Our Programmes

07. Our Programme Highlights:

a. ISEDEP 4 Zongos - (Current Proposed Programme)

A scholarship community based ICT skill development and business mentorship programme designed to give self- employable skills to youths in deprived areas with special focus on the youths from Zongo communities nationwide. (A six - month programme) 

b. The Street Kare Initiative Programme (SKIP) - Subsequent

A full Scholarship ICT based Technical/Vocational Programme designed for the deprived and marginalised youths on the street between the ages 15-30 years from rural-urban-slum communities. (Such as orphans, potters, trafficked children, sex workers and homeless youths. Etc.) - (A one to- three year programme)

c. The Genius Programme (BBN) - Subsequent

An ICT based technical/vocational programme designed for brilliant but needy children of farmers and fisher-folks from poor rural-urban communities whose parent cannot afford tertiary education. (A three-year programme)

d. The Prisons Entrepreneurship Programme (PEP) – Subsequent

The PEP is a full scholarship ICT based entrepreneurial skills training programme, purposely designed for inmates and ex-cons to help create a sustainable model that will provide life-transforming opportunities to people with criminal histories in our prisons in every community in Ghana. To do more than just land them a job, but to leverage their skills and talents and personally transform their lives to create profitable enterprises that will sustain them and their families over time.  This scholarship programme is offered to all prisoners except those prisoners convicted of rape and murder charges. (A one -year programme)

Our Advocacy, Research and Training Programmes

e. Youth Entreprise Development Programme (YEDEP)

We’re addressing the problem of a global skill gap by preparing young people to succeed in the jobs employers are seeking to fulfil and help train young entrepreneurs set up and own entreprise and succeed in job creation of jobs ventures. As we support young people on the path to employment and economic independence with ICT based entrepreneurial skills training, we’re seeking to ensure that the kind of positive change we’re bringing on board is sustainable and will bring continuous benefit to the individual.  Our focus is on maximizing the impact of ICT education on employment through partnerships and building our corporate and social partners’ capacity to deliver youth-friendly employability services.

                 

f. Youth Leadership Skills Development Programme (YOLSDEP)

The Leaders Talk Programme is a professional development programme designed with young leaders in mind. The program helps young leaders think critically for themselves about who they are as individuals and what issues they care about as leaders in the world.

Our objective is to produce more inspired, motivated and aware leaders who are now even more confident to pursue their personal and national service goals. The mission of this programme is to enlighten, encourage and empower youths by providing leadership training that will promote and enhance the quality of life for themselves, their communities and our world. Our work is based on the notion that young people have the capacity to become leaders in their chosen field of endeavor if given the exposure to concepts of leadership and the opportunity to demonstrate their skills through positive social action. Young people have been at the core of every social movement in history and through this leadership talk we hope to identify the next generation of social change leaders. The programme touches on issues like personal leadership, relationships, career and politics.

g. Youth Research and Advocacy                                                                                       

We do the following

·         We conduct research in all areas of youth activities.

·         monitor and responds to government policies and proposals affecting young people

·         promotes and advocates on issues affecting young people and youth services

·         bring young people and youth workers together to act on issues affecting them

·         works to raise a positive profile of young people in the media and in the community

·         provide training, forums and conferences to young people and youth workers

·         produce a range of resources, publications and newsletters.

Our Social Programmes of Recognition

SKI Africa has instituted three special social programmes of recognition. This is an award giving programme to individuals, especially youths who have distinguished themselves exceptionally in various fields of endeavor. This is to give recognition to hardwork and excellence across Africa. These awards programmes comes with financial benefits purposely meant for a humanitarian project

i.                    The Legends Legacy

ii.                  The Most Outstanding Innovation of the Year

iii.                A Day with “ The Woman of Distinct Achievement”

Our Training Methods

Professionals, including academics and technical specialists, play critical role in the development and implementation of the foundation’s programmes. Noteworthy, professionals played central role in the development of the project curriculum, teaching / learning materials and implementation strategies as well as in monitoring and evaluating the entire project. This cooperation helps to strengthen the capacity of the foundation in the implementation of its programmes.

In order to effectively equip learners with sustainable practical technical skills, the training of learners under the programme will be done primarily through the use of participatory methods (i.e. action-based). All learners will be placed under the mentorship of instructors by three major approaches: ‘learning by doing, learning by producing and learning by earning’. Learning by producing and earning is central to the training of youths because most of them have been exposed to earning money at an early age having lived (and continuing to live) in dire conditions, including being homeless or heading households. This also explains most youth’s preference for training in trades that take a short period to complete. The programme instructors will also use the formal instructional method in lesson delivery. Formal instruction – including seminars, group discussions/debates and lectures – is primarily employed to facilitate the integration of other social programmes into the course.

All our courses are Computer-Based Training (CBT) and are delivered through classroom instructor led, video based, interactive methods and hands on training. We will use whiteboard and PowerPoint Presentations using overhead projector for most of the training programmes. Additionally, we will use Video portions that explain sections of the training topic or that present case studies for discussion. At the heart of the curriculum is a business plan, crafted individually by each student and presented in a shark tank format to business financiers. 

                                                                       

Interactive Methods

There are many ways that we use to break up training sessions and keep trainees attentive and involved, some of these include:

Quizzes

For long training hours, we stop periodically to administer brief quizzes on information presented to that point. We also begin sessions with a pre-quiz and let participants know there will also be a follow-up quiz. Trainees will stay engaged in order to improve their pre-quiz scores on the final quiz. These will further motivate participants by offering awards to the highest scorers or the most improved scores. We also use small group discussions, case studies and Q & A sessions.                                                                                                                                               

 Demonstrations

Whenever possible, we bring tools or equipment that are part of the training topic and demonstrate the steps being taught or the processes being adopted.

Hands-On Training

Cross-training: On this method, we allow trainees to experience other skills, which not only enhance trainee skills but also give us the benefit of knowing participants who can perform more than one job or has more than one skill.

Apprenticeship 

Our apprenticeship scheme gives the opportunity to shape inexperienced fresh graduates to fit into existing and prospective jobs vacancies. We combine supervised apprenticeship training on the job with some partner corporate entities in a formal, structured collaboration that can last for three months. This provision will give young graduates of the programme the opportunity to learn the practical aspect of the trade or profession they have studied in the classroom and earn a modest income.

The Rationale behind our Programmes:

Due to the ever increasing poverty levels in our communities, not every household is able to afford tertiary or university education. Due to this phenomena, there have been dramatic increase in the levels of school dropouts at the basic, senior high and the tertiary level. It is in light of this predicament and other socio-economic problems faced by the majority of people from poverty stricken communities that this concept was born. An ICT based technical/vocational training education that offers a practical alternative to traditional degrees. A training that will engage disadvantage and deprived youths through a contextual learning and training, focused on building skills specific to an occupation or career field. Our programmes prepare students for future career successes by providing a blend of technical and conceptual training along-side hands- on –experience training in specific field.