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Ms. Scovia Bbiira is a
passionate Agricultural Officer at Alibagu Company Limited, a farm in Fort
Portal. She graduated as an agricultural scientist from Mountains of the Moon
University but did not find work. When she joined Enabel's Work Readiness Programme (WRP),
Scovia was fortunate to learn practical skills in agriculture.
“Imagine I knew
nothing about how someone handles themselves at work. I was just at home and
had no skill”, she remembers. The WRP turned into her new teacher for
both the soft and hard skills, and Scovia could not wait to throw herself into
work at the farm.
“I had heard of how
to make silage from school, but I had never felt that sweet aroma of the cows”, says the animal lover. “Now I can do things practically. I used to hear about ‘lablab’
(a valuable green manure) and other animal pastures for dairy, and now, I have
had the opportunity to see it all”, notes Scovia elatedly.
She says that she
was fearful and had trouble interacting with people, but now “I can talk easily
with everyone. I have learnt how someone carries themselves professionally. I
thank the Work Readiness Programme”, says a grateful Scovia. Moreover, she is
the only female graduate on the farm. When asked how she felt about it, she
said, “I’m very happy to learn along with the gentlemen because they warmed up
to me and treat me as their sister.”
Scovia is
passionate about chicken farming and wants to start a poultry unit after the
Programme, “I was excited to learn about how a brooder is managed,” says the
cheerful graduate.
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