The fourth maiden graduation and exhibition has been held for 31 Ladies at the Our Lady of Mercy community services in Navrongo, the Upper East Region.
It was under the theme “Empowering the Youth
with skills and Education toward eradicating force and child marriages in
northern Ghana”, with sponsorship from DFID, DANIDA and the European Union
through Star Ghana.
The aim of the project is to trained
the teaming unemployed youth with various skills to face life on their own. Out
of the 31, 19 graduated in dressmaking and were given sewing machines, 8 in
beads and 4 in batik, tie and dye.
Each of them received an undisclosed
amount of money for a start up in their various locations.
The 31 grandaunts bring the number of
beneficiaries trained in employable skills alone to four hundred and One 401.
In his welcome address, the Director
of the Our Lady of Mercy Community Services Mr. Emmanuel Atiiga said, since the
inception of the organization, their focus has been on skills training which
leads to job creation and increase in productivity, looking into the future.
He indicated that over six hundred
and seventy 670 beneficiaries have passed through their Institution, made up of
employable skills and ICT.
Mr. Atiiga disclosed that they have
expanded their activities to include radio programmes in partnership with
Nabiina Community Radio, women rights education and natural resource
management.
He added that three counseling center
have also been establish at Navrongo, Paga and Sirigu to provide counseling
services to adolescent and their parents.
He was grateful to their Austrian
partners and the family of Machanek who supported his organization to put up a
center for their work.
Some of the grandaunts expressed
their joy for the opportunity offered them saying with start up, they will take
control of their lives.
GBC
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