Foundation moves to give job skills to Muslim women

A multi-purpose vocational centre to train young Muslim women in various job skills to become economically-self-supporting is being built at Kenyasi in the Kwabre-East District.

They would be taught skills in fruit processing, soap and beads making, bakery, dressmaking and embroidery.

The project is being spearheaded by Lean on Me Foundation (LOMEF), a community-based organization.

Mr. Firdaws Ladan, the Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation, said an amount of about US$20,000 had already been pumped into the project.

He said they were targeting the poor and under-privileged young girls to give meaning to their lives and bring happiness to them.

Speaking at a day’s mentorship seminar held for female Muslim senior high school students in Kumasi, he said, his Foundation was determined to do everything it could to lift many women out of poverty.

He stated that the days when Muslim women were “seen as only good for marriage and household chores were effectively over”.

“We must encourage our women to take up more challenging roles in the society”, he said, indicating that, they were capable of being trained to become doctors, engineers, lawyers, and other professionals just like their male counterparts.

Mr. Ladan vowed to continue to inspire and empower them to overcome poverty, deprivation and ignorance.

The Foundation, he leads, had since last year, been distributing educational materials - books, pens, bags and footwear to some needy school pupils and students in the Kumasi metropolis.