NAWCED Empowers Women, Orphans Towards Financial Independence

 

By SHING TIMOTHY

The Limbe based Ngore Africa Centre for Women Empowerment and Development, NAWCED has officially kick started a one month training of women, young girls and orphans with the goal to empower them with life changing skills.

The goal of the training according to the CEO, Abunaw Olive was to empower women with skills to stay independent.“This is training for development, because most women in Cameroon are abused because they don’t have the means to support themselves. So this training is to help women with basic skills so that they can empower themselves to gain financial freedom. We are giving the women skills on how to grow their businesses since most of them are small business owners”.

The one month training started on the Wednesday 19 January and will finish on the 19 February 2021,at the head office of NAWCED in Limbe. The training brings together dozens of women and girls including orphans, small business owners as well as some professional seamstresses.

 We want to target a minimum of 20 women, so we can be able to monitor and follow them up after the training. We will raise funds and establish them after this training, by giving them raw materials to launch their own lines of business.

The beneficiaries of the free skill empowerment training will enable trainees gain skills in making accessories made with ‘ankara’, rapper material and African print. Thus they will be able to make earrings, bangles, shoes, bags. “We will give them more vital skills to empower them. We will teach them to use local materials to bring things that can empower them while promoting our beautiful African culture”. Stressed Abunaw Olive

The one month training according to the lead trainer Wirsiy Juliette will focus on the business angle of the trade since most of the trainees need help. Starting a business with skills according to her is cost effective.

“I want to encourage women because this is a business that you can start with a very small capital. The women after the training can hardly be destitute if they put the skills learnt into practice. This isbecause when women are happy the country is happy. I am teaching them from a business perspective, that is they should take it like a trade. This is a business that I depend on”. Insisted Wirsiy Juliette lead trainer.

According to Rita Ebane Mukete one of the trainees, the training will enable her diversify her sources of income. “They are training us to be able to make earrings, bangles, bags shoes and other African wears using local materials. I want to thank our trainers because these skills will help me diversify my source of income. This will enable me not to have just one source of income while also assisting others”.

While Sakwe Glory and Arrey Mariana expressed their hope to use the skills acquired to make some money, while helping others. “I have learnt a lot here like to make bangles, shoes and other skills here that will hopefully help me to make money and help myself. I came here to learn skills that will enable me help me and other people around me. With the skills I will like to start my own business line on this product” respectively

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