Lantana College of Hospitality
Lantana College provides comprehensive, innovative training for young women to empower them with knowledge and skills to work in the field of hospitality. The College offers a two-year Professional Certificate in Hospitality Operations, as well as courses in home management and culinary services. Graduates are employment in hotels, restaurants, and other food and hospitality businesses. Many have showcased their talents as small scale hospitality entrepreneurs.
Students of Lantana College come from impoverished families in the villages of Enugu State. Many of these families are farmers and traders with small shops in front of their homes where they sell their farm produce. Students pay minimal fees to attend the college, and the cost of education per student is financed through donations towards scholarships and proceeds from sales of baked items and other products made by the students as part of their occupational training.
Lantana College of Hospitality started operations in 1987, and it moved to its current campus in 2012. The current campus was largely funded by the EU and private donors, but the college is still planning to build an auditorium, computer room, a chapel and meeting rooms. Now that the College has started student admissions for the National Vocational Qualification, an internationally accredited certification program, it will need to fund additional rooms for teachers and supervisors.
Your donation will help many young women acquire the necessary skills to obtain gainful employment or engage in entrepreneurial initiatives.
Testimony
Dorothy
I registered for a Bakery and Confectionery course at Lantana College of Hospitality when I badly needed extra income for my family. I was amazed at the variety of recipes one was exposed to within a very short time. I could hardly wait to try them out. And such was the enthusiasm of all my course mates who were going to take the business of snack-making full time.
I carried out trial sales for one week and the response was tremendous. Lantana has not only solved a financial problem for me but has given me the tools to make life more delightful in my home. No family celebration passes without my presenting a beautiful cake to everyone’s delight. I am earning extra income from the convenience and comfort of my home. I am planning to take more courses in Hospitality Management the school offers so as to be better equipped.
Checks made to American Initiatives for Social Development, memo line: Lantana, may be sent to
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