Housing Finance has partnered with Alibhai Shariff and Sons Limited to establish a centre for training Jua Kali artisans to improve their skills.
According to Housing Finance Foundation, Executive Director Ms Winnie Imanyara the training centre will train 250 artisans by August this year,.
Alibhai Shariff will host the institution that will benefit painters, carpenters, construction workers, welders and others in the building and construction industry.
The academy, which will act as a centre of excellence, will recruit instructors drawn from various institutions across the country who will go through skill enhancement that is designed to help them transfer these skills to other local artisans.
Imanyara says a group of six technical instructors have travelled to Dubai for training at the DeWalt center.
The training is being facilitated by Alibhai Sharif alongside their international partner and hardware manufacturer StanleyBlack&Decker.
Housing Finance Foundation is currently running a Vision 2030 project that aims to train one million artisans.
In the initial phases, the centre will run programs that are designed specifically to enhance the skills of practicing artisans.
AUTHOR:BEN GUMO