In the Volta region’s Afadzato South, Central Tongu, and Akatsi North districts, 75 teenage mothers and adolescent girls from 15 communities have received training in cassava processing.
The training was provided by BIDO Ghana, UNICEF, and NNEKA Youth Foundation.
By providing the young women with business and life skills training, the four-day event seeks to address adolescent sexual and reproductive health education and rights by assisting them in finding alternate sources of income to satisfy their basic requirements.
Mrs Fiaka Cecilia, Founder, NNEKA Youth Foundation, said the Foundation and BIDO Ghana were working to bring adolescent girls and young mothers out of poverty and become self-reliant.
Mr Sulemana Abdul Karim, the Executive Director of BIDO Ghana, said the training would add value to the lives of the young women by empowering them to seek alternative livelihoods that would help reduce the rate of school dropout and unwanted pregnancy.
Mrs Nikoi Charity, Social and Behaviour Change Officer, UNICEF Ghana, said income flow for the youth in rural areas was a major problem, adding that the programme would help keep the youth busy and bring them income to take care of themselves to abstain from sexual activities.
She said the Team would keep an eye on the young women to ensure they made good use of what they learnt to help solve the challenges they might face.
Mikel Worlator Cophy and Madam Alice Appah, the programme facilitators, were positive that the trainees would put into practice what they had been taught.