Over 4000 people in South Sudan received professional training over 3 years
Report released by the Project on Improvement
of Basic Skills and Vocational Training (SAVOT) in Southern Sudan, showed
that over 4000 people have been trained in different fields in southern
Sudan from 2006 to 2009. The Chief Advisor of Skills and Vocation Training
(SAVOT), Sachio Yamamoto, said the people have been trained in areas such
auto- mechanic, electrical engineering and other income generating activities
in Juba. Speaking during the occasion marking the completion of the first
phase of the project, Rebecca Joshua Okwaci, the Undersecretary of the
Ministry of Labor and Human Resource Development in the South Sudan, said
that more people need to be trained through the same scheme. SAVOT was
established in 2006 and is being supported by Japanese government to build
capacity of the people in southern Sudan.