00:00In the Central African Republic, the UN-backed Community Violence Reduction Programme is transforming lives.
00:07Mbimbo, Risen Zambé, a man living with a disability, gained tailoring skills through the programme in 2023.
00:15Now running his own workshop, he employs five apprentices and is helping train vulnerable people in his community.
00:23Mbimbo, Risen Zambé, I'm happy because people don't often give consideration to people with disabilities.
00:36Disabled people are often seen as beggars, but thanks to the CVR programme, I received training and tailoring and now
00:43I earn a good living.
00:44I no longer see myself as disabled.
00:50I encourage young people like me to come to me so I can pass on this knowledge and ensure the
00:56continuity of what I learned.
01:04Anastasi Ogla-Bernoungé trained under Fabrice Zambé and has since opened her own tailoring workshop.
01:15I met Brice and he told me that the CVR programme had trained him and that he also wanted to
01:21train others.
01:22That is how I accepted the training, followed by practical internship experience.
01:27Today I have become a tailor, I have my own workshop and I make clothes.
01:31MNUSCA's Community Violence Reduction Programme is helping bring stability to the Central African Republic
01:37by giving former fighters and vulnerable young people practical job skills and a real chance to rebuild their futures.
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