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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>The U.S. Ambassador to South Sudan Michael J. Adler on Wednesday presented certificates to eight graduates of a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) activity funded through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a statement said.<\/p>\n

This program empowers adolescent girls and young women with income-generating skills\u2014and for those selected through a competitive process, a three-month internship at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Juba.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis public-private partnership highlights the important role of South Sudan\u2019s private sector in building gender equity and providing life-changing opportunities for young women of diverse backgrounds through professional workforce development,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

According to the U.S Embassy, the USAID Adolescents and Children HIV Incidence Reduction, Empowerment and Virus Elimination (ACHIEVE) project that created this training program is part of the U.S. Government\u2019s contributions to the people of South Sudan under PEPFAR, which marks its 20th anniversary this year.<\/p>\n

This USAID project is focused on preventing HIV infections among women and children in South Sudan. Implemented by Jhpiego\u2014an international, non-profit health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University and dedicated to improving the health of women and families\u2014ACHIEVE serves as an umbrella in South Sudan for a complementary PEPFAR initiative\u2014the Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-Free, Mentored and Safe (DREAMS) activity for vulnerable adolescent girls and young women.<\/p>\n

\u201cACHIEVE provides comprehensive HIV prevention and case management services for orphans and vulnerable children, adolescent girls, and young women in Juba, and has provided training and services to more than 4,000 adolescent girls and young women so far, including skills training on tailoring, hairdressing, driving a vehicle, and other income-generating activities, including making sandals, fruit juice, and liquid soap,\u201d the statement said. \u201cACHIEVE also helped improve the clinical outcome for orphans and vulnerable children on antiretroviral therapy viral load suppression in Juba, from less than 50 percent when the activity started in April 2020, to about 84 percent at the end of September 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Radisson Blu Hotel General Manager Dino Urbani, Ambassador Adler presented graduation certificates to eight young women who completed their three-month internship at Radisson Blu Hotel in front desk management, catering, housekeeping, and engineering\/plumbing.<\/p>\n

\u201cMay you all have futures of success and happiness,\u201d Ambassador Adler told the young women during a ceremony at Nakasongola Christ Church in Juba. \u201cMay South Sudan have a happy future of peace and prosperity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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