{"id":438,"date":"2013-10-02T11:18:03","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T10:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/blogs\/english\/?p=438"},"modified":"2013-10-02T11:18:03","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T10:18:03","slug":"youth-entrepreneurs-park-many-hands-make-light-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/youth-entrepreneurs-park-many-hands-make-light-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Entrepreneurs\u2019 Park: many hands make light work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Burundian youth come across many problems related to unemployment and lack of fund. These issues have pushed some Burundian youth to stand together for praiseworthy solutions – By Diane Uwimana<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Emile Uwezowamungu: \u201cMost graduates from Universities do not have access to job easily. Then, we want to put our ideas together and make much effort for creating our own jobs.\u201d\u00a9Iwacu<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/em><\/strong>Citizens\u2019 Will Motivated by the Spirit of Promoting Youth Entrepreneurship Volcan \u2013Jeunesse is a NGO which has set up a project, Youth Entrepreneurs\u2019 Park \u201cPJE\u201d to help youth create their own job and prevent unemployment. \u201cPromoting entrepreneurship to youth is our main worry and objective,\u201d says Emile Uwezowamungu, the Coordinator of the project. He indicates that in the country, the lack of employment is a major challenge encountered by youth. \u201cMost graduates from Universities do not have access to jobs easily. Then, we want to put our ideas together and make much effort for creating our own jobs,\u201d he mentions.
\nUwezowamungu reminds that this network or association began in 2010 with only six students, but today, they are about 25 who got training on business planning at Burundi Business Incubator (BBIN) and in return, they trained some of their fellows. \u201cOut of 25 students, 12 have succeeded to elaborate their business plan,\u201d thanks the Coordinator. \u201cIn our park, we have some activities which are in progress: building, supplying diverse furniture, making audit and accounting in different local companies, business plan, teaching ICT \u2026 We are also thinking about other activities to carry out in our park,\u201d clarifies Uwezowamungu. The park, he mentions, comes to support youth to have a sense or spirit of unity, collaboration and sharing experience among them: \u201cIn less than one year, about 100 jobs have been created.\u201d
\nHowever, even if they put together their ideas and strengths, they face some problems. \u201cThe lack of Financial Assistance remains a big challenge. We try to do our best by working hard but we need support, \u00bb points out Uwezowamungu. According to him, it is not easy to run a company, but together nothing is impossible. \u201cYouth constitute the highest rate of the population in the country. So, it is important and necessary to be united for creating a good generation. Our education system is elaborated for bureaucratic people but not entrepreneurs. If we compete with other EAC neighbours, we often lag behind others,\u201d remarks Uwezowamungu. \u201cVolcan-Jeunesse\u201d wants to extend this project in other provinces particularly in Muyinga and Bururi, in order to wake up the youth\u2019s spirit of entrepreneurship. \u201cYoung Burundian graduates from different Universities and Higher Institutes of the country have many potentialities. If we put them together with a strong spirit of entrepreneurship, we will change the situation and create a new generation without unemployment\u201d, concludes the coordinator of the project.
\nEmile Uwezowamungu is a young graduate from the University of Burundi in the Department of Higher Technology \u201cITS\u201d in the Civil Engineering Section. He created \u201cCASTEC\u201d, a Construction Technical Services Architecture Centre while he was a student in 2009. At present, he employs about 300 workers. Thanks to the BBIN training, he trains others using CASTEC background experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Burundian youth come across many problems related to unemployment and lack of fund. These issues have pushed some Burundian youth to stand together for praiseworthy solutions – By Diane Uwimana Citizens\u2019 Will Motivated by the Spirit of Promoting Youth Entrepreneurship Volcan \u2013Jeunesse is a NGO which has set up a project, Youth Entrepreneurs\u2019 Park \u201cPJE\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[88,113],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}