GOLDEN Star (Bogoso/Prestea Mines) Limited has instituted training programme for the youth in its primary stakeholder communities in the Prestea/Huni Valley District in the Western Region.
The programme is to equip the youth with employable skills towards the reduction in the growing number of unemployment and unskilled youth in the communities.
It is also aimed at equipping the trainees with the requisite skills and knowledge for their chosen trade in order to increase their chances on the job market, including self-employment opportunities.
Already, 50 youth from Dumasi have benefited from the first phase of the programme, which was instituted last year.
The beneficiaries of the first phase of the programme, who received basic training in masonry and carpentry, graduated in September, 2009.
With the success and benefits beneficiaries are reaping, the company have seen the need to continue with the programme and has therefore launched its second phase.
Under the second phase, 50 youth from Himan and Prestea, including three young girls, are undergoing a six-month training in masonry, electricals and mobile phone repairs.
The programme is being funded by Golden Star (Bogoso/Prestea Mines) through its community development fund.
At the opening ceremony of the second phase of the programme at Prestea, the General Manager of Golden Star (Bogoso/Prestea), Mr Nigel Tamlyn, said the company would embark on a resettlement programme very soon.
He stated that those who had gone through the training programme were likely to secure jobs during the implementation of the resettlement scheme.
According to him, since many people were using mobile phones, those who would go through mobile phone repairs would get ready and enough jobs.
Mr Tamlyn was not happy that there were only three young girls undergoing the training programme, and said that in future, he would wish to see more girls on the programme.
The District Co-ordinating Director for Prestea/Huni Valley, Alhaji Hardi, stated that the institution of the training programme was a giant step the company had taken to provide employable skills for the unemployed youth in the primary stakeholder communities.
He said without human resource development, no meaningful development could take place.
Alhaji Hardi said human resource development was not done only through formal education, but also through the informal one.
He said the district assembly had set aside some funds to train the youth in the district at various levels and that such a measure was to complement the efforts of the assembly.
The Chief of Bogoso, Nana Kwasi Somprey, commended the mining company for organising the programme for the youth in the area.
He, however, urged the company to continue with such laudable programmes to the benefit of the youth.
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