Plan South Sudan on Friday graduated 143 youths after intensive skills development training in Kapoeta South and East Counties.
Leadership, Empowerment, Advocacy and Development or LEAD Project Manager Abugo Charles Guya told Emmanuel Radio in a telephone interview on Thursday that 55 candidates graduated in auto mechanic, 52 in tailoring and 36 in entrepreneurship.
He said the number of ladies was more in tailoring than auto mechanic and entrepreneurship.
Mr Charles added that skills development training lasted five months with one.
He explained that the trainers applied small, medium enterprise and basic skills to empower the youths to earn their living.
The Leadership, Empowerment, Advocacy and Development Project Manager said students were admitted through community mobilization and were tested to identify talents, attitudes and capability of each student before trainings.
Plan South Sudan’s skills development training was supported by UNICEF.