4,000 Women, girls in Pokuase benefit from NGO
Over 4,000 women and girls in the Pokuase community in the Greater Accra Region have benefited from scholarships, adult literacy programmes and vocational skills training provided by WomensTrust NGO.
Established in 2003, the WomensTrust Scholars Programme has supported academically promising, needy girls in basic schools by paying for their tuition and providing them with uniforms, school supplies and footwear.
Some of these basic school beneficiaries have received further assistance from the Trust to go through senior high school, and some others have proceeded to the tertiary level.
Beneficiaries in tertiary institutions receive additional support for accommodation and are provided with laptops during their freshman year.
Speaking at an event to mark the 20th Anniversary Celebration of WomensTrust NGO, the Board Chair, who is a former Dean of Social Science at the University of Cape Coast, Professor Mansah Prah, noted that financial resources are crucial to ensuring the sustainability and widened impact of organisations like WomensTrust.
According to her, investing in such organisations that work to advance empowerment and equality yields long-term benefits and creates a ripple effect that will resonate for generations to come.
Speaking on the theme “20 years of Impact: Empowering Generations, Celebrating Progress and Investing in the Future”, the keynote speaker, Brigitte Dzogbenuku, a 2020 Presidential Candidate for the Progressive Peoples Party, noted that empowered women share power by reinvesting in their children, families and communities.
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