germany.
The group, since 2015 has been supporting the Kubuneh village and its residents. Their major focus is supporting and sponsoring needy children and families, especially in arranging sponsorships, clothing, and so on. Their other supported projects include a bookshop, a batik group, and a sports team in Kubuneh.
At the gathering, Jule Photographer for KuKi Gambia, expressed their love for the country, adding that the construction of the building took a bit longer to complete “but now we are happy to inaugurate it.
The group, he added, would continue to sponsor students of Kubuneh and the center, acknowledging that people of the community have high confidence in them.
“We hope we are feeling good and in future, we can do it on our own as sustainability is concerned.”
She revealed that presently the group is sponsoring 112 kids in the community and we are very happy to help them go to school to acquire education. And for the skills center, we noticed that after senior secondary education, there are not many possibilities for some of them to further their education to earn money so we talked to the villagers about what they need to help them that was how this came about.”
Mr Hartmut, chairman of Kuki Gambia, who is visiting The Gambia for the first time, expressed their love for the Gambia, especially the community of Kubuneh.
The project, he added, is important for the village, further expressing optimism that the skills center will yield something good for them.
“Every year the group always sends some items to the village for the development of the village and the center which started operation in January 2023 and this opportunity are given to the youth to learn trade so that they can survive in the job market.”
Anja, treasurer of KuKi Gambia in Germany, said they love the skills center and it is designed to serve everyone within and outside the village that wants to acquire skills and education for the betterment of their life.
“Here we have the opportunity to learn tailoring, welding, electrical, carpentry, and so on,” she disclosed.
Malick Badjie, project coordinator for Kuki Gambia, who is a native of Kubuneh, explained that the relationship between the donors from Germany and Kubuneh village started years back, further thanking Madam Karin, the first President of KuKi Gambia for the good initiative.
He explained that before the construction of the center, KuKi Gambia group has been helpful to the village with different interventions which include sponsorship, painting of the school in the village, bookshop, tie and dye among others.
Ebou I.S. Tamba, Alkalo of Kubuneh village and Awa Colley president of Kuki Gambia committee, both expressed gratitude to the KuKi group from Germany and prayed for their well-being.
