Local charity starts skilling women in vocational training

JUBA – Action Girls Africa, a local organization that advocates for women’s rights has started training over 30 women in vocational skills to help them generate income.

The beneficiaries who will receive start-up at the end of three months training will acquire skills in handcraft making, beaded products, key holders, ornaments, bags, porches, designing table clothes in addition to basic business skills and marketing skills.

Amal Sylvia, Acting Executive Director of Action Girls Africa reiterated the need to build the capacity of women, saying that when women have empowered the overall well-being of the family is improved.

“I would like to encourage all the beneficiaries to make use of the trainers by putting efforts to ensure in the process each and every one is able to learn how to make beaded products, bags, porches, and others,” said Sylvia during the opening of training in the Kasire suburb of Juba on Thursday.

Sylvia said that they aim to train 30 beneficiaries in the first phase as others would be trained after three months.

The initiative is supported by British Council in South Sudan.

Sylvia noted that income generation activities would offer economic opportunities for these women.

Egwidio Gore, Jondoru community leader encouraged the women to take the training seriously to enhance their living standards.

“If you take this training seriously, and put into use what you will learn during this three months period, you will do better than your husband who spends four to five months without salaries,” Gore told the women.

Cecilia Juan, one of the beneficiaries said that they would make good use of the skills acquired and demonstrate their capabilities to the public.

“We will take this training seriously in order for us to enhance our living standards,” Juan told Sudans Post at the sideline in Kasire a suburb of Juba on Thursday.