“Inside every child are seeds of success. It is our job to cultivate them.” This was quite a fitting theme for the graduation ceremony which was held on Wednesday 29th October 2014. The ceremony allowed parents, relatives, facilitators, mentors and well-wishers the opportunity to witness the blooming of 71 youth who had successfully completed all components of the A Ganar program.
The ceremony, which was held at the Zion Moravian Church signaled the completion of the third round of training for youth who participated in the A Ganar Secondary Schools Work Based Program. 41 males and 30 females completed all 3 phases of the program which sought to provide technical and employability skills, supplemented by numeracy and literacy skills.
During Phase 1, the employability skills training component, the following individuals were recognized for their efforts:
Basseterre High School – Ki-Jana Bridgewater
Verchilds High School – Kenroy Pemberton
Charles E. Mills Secondary School – Janiqua Francis
Cayon High School – Shakel Hughes
Washington Archibald High School – Scott Samuel
NSTP Cosmetology – Toshika Millington
NSTP – Hospitality – Kya Norford
NSTP Industrial Maintenance – Kris Mitcham
Individuals were also awarded on the basis of their performances during phase 2 of the program, our technical skills component. Awards were provided to youth for being the most outstanding in addition to the most improved in their respective vocations.
Training Areas Most Outstanding Most Improved
NSTP Hospitality Latonya Richardson Kya Norford
NSTP Industrial Maintenance Chris Mitchum Denver Michael
NSTP Cosmetology Joanna Jeffers Antoinette Dore
Hospitality Cliron Freeman Devonte N. Browne
Hairdressing Zariah Woodley Shakieda Wilson
Nail Art Shiniqua Douglas Junecia Clarke
Air Conditioning Jamarie Barzey Tishawn Hurst
Landscaping Andre Rawlins Ki-Jana Bridgewater
Automechanics Metry Jones George Webster
Electricity Ricardo Taylor Shakeem Richardson
Carpentry Dean Warner
Barbering Andre Rawlins Devon Smith
Computer Shakeem Richardson Ki-Jana Bridgewater
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), our funding agency along with Partners of the Americas, our coordinating agency, the Ministry of Education on St Kitts and the local A Ganar team salute the efforts of this cohort of youth and extend our best wishes to them in their future endeavors.
The team takes this opportunity to extend our appreciation to all our Facilitators, mentors, parents, teachers and private businesses who worked closely with us to ensure the successful implementation of this our third round of training.
The local A Ganar team is also pleased to publicly announce that the A Ganar grant has been extended to St Kitts and Nevis for one more year as a result of the successful collaboration of the MoE with our local team. Program implementation is expected to commence in November 2014.
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