Tiling is a skilled job. Learning to be a tiler opens up exciting opportunities for young people looking for work. Many people in Zambia tile their houses, rather than using carpets. As well as bathrooms, kitchens and patios, floors in living rooms and bedrooms are often tiled. All this means there are plenty of opportunities… Continue reading Top class tilers
Ruth Kampangele is now a tiler. She has built a new house for her grandparents. Build It builds skilled construction workers out of unemployed young men and women in Zambia, women like Ruth so they can earn a living and provide for their families. Ruth had originally thought about becoming an accountant. It was Ruth’s grandfather… Continue reading World Youth Skills Day, 15 July 2018
84 young Build It trainees have recently taken their National Trades Skills Test. Forty of them have been working on our Community Projects building schools at Bissell and Katole. The other forty four are part of our Fast Track training programme at our new training facility, our Centre For Excellence, just outside Lusaka. This group… Continue reading Trainees Take Their Exams
The World Skills Competition took place in Zambia from 22 – 24 March 2017. The competition is designed to encourage and inspire young people to take up skills training. The skills competition was part of a UNESCO project, with the aim of selecting the best candidate to represent Zambia at an international competition held later… Continue reading Build It trainees enter World Skills Competition
All 70 of our most recent trainees have passed their TEVETA bricklaying exams – congratulations to them! The 23 women and 47 men sat their TEVETA bricklaying exam in November 2016 after receiving high quality building skills training from our experienced trainers and practical, real-world work experience whilst constructing new schools for their communities. The… Continue reading 100% pass rate for Build It Trainees in 2016
Build It International has introduced a new ‘Life Skills’ module to its Training into Work programme. A total of 59 trainees from three projects took part in the life skills course earlier this month. The new course is designed to help trainees to develop self-confidence, better decision making and communication skills. These new skills will… Continue reading Life Skills Training
Thanks to your support of our Training into Work programme, we have been able to introduce a carpentry skills module. 5 trainees at Lupuka and 5 trainees at Chibolya have been learning new skills as they work on the roof for the new school. We are rolling out the carpentry skills module at all out… Continue reading Trainees Learn Carpentry Skills
The course consisted of a one day training session which provided information and guidance to graduate trainees on how to secure a job in the competitive construction sector. [divider_flat] The workshops were run by our Training into Work Manager, Justus, and covered topics including: how to keep motivated when searching for a job, how to… Continue reading ‘Finding a Job’ workshops have been held with 110 graduate trainees
The awards are an important part of our graduation ceremonies and recognise Build It trainees who have excelled during the training programme. The awards are given in three categories: leadership, commitment and “most improved”. [divider] Leadership The three trainees who won the award for leadership were: Mirriam Mulenga (Kawama), Dennis Lupupa (George) and Emmanuel Mukuka… Continue reading Trainees achievements recognised at recent graduation ceremonies
Graduation ceremonies for our trainees have taken place in Ndola and Kabaka. The ceremonies took place at the schools the trainees helped to build. Every trainee was presented with a certificate of completion and their own tool kit, consisting of a brick bolster, float, hammer, shovel, trowel, chisel, mallet and spirit level. [divider] The tool… Continue reading Big smiles at Graduation Ceremonies
