Christine and John visited Tanzania in June, and amongst many delights met up with three young men who had lived at Mayega Children’s Centre, and then went to college through our Moving-on programme. They have taken very different career paths.
Lukondia has had two recent contracts in construction, and in the last job he was a health and safety officer.
His catchphrase was always, ‘I’m very serious’! Not a bad characteristic in health and safety. He has submitted numerous
Then we met Hassan at his work. He and his team were putting in a ceiling in a house in the final stages of construction. His leadership qualities were evident at Mayega, in college, where he was student president, and now as the team leader. The quality of their work is widely known and they have been employed as far a field as Dar es Salaam.
Finally there was Joffrey. A very familiar face as he video calls John for football chats! Unfortunately, he doesn’t support the right team. His work is in sales for a large Tanzania telecoms provider. He sells sim cards and phone credit, a business for which there is much competition. Joffrey says Busega Scotland taught him to be hard working and self-reliant.
In the Tanzanian working environment all three of our young men have to be both of these.