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Ouganda
Grace John Oreyo is from Agojo refugee
settlement in Adjumani district. She is a proud hair dresser who was initially
a quarry worker.
Quarry workers extract stone, sand or other minerals from the
earth’s surface. As a quarry worker, Grace John used to work long hours for
meagre. When she heard about a training in hairdressing, it was like a dream
come truw for her because she had on several occasions tried to learn plaiting
hair on her own but had failed. So when the opportunity of training came her
way, she embraced it and trained for 7 months.
After the training, she worked
as an intern at a salon in Adjumani town, where she was able to enhance her
skills. Now, Grace John is very good at plaiting hair and she is making a
living out of it.
“I have learnt skills like locking hair,
which is a hairstyle that is on demand and pays well. I am now able to support
myself financially”
Grace John is grateful for the opportunity
to train but is aware that many more youths have not been as lucky as her. They
are still wallowing in poverty, the way she was. She therefore urges aid
organizations to come up with similar initiatives so that more youth can be
empowered. Her message to the youth is that they should not give up on their
lives but should be vigilant and apply for trainings when they are advertised
so that they can acquire skills that can get them out of poverty.
She named her business ‘Blessing beauty
salon’ because she believes it is a blessing from God. “Of all the people who
applied for the training, it was a blessing that I was selected to train. I am very grateful to God for the opportunity”.
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