Turkey in Africa: Humanity at work

Souleiman is a Darfuri young man. Lacking any skills, he was mostly unemployed. In 2013, he learnt about the vocational training centre in Khartoum, established by the Turkish Co-operation and Coordination Agency (TIKA). After attending a climatisation course for six months, he now makes a living for himself. He is one of over 1,500 young men who received vocational training at the Tika centre.

Chagina, widowed with three children, had to take over from her late husband the business of selling fish in Kisumu County. Lacking the means to pay for the fish, her family had a scanty livelihood. Later, she participated in a Tika project of  - Empowerment of Fisher-women in Lake Victoria - through which Tika delivered 15 boats, employing 45 local women in fishing. Chagina now supports her kids and has become an alternative wholesaler for other women, who buy fish to sell in the local markets.