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IF EMPOWERED YOUTH CAN CHANGE

Am Namujju Shamim aged 20 years and currently volunteer at Eagles Youth Development Initiative in Busukuma Division, Wakiso District. Unfortunately am not among the 3 groups which benefited from training at the BMZ/DSW under Eagles Youth Development initiative (EYDI) and EYDI is non-profit making organization that was founded in 2002 and registered as a community based organization. The first group was trained on leadership, the second group Sexual Reproduction health and rights the third on entrepreneurship and business skills. After these groups were trained they came back at the office and we organized the meeting In this meeting we agreed that those who were trained should train the club members and we were told to draw a work plan but after wards the Patron told us that DSW/BMS as set a work plan to follow;   Life skills, Communication and Peer counseling Growth and development, Body changes & hygiene Menstruations, Pregnancy and Teenage pregnancy   En

BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENUERSHIP SKILLS

Am Nakidde Asia aged 18 years completed S.6 in 2017   at Answar Secondary School- Kasangati and also Peer Educator Eagles Youth Development Initiative located in Kiwenda Ward, Busukuma Division, Wakiso District- Uganda. On 21/08/2017, I was among the team selected for an entrepreneurship and business skills training program me at Lweza Training Centre under Eagles youth development initiative and we managed to acquire knowledge and skills on how to handle the business department. Eagles youth development initiative is on profit making organization that was founded by a young people in 2002 it is a fully registered community based organization committed to empowerment of young people in Uganda. It goal is empowered young people with sustainable entrepreneurship skill contributing to the process of national HIV/AIDS response resulting into zero new infection and access decent social and health services. In the course of training managed to achieve the following tips concerning  

VOLUNTEER- GRANT WRITER & PARTNERSHIP DEV’T OFFICER

EAGLES YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE (EYDI) is a non-profit making organization that was founded by a young people in 2002. It is fully registered community based organization. (Reg.No. WCBO/058/08) committed to empowerment of young people in Uganda. We are located 32 km northeast Kampala along Kampala –Gayaza- Zirobwe road(Kiwenda trading centre), Busukuma Division Wakiso District. We work in partnership with government, private sector and civil Society Organization to empower and strengthen young people to take active responsibility for life to shape their destiny. We are passionate about creating positive change on a wide range of issues affecting young people though prevention of Violence against children and women, SRHR, ICT training and Environment adaptation and mitigation. To that end we conduct community and school outreaches, radio programs, and, HIV counseling and testing, safe male circumcision, Computer Training through our ICT Facility in Kiwenda-Wakis