Saturday, November 28, 2009

Five different activities in teams throughout the day. Finding out if the student fit the student profile: are they between 17-23, are they basic literate, do they speak basic English, a basic math test, and very important for Jobortunity, are they motivated? Are they keen to no longer be a victim of circumstances, but do they want to travel the road towards self -reliance?


The Jobortunity team is busy registering the students, handing out name cards and answering questions.



The first selection day, very exciting for all involved!

Friday, November 27, 2009

Up and running!!

Finally!
Here we are to introduce the Jobortunity Training Institute in action!
We’ve been extremely busy, here in Moivaro, Tanzania to get the organisation up and running, but now we have something fantastic to show for it!

In a nutshell, this is what happened:
Jobinterviews with Tanzanian trainers and on September 14 we kicked off with Jobortunity’s Training-of-Trainers program. During this program we started the selection procedure to find Jobortunity’s first group of students. We sent out our student profile to local organisations to help us with the search. Lots and lots of students showed up!
After two more very active selection days, we held our one-on-one interviews with the 40 selected students.
Since two weeks we now have the students in the house and it is FANTASTIC! What an energy in the building, the students are very eager and keen to participate in all the activities being thrown at them. This is what the year filled with preparations and fundraising was for, we are now where we envisioned to be, with all sorts of new challenges and expectations ahead of us.