Yesterday, the Skills and Knowledge for Youth Empowerment (SKYE) Project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) turned out 36 youth (34 males and 2 females) following their completion of a Work Readiness Workshop.
The workshop, which lasted for six weeks, was delivered by SKYE’s local partner, Youth Challenge Guyana (YCG), and aimed at developing and honing the basic employability skills, knowledge and behaviour necessary for youth to be successful as entry-level workers or even as entrepreneurs.
Said Wilson, 23, a volunteer with the YCG and graduate of the workshop, stated that he had heard about the workshop from his fellow peer educators and decided to sign up for it. “I learned a