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KVTC was established in 1996; it grew out of the need for Kamwokya Christian Caring Community (KCCC), its mother organization, to mitigate the psychosocial and economic impact of HIV/AIDS in the community.
With a mission of building a better future for orphans and vulnerable young people in Uganda by empowering them with competitive skills and knowledge for mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS and poverty in their families and communities, the centre envisages self-reliant and interdependent generation contributing to development and enjoying a good quality of life.<br><br>
The primary beneficiaries are orphans and vulnerable children / youth 15-22years from HIV/AIDS affected and poverty stricken families as well as formerly street children.<br><br>
KVTC has six courses which include: Art and Design, Bricklaying and Concrete Practice, Leatherworks and Shoe-Making, Tailoring, Catering and Hotel Management, Carpentry and Joinery. Functional Adult literacy (FAL) was introduced to improve literacy and numeracy skills of trainees who left school in lower primary level especially. Entrepreneurship, Education for Life / Family Life Education and Spiritual Formation are other support subjects to all trades. All courses lasted two years from 2000 to the current year.
<h2>Objectives of KVTC:</h2>
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    <li>To train and stimulate interest among orphans and vulnerable young people (16-24 years) in competitive livelihood and life skills to mitigate effects of HIV/AIDS and poverty.</li>
    <li>Preparing trainees for job access, creation, retention and on-going improvement.</li>
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    <li>Every year, KCCC equips 300 youth with vocational skills (catering, tailoring, building and concrete practice, leather works, industrial art and design) at KCCC vocational training (KVTC) while another 50 and 130 youth are sponsored for apprenticeships and in other institutes respectively for trades/courses not offered by KVTC.  Since1998, out of the 678 KVTC beneficiaries that registered for the final Ministry of Education examinations,   597 of them successfully passed the exams. In 2006 alone, 86 of 104 KVTC beneficiaries that sat for the exams passed and were graduated to start engaging in the development process of their localities.  Those that cannot sit for the external exams sit for the internal ones and are awarded a certificate of completion, which enable to access jobs in the market.</li>
    <li>KVTC continues to connect beneficiaries to prospective employers in the hotel industry, garages, carpentry, and tailoring and leather works workshops. Others have been connected to micro-credit institutions to enable them develop familiarity with and mastery important financial competencies such as savings and accessing credit for productive use. Furthermore, the institute connects beneficiaries to the corporate sector for industrial training/practicum opportunities that create hands-on experiences and provide relevant experience in present and important contacts for the future while exposing them to the norms of the workplace. Every now and then, experts from the corporate sector visit the institute to speak to trainees about how they can position themselves for success and constant and never ending improvement in their fields of specialization.  As a result of these initiatives, most of the beneficiaries go on to create their own or access jobs in the market.</li>
<li>In 2005, KVTC with an initial grant from Catholic Relief Services (CRS) started a tool bank to cater for the institution graduates that get jobs but lack tools to execute them. Later on BetterWay Foundation (BWF) came in to supplement the efforts that had been started. This facility has been able to reach to 52 indigent youth per year. The tools are loaned out to beneficiaries at a nominal fee. This enables them to access small jobs from which they earn an income for self and family sustenance without having to wait for when they can own their equipment. Using the tools, they get employed in workshops, garages and other such facilitates that cater for people in their trades. Much of the work they do is in their communities where they provide cheap but quality labor.</li>
<li>Every year, 200 adults that dropped out of or have never been to school are equipped with Functional Adult Literacy (FAL) skills and knowledge. Most of the beneficiaries are refugees from Rwanda, Burundi, Southern Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo or those escaping the 20-year conflict in Northern Uganda. Young people at KVTC that cannot cope with the instructions during the training are also targeted by FAL to enable them cope with the concepts being taught. FAL instructions also entail linking beneficiaries to other social service and educating them about HIV, succession planning and human rights. This has enabled beneficiaries to learn how to read, write, count, assert their rights, access written information and effectively plan for themselves and their families</li>

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