The Department of Youth Services is hosting a 6 week training program at the Yabra Community Center where they are teaching young men and women in the community a set of different crafts like sewing, cosmetics, expressive arts, barbering and information technology. All this with the ultimate aim of making them more financially independent. Communications Officer for the Department of Youth Services Renata Samuels told us more about the cosmetics aspect of the summer program.
The police department also chipped in to support the program. They donated sewing machines and provided a teacher. It's not every time you see a man in uniform get behind a sewing machine but today Central Regional Commander ACP Robert Mariano displayed his masterful skills in the art of tailoring. He told us more about the program and how he became acquainted with a sewing machine in the first place.
The summer program is part of the Department of Youth Service's ongoing efforts to equip the younger population, particularly those living in vulnerable communities, with a set of skills in which they can invest their energies while at the same time paving out a path towards financial independence.
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