THE EQUIP JINJA PROJECT
Since 2020 Gered Gereedschap is running a multi-year program in the Jinja region, Uganda, aimed at strengthening vocational eduction and stimulating entrepreneurship.
SUPPORTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP
With our dream in mind – a thriving manufacturing sector – we help entrepreneurial craftsmen in the Jinja region. Our support varies: it ranges from supplying individual craftsmen with the necessary tools to establishing comprehensive workshops in collaboration with local partners, offering all the essential components.
RENTAL WORKSHOPS
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In Jinja, Uganda you rent it at
EQUIP / Gered Gereedschap!
DIRECT SUPPORT FOR SELF EMPLOYED CRAFTSMEN
Tom Kakaire is a 35-year-old carpenter from the Iganga district of Uganda. He was supported by Gered Gereedschap with tools and machines. It radically changed his work and life!
STRENGTHENING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
In recent years, Gered Gereedschap has worked together with different vocational institutes to improve the quality of technical education and to stimulate guidance towards work. By investing in tools and machinery and training teachers, we have worked to improve the quality of education so that graduates have the knowledge and skills to succeed in the local labor market, either in paid employment , or as an independent entrepreneur. At the same time, we have worked to stimulate entrepreneurship by creating internships and offering toolkits for starting young professionals.
STRENGTHENING VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION AT NILE VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE
Learn how we have further professionalized vocational education in the fields of woodworking and metalworking at Nile Vocational Institute, one of the participating schools.From setting up complete workshops with equipment to training teachers; all aimed at improving the learning environment.
SCHOLARSHIPS:
CREATING OPPORTUNITIES, FULFILLING DREAMS
Gered Gereedschap’s scholarship program aims to support underprivileged youth with vocational training, covering costs and providing essential tools for careers as skilled crafts(wo)men. Aleso Joyce Felistas is one of the beneficiaries of our scholarship program in Jinja, Uganda.