CAR / VOCATIONAL TRAINING

About 30 participants took part in a sewing training course initiated by the Cabinet Conseil et Innovation in Bangui, in partnership with the United Nations. This vocational training is part of the project to reduce community violence and enable beneficiaries, especially vulnerable people, to access economic activities. MINUSCA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:04
• Production Date: 23 December 2019
• Asset Language: French
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - MINUSCA
• Subject Topical: VOCATIONAL TRAINING
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
• MAMS Id: 2517954
• Parent Id: 2517954
• Alternate Title: unifeed191223e

Description

STORY : CAR / VOCATIONAL TRAINING
TRT: 2: 04
SOURCE: MINUSCA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH /NATS

DATELINE: 19 DECEMBER 2019, BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Shotlist

1. Various shots, sewing class
2. SOUNDBITE (French) Adelphe Mbimba, Director, Cabinet Conseil et Innovation:
"As part of the partnership with UNOPS, we have to train beneficiaries for three months in basic sewing skills, and two months to teach them how to work in associations or groups.”
3. Close up, sewing machines
4. Med shot, men using sewing machines
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Adelphe Mbimba, Director, Cabinet Conseil et Innovation:
” The program for this training is three-quarters of the time on sewing basics, and the other quarter of the time is training on social mediation, social cohesion, and conflict management. We not only want to train them in sewing but also to give them the basics to become leaders and mediators in their communities.”
6. Close up, woman in training
7. Med shot, trainer drawing on blackboard
8. SOUNDBITE (French) Nanette Gamanda, participant
"I was in college. I couldn't finish my degree because of the conflicts in the country.”
9. Close up, Zamzam sewing
10. Med shot, teacher helping student
11. Close up, Zamzam’s face
12. SOUNDBITE (French) Idriss Zamzam, participant
"I chose this activity to be an example for my brothers and to tell them that sewing is not just for women. It's an activity that men can do too.”
13. Various shots, sewing class

Storyline

About 30 participants took part in a sewing training course initiated by the Cabinet Conseil et Innovation in Bangui, in partnership with the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, known under its French acronym MINUSCA . This vocational training is part of the project to reduce community violence and enable beneficiaries, especially vulnerable people, to access economic activities.

"As part of the partnership with UNOPS, we have to train beneficiaries for three months in basic sewing skills and two months to teach them how to work in associations or groups. And the program for this training is three-quarters of the time on sewing basics, and the other quarter of the time is training on social mediation, social cohesion, and conflict management. We not only want to train them in sewing but also give them the basics to become leaders and mediators in their communities, » explains Adelphe Bimba, director of the Cabinet Conseil et Innovation

Professional designers deliver this training. It brings together, in a friendly environment, people from all communities. It is also a way to contribute to the strengthening of the community.

"I was in college. I couldn't finish my degree because of the conflicts in the country,” declared a participant, Nanette Gamanda.

Indeed, sewing remains a prevalent activity, recognized as an excellent way to generate income quickly.

"I chose this activity to be an example for my brothers and to tell them that sewing is not just for women. It's an activity that men can do too,” said Idriss Zamzam.

In Bangui, a total of 808 beneficiaries, including 190 women, benefited from these training sessions, not only in sewing but also in other fields such as mechanics, commerce, cooking, electricity, and driving.