Press Release: Japan Hands Over Upgraded and Strengthened Usratuna Vocational Training Centers
2014/7/10
On the 10th of July 2014, H.E. Mr. Ryoichi Horie, Ambassador of Japan to Sudan, alongside H.E. Ambassador Muawia Eltoum Elamin, representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Amna Nabag, Director of Technical Education Administration of the Federal Ministry of Education, Mr. Zul-Fagar Ali, representative of the National Council for Disabled People, Professor Qasim Badri, Vice-Chancellor of Ahfad University for Girls and Mr. Marco Ferrante Country Representative of Volunteer Organization for International Cooperation (OVCI) attended the handover ceremony for “The Project for Expansion and Strengthening of the Services of the Usratuna Vocational Training Centers in Omdurman, Khartoum State”, at Ahfad University for Women, in Omdurman*, in order to celebrate the completion of the 2 newly constructed classrooms, equipping the carpentry laboratories, and provision of the trainings for the carpentry teachers.
The Usratuna Vocational Training Centers, which consist of Usratuna Rehabilitation Center in Omdurman and Usratuna Dar El Salaam Center, are the pioneering institutions in the provision of integrated services for people with disabilities. These two centers, jointly run by OVCI and its Sudanese counterpart, the Usratuna Sudanese Association for Disabled Children, provide various services including physiotherapy treatment, speech therapy and pediatric care. The centers are also specialized in providing vocational training for children and adolescents with disabilities in Sudan.
This project is funded by the Government of Japan through the scheme of “Grant Assistance for Grassroots and Human Security Projects (GGP)*”, and jointly implemented by OVCI and Usratuna Sudanese Association for Disabled Children at a cost of approximately USD 64,000. The project was intended to improve the learning environment at Usratuna Vocational Training Centers for about 270 students, who are annually enrolled there, as well as to train teachers for carpentry and other vocational training subjects, in order to facilitate the job placement for graduates. The project also includes the campaigns to raise awareness about disability for the neighboring community members and potential employers. The enrolled students will be able to develop carpentry skills at the newly equipped carpentry laboratories, and improve their job placement prospects.
The government of Japan believes that every Sudanese person, regardless of his background, can contribute to Sudan’s peace and development, and hopes this project will play its role in realizing the stability of Sudan. Japan commits itself to devote its utmost efforts to cooperate with Sudan in tackling various social and economic issues.
The Usratuna Vocational Training Centers, which consist of Usratuna Rehabilitation Center in Omdurman and Usratuna Dar El Salaam Center, are the pioneering institutions in the provision of integrated services for people with disabilities. These two centers, jointly run by OVCI and its Sudanese counterpart, the Usratuna Sudanese Association for Disabled Children, provide various services including physiotherapy treatment, speech therapy and pediatric care. The centers are also specialized in providing vocational training for children and adolescents with disabilities in Sudan.
This project is funded by the Government of Japan through the scheme of “Grant Assistance for Grassroots and Human Security Projects (GGP)*”, and jointly implemented by OVCI and Usratuna Sudanese Association for Disabled Children at a cost of approximately USD 64,000. The project was intended to improve the learning environment at Usratuna Vocational Training Centers for about 270 students, who are annually enrolled there, as well as to train teachers for carpentry and other vocational training subjects, in order to facilitate the job placement for graduates. The project also includes the campaigns to raise awareness about disability for the neighboring community members and potential employers. The enrolled students will be able to develop carpentry skills at the newly equipped carpentry laboratories, and improve their job placement prospects.
The government of Japan believes that every Sudanese person, regardless of his background, can contribute to Sudan’s peace and development, and hopes this project will play its role in realizing the stability of Sudan. Japan commits itself to devote its utmost efforts to cooperate with Sudan in tackling various social and economic issues.