First Lady Graduates 70 Women In Skills Training
To them, the skills will go a long way to help them generate income to support themselves and their families.
Seventy (70) women in the Greater Accra Region have graduated in baking and soap making, courtesy the Rebecca and KGL Foundations.
The women were trained as part of the Terema Initiative by the Rebecca Foundation, which seeks to empower women economically by giving them employable skills through training.
They were also given basic financial and business management training.
The beneficiaries were given startup kits like ovens, bags of sugar, margarine, gallons of oil, eggs, gas cylinders, soap making kits, and cash to kick-start their businesses.
Addressing the gathering at the short ceremony in Accra, the First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, commended the beneficiaries for undergoing the training successfully.
According to her, the skills they have acquired will help them gain financial independence.
She, therefore, urged them to take the skills they have acquired seriously and also help to teach others.
Mrs. Akufo-Addo also reiterated her commitment to keep supporting women and children in the country through the Rebecca Foundation and its partners.
Chief Executive Officer of the KGL Foundation, Mr. Elliott Dadey, expressed the foundation’s continued support for the Rebecca Foundation’s Terema Initiative.
According to him, the foundation will continue to empower women economically by providing them with employable skills through training.
The beneficiaries took the opportunity to thank the First Lady for the life-changing skills they have acquired.
To them, the skills will go a long way to help them generate income to support themselves and their families.
Source:Jamila Akweley Okertchiri
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