Tracer Study for Vocational Skills Training on Safe Housing Construction in Karonga

Abstract

The earthquake in Karonga in 2009, left 1000 families homeless and 2900 displaced due to damage to various degrees to their houses. Following a World Bank assessment it was revealed that most houses did not follow safer construction guidelines. In responding to this natural disaster, several organisation including World Bank, Red Cross and TEVETA, implemented a training program targeting those involved in the construction industry. This study therefore was a follow up of the training. The basic question being answered is, "where is all the training gone?" The study has found that there is a sustainability of training as more people are being trained after the formally arranged training and also the majority of those trained are still practicing what they were taught. However income distribution has been affected which is a latent outcome of the project. The study has therefore recommended a re-look into entrepreneurship taught during the training.