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About 250 teenage mothers back to school though project
funded by USAID
Suhyen (E/R), March 19, Ghanadot/GNA - About 250 teenage
mothers in the New Juaben Municipality have been given the
opportunity to go back to school or learn a vocation through
a project being funded by USAID.
The beneficiaries drawn from Suhyen, Oyoko, Jumapo,
Effiduase and the Koforidua Zongo are being trained at a
cost of Gh 21,000 cedis.
The project, which is on pilot basis, is being undertaken by
the World Education, a non-governmental organization (NGO)
interested in the education of young girls, in collaboration
with the Ghana Red Cross Society in the Eastern Region.
This came to light during an orientation programme organized
for the beneficiaries at Suhyen on Wednesday.
As part of the project the beneficiaries have been enrolled
in “Susu” banking to qualify them for loans to start their
businesses after the training.
Briefing the GNA Mr Martin Darko, Eastern Regional Director
of the Red Cross, said the beneficiaries included school
drop-outs, Junior and Senior High school leavers who could
not further their education due to childbirth.
He said the 250 young girls were identified through an AIDS
peer education and prevention programme organized in the
communities as part of the empowerment project.
Mr Darko said the project cost would include feeding and
upkeep of the beneficiaries throughout their training.
Mrs Bridget Addey, a lecturer from the Koforidua Nursing
Training School, urged the beneficiaries to utilize the
opportunity to justify the moneys being spent on the
project.
She told them that the only means by which they would have a
secured livelihood was to have professional skills such as
catering, hairdressing and dressmaking.
GNA
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