Mindset Development organisation
Hello My Name is Muhanguzi Smartson and am the Director of communications.
In most phases of life like education,employment, the rural marginalized youth are the most affected.The number of school dropouts is higher in rural areas than in other places.poverty is high and rampant in rural areas,this affects the youths from poverty stricken families find it hard to find jobs either because they are not educated or have no skills.
We address the issue of lack of skills by setting up an information communication center(ICT)to work as pivotal point for the youth in Ndeija sub county,Rwampara District,western Uganda.
we are addressing poverty issues by providing courses in mobile phone software development to teach the youths in skills that in high demand and link them to jobs of the future.
We are working towards eliminating poverty from Marginalized youth by providing educational resources and training in mobile phones software development.
Equipping young people from rural areas with education of the 21st century give them an edge in the job search.our courses are geared towards e-commerce and mobile for development. The mobile phone is one of the tools that is empowering Africa people today in communication, commerce,Trade,development and education.
In Uganda,there are over 10 million mobile users but there is shortage of App developers programmers and people who can penetrate this vast untapped market.
The rural marginalized youth are the most affected.in schools they under perform compared to the counterparts from well to do families or from urban Schools,The number of school dropout is higher in rural areas than in other places.poverty is high and rampant in rural areas,this affects the youths from poverty stricken families find it hard to find jobs either because they are not educated or have no skills.
Teaching the marginalized youths in software development,programming,entrepreneurship and Idea generation will bring a new bread of App in developers,computer programming,web designers,e-commerce system developers or some youth may decided to be come tech entrepreneurs.
Not only, we give a chance to our young stars to learn new skills,but we also help them to find jobs or setup their own enterprises.we teach the youth the importance of community development by teaching youth about real life projects.
The following methodology has been devised to achieve our objectives with the following Activities:
computer training will be given at Ndeija sub county.
Unemployed youth would be trained in computer literacy and basic hardware.
Will be provided quality education and practical orientation under qualified training instructors.
Mindset development organisation is incorporated as Non-profit voluntary organisation working for community development through skills Training with special emphasis on marginalized people especially young girls,youths, Children and women at grassroots level in Uganda.
The organisation founded in 2005 by a group of dedicated social workers.it is voluntary organisation registered under the NGOs Registration ACT,CAP113. Mindset development organisation is a non-profit(NGO) that has been working on different issues such as capacity Building of youth especially teen mothers through training in information technology,Tailoring and Knitting,handcraft,Adult literacy and behavior change programs and equip them with startup kits to transform their lives economically and socially
We are serving the marginalized youth,Teen mothers, vulnerable children and others in need.
youth from rural areas that are in need of basic skills to become productive and creative.
80% of the youth of the targeted community lack skills to be come productive as well as creative.
In this condition Mindset development organisation has identified 210 villages to give computer training and set a career in information Technology.After the training the youth would earn 500000 Uganda shillings per month to become self -sufficient.
- Equip everyone, regardless of age, gender, education, location, or ability, with culturally relevant digital literacy skills to enable participation in the digital economy.
Our objectives are Building evidence on the benefits and costs of callable and affordable Technology.
Relevance:Technology is rapidly becoming apart of daily life,both inside and out side the home.
The project is planned or arranged keeping in view the poor children who cannot afford the good quality education, so every thing is decided to give at least basic computer information technology knowledge education to vulnerable youth,children and young women.
- Growth: An organization with an established product, service, or business model rolled out in one or, ideally, several communities, which is poised for further growth.
We are working towards eliminating poverty from marginalized youth by providing educational resources and training in mobile phone software development and we have been giving this service to the vulnerable youth in Uganda about 15 years the reason why I selected we are expanding our services to 210 villages of Ndeija sub county Rwampara District western Uganda.
our aim is to promote experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations that examine the extent to which technology can accelerate learning and skills for both youth and young women.