By Esnath Kalawe

Lilongwe, August 20, Mana: Mentors International Malawi on Friday awarded international certificates to 115 students after successful completion of a 15-week training course in different programmes.

Mentors International Centre of Education and Mentoring (CEM) is a high quality training centre which focuses on the success of its students sponsored by foreign donors, who understand that the only way out of the cycle of poverty is through providing education, and one to one mentoring.

The graduation provided foreign donors a platform to watch the function live via zoom.

Guest speaker, Leinhad Amos, Civil Engineer and Managing Director for XLT Construction Company urged the graduating students to be disciplined and utilize the acquired skills to allow them discover other opportunities.

“This is great motivation to see you graduating today. When you go out there, be committed, grab the opportunities and impress your employers. The skills learnt are highly interactive and will be used throughout your life in career advancement or building your own businesses,” said Amos.

Mentors International Malawi Country Director, Lameck Chisale was glad seeing students graduating after 15 weeks of hard work.

Chisale said it is an inspiration to many hence urged the students to work hard as they embark on altered prospects to be self-reliance.

In an interview with Malawi News Agency (MANA) one of the students, Thokozani Kumwenda, a Microsoft Office Essentials graduate, acknowledged Mentors International for providing the opportunity of high quality education hence assured to utilise the skills to positively contribute towards the development of the nation.

“We thank God for taking us this far. I have acquired great experience with Mentors International. The skills will help us be marketable in grabbing opportunities as we go out there,” said Kumwenda.

Mentors International is a non-profit charitable organization that aims at uplifting the less privileged students from developing countries by providing them with basic education.

Students attained different credentials in Microsoft Office Essentials, English, Keystone as well as Graphics and Designing.