ATC Project

Training and mentorship for Teenagers and school-going children on agri-business and entrepreneurship in Luuq District, Somalia is a project funded by Kindermissionwerk through Trocaire and implemented by CERID. The overall goal of the project is to contribute to increased employability for school dropout teenagers in Luuq District. Specifically, the project aims to

• Increase access to employment and business opportunities for the Luuq ATC graduates
• Increase the participation of teenagers in food production, and introduce formal training to teenagers and school going children in Luuq ATC centre
• Increase the capacity of CERID as a local partner in providing high quality and localized development and humanitarian services and good to vulnerable children in Gedo

The project targets out of school teenagers’ (both boys and girls) to be enrolled as regular trainees and specific targets seasons for school going children. The training is conducted at Luuq Agricultural training centre under Sayed Mohamed technical education college SaMTEC campus in Luuq