Koforidua Zongo ladies receive make-up training
The Ghana Enterprise Agency (GEA) in collaboration with the Samira Empowerment and Humanitarian Project has taken 40 young ladies in Koforidua Zongo through vocational training.
The five-day programme witnessed the participants imparted with skills in make-ups.
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The beneficiaries after the training were given two certificates, one each from GEA and the Samira Empowerment and Humanitarian Project run by the Office of the wife of the Vice-President, Mrs Samira Bawumia.
Addressing the beneficiaries at Koforidua Zongo, the Aide to Mrs Bawumia, Madam Zela Amsat Osman, said the initiative was to equip the participants to generate income to improve their livelihood.
Unworthy activities
According to her, it was also meant to occupy the young ladies so that they would not engage in unworthy activities to become pregnant.
Madam Osman said it was in that direction that Mrs Bawumia had directed them to penetrate the communities in Zongos and others to train young females to be on their own.
Vocational training
So far, she indicated about 1,700 young ladies had been given vocational training and that more would follow this year in various communities across the country.
"We have already been to East Gonja District and have trained 400 last year and more are to follow", Madam Osman stated.
Apart from the training, the Aide to the Second Lady said Mrs Bawumia personally distributed over 7,000 children’s beds to expectant mothers as a way of reducing maternal mortality.
The aide was hopeful that the beneficiaries would be able to open their own shops to generate income to better their future.
Entrepreneurship
The Eastern Regional Director of the GEA, Mr Isaac Nimako, who was happy about the training said the only way the unemployment situation could be addressed in the country in the long term was through entrepreneurship.
According to him, it was not true that people who were employed in the formal sector were more than those employed in the informal sector, stressing that "we need to continue to provide vocational training to further improve the skills of the young generation.”
Premarital sex
He urged the beneficiaries to take the make-up business seriously and desist from premarital sex, which could jeopardize their future.
One of the beneficiaries, Mrs Nasiru Hajara, expressed her appreciation to Mrs Bawumia and GEA for the gesture.
She assured the donors that they would use the start-up kits given to them to operate their business but not to use them for mere decorations.
Another beneficiary, Miss Hajara Ibrahim Sakite, said although they acquired so much knowledge and skills within the five-day period, extending it to some months would be more appropriate.