Training vulnerable women as mechanics

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been a

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mechanic for 32 years and I've been

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running my own garage for 22 years now

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so that is the way it works the leading

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mechanic initiative is working with the

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vulnerable group

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they has commercial sex workers the

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school dropouts married women wants to

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acquire skill they are like there's no

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more hope in my life I said to them you

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know what you have got a lot of hope I'm

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going to help you build that hope I mean

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I here she has five children and she's a

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mechanic amazing

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because they are vulnerables they don't

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have money they are from poor background

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so they don't pay to learn and we do all

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this from the founders funders pay their

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stipends pay for their lecture overall

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and my training is just free of charge

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you want to be able to help other women

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as well now we've been able to empower

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graduated by thousand female mechanics

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in Nigeria in five states

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I mean the first female mechanic in

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Nigeria is not a Bed of Roses may have

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been there from generation to generation

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fixing cars when I came in it was like

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excuse me are you okay or you need to

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see a doctor but no I knew what I was

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doing but