NORSAAC equips girls after training

NORSAAC, a non-governmental organization, has presented hair-dressing and bead making equipment to ten girls to enable them to start their own business.

The equipment included hair dryers, a set of rollers, towels and shampoos, for each of the five girls in the hair-dressing module; and bead making kits for the other five girls in the bead making module.

The beneficiary girls have been trained in the two vocations as part of a three-year project dubbed: “The Young Urban Women Project”.

The project is being implemented by NORSAAC in the Tamale Metropolis with funding from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) and ActionAid Ghana.

The goal of the project is that in three years, 2,000 (1000 each for Tamale and Accra) young urban women living in poverty in Ghana would have more economic independence and their voices would be heard and recognized.

Mr Ahassan Mohammed Awal, Executive Director of NORSAAC, who presented the equipment to the beneficiaries during their graduation in Tamale on Tuesday, said it was to empower them economically to start their own work.

Mr Mohammed Awal said 15 others were also receiving training in various vocations including sewing and smock weaving as part of the project.

He commended stakeholders for their commitment to ensure the success of the project and asked parents of the beneficiaries to support them in their various vocations.

Mr Baba Tanko, Director of Tamale South Sub-metropolitan Assembly, said the Assembly was committed to enhancing the quality of life of its residents and commended NORSAAC for implementing the project.

Miss Aminu Mata, a beneficiary of the hair-dressing module, thanked NORSAAC for the training and the equipment saying she would establish a shop to put the skills acquired to practice.