Life skills and entrepreneurship
Market facing skills are an important component of HFH Uganda’s people centred approach.
Skills are intended to build the resilience of families by empowering the caregivers and youths within vulnerable families to face stressors. Coping strategies are developed through life skills training in health, psychosocial support and succession planning.
Teaching life skills
Health related life skills on management of menstrual hygiene is given to age-appropriate school going girl children.
At household level, the life skills reduce vulnerability to disease infections, and problems associated with succession planning and inheritance rights.
At household level, the life skills reduce vulnerability to disease infections, and problems associated with succession planning and inheritance rights.
Youth skilling programs
Together with partners, HFH Uganda conducts youth skilling programs for economic empowerment. Youth undertake trainings in metal fabrication, saloon and beauty care, tailoring and building. The skills are helping the youth to appreciate climate change.
Part of the technology such as Interlocking Stabilized Soil Blocks (ISSB) promotes environment friendly construction practices that eliminate swamp reclamation for clay and firewood for bunt bricks. HFHU also adopted the Street Business School Model that equips women in poverty with business skills. Currently, HFH Uganda is using the Youth Hub Model that provides several skills opportunities in a single location. After the six months training, the youths are attached to local experienced artisans to further sharpen their skills.
Part of the technology such as Interlocking Stabilized Soil Blocks (ISSB) promotes environment friendly construction practices that eliminate swamp reclamation for clay and firewood for bunt bricks. HFHU also adopted the Street Business School Model that equips women in poverty with business skills. Currently, HFH Uganda is using the Youth Hub Model that provides several skills opportunities in a single location. After the six months training, the youths are attached to local experienced artisans to further sharpen their skills.
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