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Carissa Vocational and Business Institute

Carissa Vocational and Business Institute

 

BACKGROUND

Carissa Vocational and Business Institute (CVBI) is a social enterprise of Carissa International. It is registered and accredited by Directorate of Industrial Training (DIT) of  Ministry of Education and Sport, republic of Uganda as a vocational  Training Institute  Centre No. UVQF/2572

The Institute offers an experiential, tailored vocational skills and social entrepreneurship skills  training to young people who have dreams and aspirations to contribute positively to their communities. 

Participants are empowered through a designed curriculum dubbed “a journey of hope in 3 parts”. This journey  to our empowerment is divided into 3 parts as follows;  Preparation stage, hurdling stage (welcome to the jungle),and announcing arrival stage.  The 3 stages of the journey have different empowerment topics which our mentors engage participants  to go through.

VISION

AN ENTREPRENEURAL  AND MINDSET  CHANGING INSTITUTE THAT INSPIRES ITS PARTICIPANTS TO BECOME CONTRIBUTORS OF  POSITIVE CHANGE IN COMMUNITIES.

MISSION STATEMENT

TO PROVIDE AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT WHERE PARTICIPANTS ARE EQUIPPED WITH TAILORED, HAND-ON AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN VOCATIONAL SKILLS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE LEADERSHIP

KEY OBJECTIVES

  1. TO PROVIDE TAILORED,  HAND-ON AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN VOCATIONAL SKILLS TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
  2.  TO INCREASE ENTREPRENURSHIP AND BUSINESS SKILLS AND MINDSET TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
  3.  TO INSPIRE YOUNG  PEOPLE TO BE ETHICAL AND SOCIAL ENTEREPRISE LEADERS.
  4. TO LINK AND NETWORK PARTICIPANTS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES, MARKET AND RESOURCES FOR BUSINESS START-UP AND MANAGEMENT.
  5.   TO COLLABORATE WITH GOVERNMENT AND OTHER AGENCIES IN PROVIDING HOLISTIC TRAININGS TO YOUNG PEOPLE.

Model of training

1. Experiential and tailored vocational skills

Here, participants do enroll with a rough idea in vocational skills of their choices. Our mentors grilled them  and sharpens their idea into unique and viable social enterprise idea that can impact positively  in his/her life and community. 

courses offered:  Building and construction,  hairdressing and cosmetology, Fashion and designs(including tailoring), Motor Vehicle Mechanics, auto mechanics(motorcycle, generators, etc),  Shoe making and Safe Driving.

Training duration: 3months – 2 years (depending on the modules and level as assessed by the Ministry of Education and Sport).

2. Mentorship

we  have inspiring , vibrant and creative  mentors who continue to engage the participants/students in social enterprise leadership, starting and managing social enterprises, documentation and stakeholders engagement. Here, we offer   opportunities for young and promising social entrepreneurs to come and share their story, experiences and aspirations to our participants. This is to inspire them  in their ventures.

 3. Exposure

We improve self-esteem and confidence of our participants through learning visits where participants share skills and knowledge with similar ventures outside Gulu City. Tis is to enable learning and adaptation of new ideas into their ventures.

4. Social enterprise leadership

We offer this training to equip participants with ethical and social mindset of conducting an enterprise.  participants undergo concept transformation-coming with a unique business ideas that will contribute to changing a particular community challenges a participant whishes to address after the completion of the course. we train participants to be social enterprise leaders who will be able to establish their  social enterprises , but not  job seekers!

5. Linkages ,networking and resource mobilization

Our engage participants in maximizing the power of friendships, networking and collaboration. Carissa Old students Association (COSA) plays a big roles in networking and linkages to market and financial supports from Government and other development agencies.

We also give an opportunity to our participants to share their dream to the public through carissa Inspiring talks -where  the public is invited to listen to the dream of the participants and support where necessary.

Through experiential methods,our participants do undergo fundraising and other resource mobilization to enable them start their own social enterprises.