The Rebecca Foundation in partnership with The KGL Foundation has trained and graduated about seventy women in baking and soap making in the Greater Accra Region.
This is part of the Terema initiative by the Rebecca Foundation, which seeks to empower women economically by giving them employable skills through training. They were also given basic financial and business management training.
The beneficiaries were given startup kits like Ovens, Bags of Sugar, Margarine, Gallons of Oil, Eggs, Gas Cylinders, soap-making kits, and cash to kick-start their businesses.
Addressing the gathering at the short ceremony in Accra, the
First Lady of the Republic of Ghana, H. E Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo said, she is extremely happy that the beneficiaries have gone through the training successfully.
According to her, their acquired skills will help them gain financial independence.
She therefore urged them to take the skills they have acquired seriously and also help to teach others.
H. E Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo also reiterated her commitment to supporting women and children in the country through the Rebecca Foundation and its partners.
The Chief Executive Officer of the KGL Foundation, Mr. Elliott Dadey expressed the Foundation’s continued support for the Rebecca Foundation’s Terema Initiative
According to him, the Foundation will continue to empower women economically by providing them with employable skills through training.
The beneficiaries took the opportunity to thank the First Lady for the life-changing skills they have acquired.
To them, the skills will go a long way to help them generate income to support themselves and their families.
