15 WAR VICTIMS GRADUATES IN VOCATIONAL SKILL

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GULU:  A total of 15 former war victims in northern Uganda graduated in different vocational Academic disciplines from Gulu War Affected Training Center GWATC
These former abductees By the Lord Resistance Army LRA atrocity in the region confessed that most of them were hopeless before after returning from the bush and hardly the did not know that their future can be brightened again it was until they started hearing about the center in the Radio and immediately opted to o joint despite being desperate and hopeless in lives
During the 8th graduation ceremony in the center these 15 survivors were excited upon seeing them also making another tremendous steps in lives with great hope that the decision they take will positively change their lives and thinking tonight the community
Piloya Concy 25 years old one of the female among the rest made a revelation that she was abducted at the age of 9 from Pabo village in Amuru District and by then she was in Primary Four ,she managed to come back from captivity after one year and continue with her study up to Ordinary Level but later decided to go for vocational skill training due the shortage of finance since both are parents were already lifeless to push her for further studies in other institution of social sciences and Humanities but only to join vocational skill training
Concy who did a training on tailoring and garment cutting emerged the best students in the school and was awarded with an electronic sewing machine from the donner
She is hoping that the knowledge she attained and plus the equipment will help her in sustainability
Meanwhile Anbola Peter another students who also dropped out in primary Seven was able to complete his one year course in Motor vehicles mechanics also expressed that the knowledge with help him upgrade his financial status
Oola Patrick Lumumba the chairman LC3 Bardege Division in Gulu Municipality said in most cases parents from North were spending millions of shillings sending their children to Kampala for better education but it's now time the parents should embrace and recognize the important of different institutions in the district in order to cut cost and burdens since they have every equipment and facilities needed to instill knowledge on their children
He added that the grandaunts should be empowered individually by opening up their own workshops and restaurants in order to avoid exploitation from other business owners around town
Lalam Betty Director Of the school revealed that she started the school because she was also affected by the war and as a returnees after studying tailoring course for three years she came back and started working with other organizations to train other returnees but later lobbied for his own training centre in 2005 were the center has now positively impacted many lives of the returnees and other community in the region and most of them are living on their own.
Gulu War Affected Training Center has so far passed out over 400 students in hands skill disciplines including former LRA abductees and other community at large .

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