Upskill 160 Migrants for Certificates and Jobs

Appreciation to the Donors

Our sincere appreciation to the donors for their contribution which has given us the opportunity to assist refugees/asylum seekers in our community. Your donations enable us to pay our trainers, reimburse our volunteers and provide transport support to some of our service users. Your support helps us to integrate and up-skill our refugees/asylum seekers as well as transition to virtual teaching and learning in the Covid-19 era and post-Covid-19 era.

Comments from Service Users

Yusuf from Somalia  said: It is a joy to have found SD with the opportunity to learn English, Music skills and make friends with people from other countries and backgrounds. Ganani from Iran said: Learning different skills such as English and Sheet Music with other people of different backgrounds is very helpful. Nada from Sudan said: I now have opportunity to meet new people and learn Music which gives me more confident. Winta from Eritrea said: Learning English and Sheet Music from SD has changed my life, I will like to obtain a certificate.  Hassan from Sri Lanka said: SD has given me a chance to improve my skills, learn more and to proceed to College.  Fabrice from Congo DRC said: Learning English with SD has made me to have more friend, feel more confident with better hope for the future. SD as an organisation is able to obtain these interesting individual feedbacks from the beneficiaries because of your generous donations and we are very appreciative. 

Our scheme of work on skills development and service delivery to the people in our community have the potential to improve their social integration, confidence and self-development. Some participants have the prospect to obtain nationally recognised qualifications that would give them better opportunity for jobs, small business development and progression to further education. Social integration, skills development through accredited qualifications and certificates will give our service users better chances in life. Monitoring and evaluation reveal that the activities we deliver enable them to integrate faster and gain skills better in: (i) Functional literacy/numeracy to improve communication; (ii) Music/cultural songs to encourage recreation and social integration. (iii) Mentoring new migrants and referrals to other appropriate organisations. We aim to ensure our service users achieve skills nobody can take away from them. That they receive advocacy and tools to mentor new migrants and contribute positively to the community. Covid-19 epidemic is challenging and forcing us to change the way we operate. We will continue to transition and cope with the challenges, to improve our service delivery safely. We fully recognise your support and we will continue to be appreciative.