MTN to provide vocational training to 40 young people

Company News from Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Source: Ghananewsagency.org

2019-06-12

MTN Ghana, in partnership with the National Youth Authority (NYA), will train more than 40 young people in the 21-day Y'ello Care in East MTN this year.

During the two weeks of training started, recipients will receive training in pearl manufacturing, in cosmetology, which includes makeup, manicure and pedicure and online digital marketing for web development.

MTN's 21 Days of Y'ello Care is an annual program in which MTN staff undertake voluntary exercises to serve the community in which the MTN group is present from June 1 to 21.

It was created 12 years ago and has become one of the main and exciting activities of the MTN calendar.

This year's "Creating a Better Tomorrow for Our Youth" campaign will contribute to the implementation of youth empowerment and development initiatives.

MTN Ghana, addressing participants at the launch of the 21-day Y-Care in Koforidua, said: Ghana has a young population, about 57 percent of the population is under 25 years old. years.

This, he said, is the greatest badet of all nations. However, unemployment is one of the problems facing the country and the rate in Ghana is expected to be 2% by the end of the second quarter of this year.

In the long term, the unemployment rate in Ghana is expected to be around 2.70% by 2020.

Mr. Tibson said it was important to give young people skills that allow them to work because they are the backbone of the country and they need the support of Corporate Ghana in this regard.

He added that MTN thought that by engaging in such projects across Ghana, the company would help develop skills and create opportunities for young people from selected communities.

Ms. Marian Mansa Mina, Regional Director for the East of the National Youth Authority (NYA), said the training would help equip the beneficiaries and that they could also be transferred to other communities. Others who wish to be trained on the job.