Youth have choices about how to develop their livelihoods. As mentors, we guide them to explore their options and find a pathway forward. Sometimes their path requires technical skills, and we can facilitate them attending vocational school.
Rwanda has a strong system of vocational education, the TVET system of residential “technical vocational training” schools. Our youth attend a one-year technical short course to learn skills for their livelihoods.
After graduating, Bernard explained it well: “It is better to not give someone a fish, instead to teach him how to fish. I can fish now.”