{"id":1344,"date":"2021-04-23T07:11:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T07:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncpwd.go.ke\/?page_id=1344"},"modified":"2021-05-30T22:00:33","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T19:00:33","slug":"tools-of-trade","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ncpwd.go.ke\/tools-of-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools of Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1344\" class=\"elementor elementor-1344\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c0642c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c0642c3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce637b7\" data-id=\"ce637b7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-568cc37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"568cc37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tools of Trade<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15e24b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15e24b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tools of Trade empowerment programme for youth with disabilities is an initiative programme that seeks to provide beneficiaries with employment and wealth creation opportunities in selected sectors such as catering, automotive engineering, agriculture, beauty, and domestic services. This is achieved through the provision of start-up tool kits to start their own businesses.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main objective of this programme is to get technically skilled PWDs into self-employment. This is as a result of challenges they face when trying to put into practice their acquired vocational trade skills into gainful employment due to either a lack of initial capital and the equipment to do the work or that getting employment is very difficult. The Tools of Trade programme is purposed to address this problem in the last two years the Council provided<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 751 Persons with disabilities with assorted tools of trade in their areas of expertise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Requirements to apply for a Tool of trade;<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A dully filled ToT application form<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trade test certificate\/ Vocational training certificate\/ Letter of recommendation for apprenticeship.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copy of applicant\u2019s disability registration card<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copy of applicant\u2019s national identity card.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d50832 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8d50832\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xs elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjI4MzciLCJ0b2dnbGUiOmZhbHNlfQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Apply now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-052585b elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"052585b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xs elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/ncpwd.go.ke\/services\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">See other applications<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tools of Trade The Tools of Trade empowerment programme for youth with disabilities is an initiative programme that seeks to provide beneficiaries with employment and wealth creation opportunities in selected sectors such as catering, automotive engineering, agriculture, beauty, and domestic services. 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