Net2Work Uganda runs a successful and popular 3-month full-time training course in IT and job skills for 25 young people aged 16-24. Net2Work Pader Net2Work is currently providing vital IT and job skills training to ex-child soldiers and other war-affected youth so that they can make progress in their education and learn skills which will help them find employment.

The project consists of running a number of 3 month long courses training people in computer packages, such as MS Word, Excel etc. Teaching is also provided such that students gain necessary skills in order to be able to apply for jobs.

In the Pader eAcademy, 48 students were recruited for training and they began in January. 47 are in attendance. Training in Pader was suffering due to the lack of power after the District generator broke down. As part of our partnership agreement, the District was meant to ensure the class had electricity, but were not prioritising getting the generator fixed. The staff did the best they could teaching theory, despite all these difficulties. The trainers also ran the job skills and the entrepreneurship training alongside character development sessions. In the end, Net2Work was able to raise funds to buy a cable to tap into the World Vision Generator which is working well. The class is running far more efficiently with full time power.