The Zambia Virtual School is a partnership project between the Personal Learning Center
International, LLC of the state of Illinois in the United States, and Youth Skills for Development, a Youth Led, not for Profit organization registered in accordance with The Societies, Act of the Republic of Zambia, authorization No. 014259 in Zambia with the Secretariat in Kitwe.
Zambian students may now register for any
of the courses listed below, free of charge, to be offered through their local telecentres in Zambia. For more information on which telecentres are available, please contact Mr. Wandila Simon at simonwgreg@gmail.com.
Students who are already proficient in English may also register for any courses offered by PLC/i, by emailing dianamuir@plc.edu for permission and instructions.
The
Personal Learning Center, International offers American High School Diploma courses, an International Diploma Program, and career-technical courses in more than 50 career fields. For additional information about PLC/i courses, please visit http://www.plci.us/.
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Mission Statement and Objectives
YS4D's Motto: Self-sustainability is key to development.
Vision : To have
communities of empowered self-sustainable youths and citizens. Mission
Statement:
Youth Skills for Development seeks to empower the
youths, underprivileged and citizens from all walks of life in
the communities, improve the high levels of unemployment,
poverty, HIV/AIDS , gender inequality and improve the provision of education
, vocational training opportunities and supporting
self-sustainability, self-reliance. To Learn More About Our Services and Programs:
1. Provide skills
training opportunities in order to empower unskilled youths and citizens with
income generating skills.
2. Provide small business funds and business
training to youths in order to reduce unemployment and buy self-reliance
an self-sustainability.
3. Conduct research work and basic needs
assessment of youths and underprivileged in order to gather information that
help address the problems and put up plans to improve the welfare of the
targe beneficiaries.
4. Provide information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs) for Development, and cross skills in cross cutting
subjects in social, civil matters, and business/Entrepreneurship, so as to
have youths and the Community who are well informed and with skills
for sustainable social and economic development.
Courses Offered (Free of charge)
Entrepreneurship
and Small Business Management
Basic Accounting 1 and 2
Personal Finance
Managerial Accounting
Marketing Essentials
Computer Science
Programming 1 – Visual Basic .Net (VB.NET)
Programming II – Java
Flash Animation CS3
Web Design
Agri Business
Sustainable LandscapeDesign
Intro to Floriculture
Automotive Technology1and 2
Motorcycle Technology
Technology of Machines
Driver's Education
Journalism
Office Management
Nursing Skills 1,2 and 3
Basic Pharmacology
Medical Assisting 1 and 2
Paramedic Essentials
Psychology
Macroeconomics
Our Director and Contact Information
Wandila
Simon Kamukwape
A
Co-Founder and Programmes Coordinator of YouthSkills for Development ; a Youth Led Not for Profit organization
registered in accordance with The Societies’ Act of the Republic of Zambia
,authorization No. 014259 in Zambia with the Secretariat in Kitwe. Youth Skills for
Development seeks to empower the youths, underprivileged and citizens from all
walks of life in the communities, improve the high levels of unemployment,
poverty, HIV/AIDS , gender inequality and improve the provision of education ,
vocational training opportunities and supporting self-sustainability,
self-reliance.
He
is a dedicated and experienced youth leader, with more than a year of youth
leadership. A self motivated, team player, committed, problem solver, and
Information and Communication Technologies enthusiast. He is an experienced
Volunteer, and Information Technology professional and a social worker by
nature. He has served as a Volunteer Instructor in skills development,
particularly Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for children and
adults. He is a youth activist contributing to several issues including
HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention promotion, fight for gender equality,
increasing equal and quality education opportunities, skills and career
development, individual and community self-sustainability promotion,
Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) awareness
and use, and many other issues in the community.
Mr.Wandila
has served mostly in Non Profit setups. He was the Sales Executive with Zambia
State Insurance Corporation (ZSIC) , Technician and Local Area Network
Administrator for a Local Company , Partnered with a local Business Foundation
and Consultancy Company in ICTs Consultancy and Onsite ICTs Trainingto local schools ,corporate and individual clients ,Computer
Literacy Program Instructor / Coordinator with a local community school ,Action Partner and Volunteer Staff/
Instructor with Voice of the Youth Project Zambia in a Community Capacity
Building Project, a project aimed at supplementing the government’s efforts in
achieving the Education For All (EFA) goals , later engaged as the Education Programme
Officer for the same organization. Besides this, he has for more than 3 years been
involved in community youth leadership. He is a member of organizations
including the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Global Youth Action Network,
Telecentre.org, TakingITglobal, Model African Union.
Wandila Simon
He
believes that it is a fight for all not leaving man or woman, boy or girl
behind to promote equal and quality education for all. There is enough
potential in every person’s mind that if accurately applied in collectively, we
would create a better tomorrow and make this World a better place to live in. When
this grace penetrates and conquers the inner World from which intelligence
spring, it appears in its full power. This power of grace can act as a bridge
for people from all walks of life to cross from poverty to self-sustainability
and self-reliance. Labour in its crudest form is the only available resource
that the poor have, and adding value to it would be the only way out of poverty
.The worst form of poverty is lack of access to information. With access to
information an individual and the community are on the right path in the
struggle for equality in human rights, and equal and quality education. ICTs
play a vital role as a catalyst in the attainment of this goal.
“I
would rather act on my feelings than reflect on my feelings. I have no riches
to give to the World, Yet I pledge to dedicate my Life , my time , my skills,
my knowledge, all that I have , all that Iam and all that I do. I wish to unite
my life , my hands , my knowledge with all to makethis Worldan equal andbetter place to live
in , making a better and equal tomorrow.” Wandila Simon Kamukwape