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The Village

Klint Ostermann • Aug 10, 2016

We have been operating  a demonstration farming project on 22 acres in Mayuge District that is used to equip Ugandans with job and business skills using biblically-based curriculum that incorporates discipleship. We are now beginning to offer the same type of training in the urban environment as an extension of the farm project. We are calling this project “The Village”. It will be a work training center to equip and empower unemployed youth so that they can find gainful employment. The goal of the project is to put well-trained, Spirit-filled, discipled people into the workplace.

This project will include a Work 4 A Living training center that will provide workforce training to address issues many employers find with employees including:  poverty mindset, entitlement, dependency, lack of excellence, lack of moral values, and lack of self-governance. Students learn to be efficient, ethical, and professional. Graduates of the program leave equipped to be respectful, have effective communication, have good time management, understand the employer’s perspective, have biblical values and business ethics, and take ownership of their work and career.

The Village Project will include a professional, non-profit job placement agency geared towards placing the best graduates from the Work 4 A Living center in the workforce.

Students can pursue additional training specific to the employment they are seeking including:  business management, computers, cashier, merchandising, and office administration. There are also schools of excellence that the best students can be invited to attend. The schools of excellence include:  a service and hospitality school called SERV, an artisan baking program called Grain Baking Academy, and a barista program called Red Band Barista Academy.

The Village Project seeks to open a center in Jinja, Uganda that will house businesses such as a coffee shop, bakery, farmer’s market, farm-to-table restaurant, guest house, laundry, print shop, and tour and travel company. These businesses will the pinnacle of excellence in every way and will allow students to get practical training in the highest standards.

The businesses will also be linked to non-profit organizations serving in the Jinja area so the profits of the businesses will be reinvested in the community. A board will be put together to determine the organizations that will benefit from the profits of The Village Project to ensure the money is having the most impact on the community.

A complex of buildings has been identified that can house The Village Project on a corner lot near the heart of Jinja town. The project will be completed in phases over several years. The first phase will be purchasing the building complex and opening the Work 4 A Living center and job center. The total cost of the first phase will be $350,000.

Check out our video and our website at www.thevillageuganda.com.  This is a huge project and we will need lots of help to get this off the ground so please be in prayer about how you can help. Thank you!

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