STAGE project empowers 263 young women in Mamprugu-Moagduri
The Strategic Approaches to Girls’ Education (STAGE) project being implemented by AfriKids Ghana, a child rights organization, has empowered 263 out-of-school young women in the Mamprugu-Moagduri District of the North East Region with Vocational skills. The six months’ project has equipped young girls in 10 communities in the district in various accelerated learning programmes and vocational training skills, including making of soap, pastries, beads, beads sandals, hair plating and waakye (Rice and Beans) preparation with one beneficiary venturing into vegetable farming. At a short graduation ceremony at Yagaba, the district capital, Ms Lena Naaso, the Safeguarding Officer of the STAGE project, who spoke on behalf of Mr Richard Amoah, the Project Coordinator, said the life-saving intervention was being implemented in partnership with the World Education.