Name of facilitators

1..Luka Tipping

2..Nazan Khan

3..Aziza Shabani

4..Denish Odhiambo

5..Lana Hylands

6.Dominic Fortunate’s

Date: 06/06/2015

Location project; VETA Mtwara play ground

Project: Carrier Development and Self Employment

Attendees

Male: 30

Female: 26

Total : 56

Background on global/community issue

To compete and win in today’s economy and be ready to outsprint the competition when the

green shoots of recovery emerge, the full potential of your employees must be realised.

Employees need to willingly develop their careers in such a way that they pursue the

capability development that their employer needs to thrive and deliver increased value. The

study conducted by right management company draws on more than 28,000 responses from

15 countries representing 10 major industry sectors. This study has been supplemented with

key findings and insights from further research undertaken in Australia and New Zealand.

Thirty six key HR and business decision makers were interviewed from twenty eight

organisations. Those represented included two of the big four Australian banks, five

multinational organisations, major government departments and several iconic employers.

Our research highlights the value of including career development as a vital part of your

organisational strategy. The benefits include the continued development of employees in

competencies needed by your organisation to succeed and increased employee engagement

which is a key driver of productivity, retention and performance.

The world faces a huge challenge of creating productive jobs for its expanding labour force,

says a new study by three ILO economists. This challenge is global in three ways. First,

inadequate availability of productive jobs is now a worldwide phenomenon, affecting both

North and South. Second, global forces such as cross-border flows of trade, capital and

labour now have important consequences for employment in individual countries. Third,

international economic policies are now almost as important as national policies for

expanding opportunities for productive employment in less developed countries, where most

of the world’s workers live and where almost all of its new workers will live.

The state of the labour force in Tanzania shows that the majority of the able-bodied

population continues to be primarily under-employed. Most labour market analysis studies

have shown a persistent exclusion of the majority of the labour force from productive

activities of a dynamic and sustainable form, of the underdevelopment of rural and urban

non-formal economies, and of the inability of the formal economies to generate adequate

employment opportunities. There is a high level of underemployment amongst the youth,

with new entrants in the labour market estimated to be one million youths each year.

In Mtwara region with the expansion of oil and gas industry there is i need to do carrier

development and self employment this to enable the community to directly and indirectly

benefit from this industries that is to say to get direct employment to these (oil and gas)

industries or to get market for there (self -employed) products if the people around are self

employed.

Session plan and narrative

The community action day was organised into different sessions and different events took

place , to begin with the activity started at 2:00pm due to the delay of the audience who were

taking their lunch at the moment the event was scheduled to commence at 1:00pm. It started

with the Mundu arts giving out there first entertainment this was mainly for the purpose of

drawing the attention of audience to come close to the area of the event in order to start the

day activities.

Figure 1.1 Mundu artist presenting first item

After the Mundu arts entertainment students visited different tables for consultation and

short training on cv writing, interview skills, self employment skills business plan and how

to write the official letters not to forget the English speaking tips. There were basically three

tables, the first one dealt with business plan and self-employment, the students were given

skills on how they can become successful entrepreneurs without concentrating on looking for

white collar jobs which take to long to get also they were provided with the tips on how to

write a business plan . Sample business plan was written at the moment and later they were

distributed with a sample copy of a business plan

Figure 1.2 Matt Devy attending to the first VETA student on business plan

The second table comprised of CV writing and official latter writing, the students were led

through the session of writing CV and official letters and the reasons were given out of the

importance of each also the students were given copies of sample cv and official letters so

that they can have their reference as they practice at their own time.

Figure 1.3 Joselin attending to a group of VETA students on CV writing

The third table comprised of English speaking skills and interview skills, the English team

introduced the first VETA news later and one student from the English team gave out a

motivational skills to his fellow students not to feel shy when it comes to English speaking

and writing and should not shy away when they make mistakes also lessons were given on

the prefix ‘un’. tips on going to interview was also given at this point where the students

learnt on how to go for an interview if they are called upon after which there was a mock

interview presented on bad and god interviews preformed by both ukvs and incvs at different

times .

Figure 1.4 a group of students visiting both English and interview tables at different times.

The Mundu group gave out their second presentation then PECAW group introduced

themselves and talked to students on the after school realities, short brief story on how and

why they started their enterprise, who sponsors them and also they welcome those who after

graduating who are interested to join PECAW.

Figure 1.5 Mundu arts presenting their last item

There were session of prize giving where questions were asked and those who answered

correctly were given this comprised of both pens and exercise books which will enable them

to have more practice in English learning

Figure 1.6 Volunteers performing a dance

Evaluation and feedback

The short training on carrier development an self employment acted as an eye opener to most

of the students who gave the immediate response I quote ‘this is very good news more that

on the business plan sir may I have appointment with you to learn into details’ end of quote.-

*ukvs- united kingdom volunteers

*incv- incounry volunteer

*PECAW- plumbing electricity carpentry and welding