AN IDEA – AYANGANA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (ACC)!
A group of us in the Diaspora formulated an idea calling for the re-establishment of the Ayangana Construction Company (ACC) to partially address this issue of youth unemployment.
The third objective is a mass scale apprentice scheme in all 10 Regions that will train on average 4,000 youths between now to 2020 in the fine art of carpentry, welding, masonry, air conditioning, plumbing, electrical installation and so on.
These apprentices will be under the supervision of experienced craftsmen and technicians like retired members of the GDF Engineering Corp. These apprentices will be paid a stipend (below market value) for 12 months for their labour but their intangible gains are – a real skill, official certification from ACC in conjunction with the technical institutes, once successfully certified – access to job fairs to help them seek placement in the private sector and finally a free tool bag with their very own basic set of tools. The graduates even have the option of using their newly earned skills to opening their own business.
By Sase Singh, in Washington DC