IROTO SCHOOL OF HOTEL AND CATERING
Providing skills for young girls in rural Nigeria
Iroto School of Hotel and Catering started in 2005 to offer hospitality training to young girls from the rural community of Iroto and its surrounding areas. Before Iroto School opened, most women from these areas were unemployed due to lack technical skills. Training beyond secondary school was unaffordable for their families, so young women were more likely to marry young or join the growing population of the unemployed. Now, those women qualify for jobs and can independently improve their living conditions.
Iroto School offers a two year certificate program in Hotel and Catering. It also serves as a training center for those working toward the National Vocational Qualification, an internationally recognized certificate. Apart from their academic work, the students are actively engaged in community development outreach, enhancing the social impact of the school in the surrounding villages.
To accommodate the increasing demand for admission, the school recently embarked on a facilities expansion program. More residential rooms, classrooms, a computer room and workshops are under construction, and Iroto School is raising money for necessary furniture and equipment, which will cost an estimated $240,000 (N84,000,000.00).
Your generous donation will help Iroto School sustain its growing population of students and keep our commitment to our mission of providing professional skills to young women.
Testimony
Adeola Adetayo Balikis
“It seems like a dream, that very day I was given an admission letter into this great citadel of learning; Iroto School of Hotel and Catering. The expectations were so high that I had no choice but to live up to them. With Iroto School I have realized that becoming a professional demands hard work and I am grateful for the training offered; it is worthwhile. I learnt to focus on positive information and to make good decisions. In my departmental work, I have learnt how to cook, garnish, wash and handle all kinds of materials that involves my profession.”
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