D.R. Congo - 166 girls and mothers in need graduate from "Don Bosco Ngangi" vocational training programs

31 October 2022

Goma, D.R. Congo - October 2022 - On Oct. 22 at the "Don Bosco Ngangi" Youth Center, 166 girls and single mothers in need completed their year of vocational training carried out in the branch works "Maison Marguerite" and "Foyer Annuarite." 84 of them were trained in cutting and sewing, 49 as hairdressers and beauticians, and 33 in culinary arts. The ceremony began with a Mass presided over by Fr. Jean-Pierre Muhima, Rector of the work, which was followed by the handover of the vocational placement kit to the newly graduated women. Present were numerous state authorities in charge of vocational training from labor and social affairs, Salesian trainers, and lay staff from the NGO VIS. The latter supported the Salesians' efforts in training girls as part of the project to eradicate forms of violence against adolescent, young and adult women in vulnerable situations and victims of conflict in Goma.

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