About us
Morkiswa Community Skilling Organization was founded in 2014 after realizing that the system of education in the country was not training the youth to work for themselves. That the better way to fight poverty is through skills training of the youth and vulnerable Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW).
MCSO, found in Eastern Uganda bordering Kenya, offers relevant technical and vocational training as a clear alternative to fight poverty in the region among the population that survives on subsistence farming, petty businesses, as a result of increased rate of school drop outs – the majority being girl children due to abuse of different kinds by parents, relatives, friends and neighboring families.
We are working tirelessly with the community to promote agricultural activities through training the youth and AGYW, provision of seeds and pesticide. We encourage the farmers to form cooperatives in order to increase production, widen the market size and subsequent increase in household incomes. Being the backbone of the economy, improved agricultural production plays a very positive role in reducing poverty.
In the process of providing technical and vocational training, we actually address the problems of skills gap caused by the education system that does not directly train the youth and AGYW for employment.
In as much as AGYW fall in the category of those we train for employment, we, in a special way mobilize and support them (the AGYW) in key areas of their lives, include sexual abuse, disease control and overall reproductive health issues. In this area we counsel, teach, test, … with the health Reproductive Health Uganda and The Aids Support Organization. We also provide vocational training to them to enable them earn a living for themselves, to reduce of vulnerability due to poverty that results from lack of employable skills.
Why MCSO is what it is
Overall, the country is facing a lot of challenges due to unskilled youth who contribute to high rate of criminal activities and become social and economic threat. It has also resulted into irresponsible parenthood. The failure to match the skills needed in the economy creates a gap in human capital which is critical for economic and social transformation. Youth unemployment has remained critical to Uganda’s development and is poised to remain critical even for the future.
Primary school attendance in this country is free and it is the most widely attended section in the education sector. Secondary school however has the highest number of school dropouts and these are mostly girls who get pregnant before the age of 18 years and married off. The futures of the girls who get pregnant and get married under age are usually destroyed unless we reach out to them with vocational skills. Otherwise they end up nowhere - no self-worth – due to lack of enough resources to manage this natural problem.
Management team
Is composed of:
The Directors who are also Founders,
The Board Members consist of the Chair Person, Secretary, Treasurer and Committee Members,
The Principal, the instructors, the laboratory assistants, the school bursar, support staff and others,
Stichting Morkiswa Nederland: boardmembers
F. Wevers - chairman,
E. Kleipool - secretary,
Jos van der Werff - treasurer
Our mission:
Don’t wait for your future, work on it. Today!
