Bridging the developmental gap... Making a great difference.
WhatsApp us: +233209425179
Mission 3
Women Empowerment
“ If you educate a man, you educate one person but if you educate a woman, you educate the nation.”
Background
There are scores of young women in rural communities who could not pursue formal education or have dropped out of school due to lack of financial support, poverty, teenage pregnancy, cultural beliefs and physical disabilities, HIV/AIDS infections amongst others. Some on the other hand finished their basic education and wished to learn a trade or vocation but could not enrol due to the cost involved.
Majority of these young women end up in early marriages with no sustainable job making their lives difficult due to abuse and neglect from their husbands and families and are therefore left alone to care for themselves and their children. With no employable skills and lack of family support, these young women end up either in sex trade, slaves to other families, migrate to the cities to sell in the streets which exposes them to danger and or even commit suicide. This results to child mortality, death, contraction of sexually transmitted diseases hence the deepening of poverty.
In our commitment to championing the United Nations goal number 1, 5, 8, 10 and in our quest to bring sustainable change in the lives of these women, The Apprenticeship and Production Programme was designed. The Apprenticeship and Production Programme is a twin project that is aim to train women in income generating skills and offer descent employment in sustainable fashion and dressmaking venture.
Women Empowerment Programmes
Take advantage of our free volunteer placement and join us empower girls and women today!
The Production Programme
The Production programme is the twin of the Apprenticeship Programme. Here, the young women who successfully graduate from the Apprenticeship programme are engaged to sew for the purposes of generating income and job creation. This is a social enterprise model of which orders and contracts are received from both local and international organizations, government and private institutions and individuals. Cost of products and services are moderate in order to cater for all classes of people.
Some of the work they shall be doing at the Production centre will include sewing of women and men attires, boys and girls attires, babies dresses, office wears, belts, bags, kitchen table cloth and room covers, curtains, shoes etc. There shall also be embroidery and design of shirts. Anything wearable is produce at the centre. Quality and timely delivery of orders will be our hallmark.
Profits realized at the Production centre will be used to pay salaries, for maintenance and for the replication of the Apprenticeship and Production Programme in other districts in Ghana and Togo.
“A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.” Diane Mariechild.
The Apprentices (January 2024 to December 2024). Click on the picture to learn more about their background.
The Apprentices (January 2023 to December 2023 ). Click on the picture to learn more about their background.
The Apprentices (January 2022 to December 2022 ). Click on the picture to learn more about their background.
The Apprentices (September 2020 to August 2021). Click on the picture to learn more about their background.
Location
The Apprenticeship Programme and The Production Programme is currently operational based in the Ho West District and Ho Municipal all in the Volta Region of Ghana. The project shall further be extended to Oti and Northern part of Ghana in the short term and the republic of Togo in the long term.
Target Group
The programme is open to women between the ages of 18 to 45.
Selection Procedure
Selection of apprentices for the Apprenticeship programme is done at the end of the calendar year and is open to all interested applicants. The women are selected based on the following criteria; poverty, economic standing, cultural issues, domestically abused issues, school dropped out, teen mothers and physically disable issues.
Programme Duration
Training at the Apprenticeship centre starts in January and ends in December every year.
Certification
The apprentices will be sponsored to write National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) examination to enable them acquire the requisite certificate to work in both government and private institutions.
Impact
The programme in the short and long run aims to offer opportunities to young women to acquire employable skills free of charge to enable them work in order to earn an income to become economically and socially stable, to be able to feed and care for themselves, families, and contribute to the overall development of their communities hence breaking the cycle of poverty.
The centres will also offer local job opportunities in office management, securities, carpenters, masons and electricians. This will directly put food on the table and create family and community development.
