12 people, mostly women, graduated on Friday having completed a three-month-long training course on the production of reusable diapers and sanitary pads at the SOS Regional Mothers and Adult Training Centre
The skills acquired from the training is meant to address reproductive health concerns in communities and improve economic opportunities for the trainees.
Twelve people are graduating, after a three-month-long skills training on the production of reusable pads and diapers. The project of this training is funded by the UN peace building Fund through the UNFPA and implemented by the Network Against Gender Based Violence in partnership with SOS Children’s Villages.
The Director of SOS Children’s Villages, Jean-Pierre Kouamin, is pleased with the success of the training: He is grateful for the completion of this training , Am happy that this training is empowered the women to have the knowledge and promote resilience on the production of this reusable pads for women.
The United Nations Population Fund is the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, through which the project funding is provided. Part of the objective of the training project is to support gender-based violence survivors and their families to strengthen peacebuilding and social cohesion in communities.
The UNFPA’s GBV programme specialist, Joy Michael, issues a keynote address on behalf of the UNFPA country representative. She said that this 12 women had benefited from this training and will hope this this women will share the knowledge gained.
Gender-based violence and reproductive health are basic needs, but, for many Gambians, access to products, especially for vulnerable people, remain limited due to financial constraints.
Fallu Sowe is the National Coordinator of the Network of Gender-based Violence in the Gambia. He said the Network want to make sure that anything that will affect the empowerment or increase gender based violence in the Gambia is stop in The Gambia
The Royal Heritage Health Foundation is a Nigeria-based NGO, which is the consultant for the training programme. The organization provided the students with the skills knowledge during the three-months-long training.
The executive director of the Royal Heritage Health Foundation, Olusoji Sogunro, outlines the achievements of the training programme, He noted that the participant has shown great skills and ability as each of them can sow an average of 30 to 50 Sanitary pads in the pace of 5 hours and that is commendable.
Using the skills acquired, these 12 graduating students have produced 4,608 and 842 pieces of reusable pads diapers respectively in three months.
Kumba Colley is one of the graduating students, shares her experience from the training on behalf of herself and her fellow trainees. She expressed appreciation towards the trainers and sponsors for the privileged giving which will greatly help them, now she said they now have the ability to cut, sow and identify the materials to be used for sanitary pads independently
Daily, at least 300 million women and girls worldwide are menstruating, according to the World Bank and that, globally, an estimated 500 million women and girls lack access to menstrual products for menstrual hygiene.
BY: Momodou L. Choi
The skills acquired from the training is meant to address reproductive health concerns in communities and improve economic opportunities for the trainees.
Twelve people are graduating, after a three-month-long skills training on the production of reusable pads and diapers. The project of this training is funded by the UN peace building Fund through the UNFPA and implemented by the Network Against Gender Based Violence in partnership with SOS Children’s Villages.
The Director of SOS Children’s Villages, Jean-Pierre Kouamin, is pleased with the success of the training: He is grateful for the completion of this training , Am happy that this training is empowered the women to have the knowledge and promote resilience on the production of this reusable pads for women.
The United Nations Population Fund is the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, through which the project funding is provided. Part of the objective of the training project is to support gender-based violence survivors and their families to strengthen peacebuilding and social cohesion in communities.
The UNFPA’s GBV programme specialist, Joy Michael, issues a keynote address on behalf of the UNFPA country representative. She said that this 12 women had benefited from this training and will hope this this women will share the knowledge gained.
Gender-based violence and reproductive health are basic needs, but, for many Gambians, access to products, especially for vulnerable people, remain limited due to financial constraints.
Fallu Sowe is the National Coordinator of the Network of Gender-based Violence in the Gambia. He said the Network want to make sure that anything that will affect the empowerment or increase gender based violence in the Gambia is stop in The Gambia
The Royal Heritage Health Foundation is a Nigeria-based NGO, which is the consultant for the training programme. The organization provided the students with the skills knowledge during the three-months-long training.
The executive director of the Royal Heritage Health Foundation, Olusoji Sogunro, outlines the achievements of the training programme, He noted that the participant has shown great skills and ability as each of them can sow an average of 30 to 50 Sanitary pads in the pace of 5 hours and that is commendable.
Using the skills acquired, these 12 graduating students have produced 4,608 and 842 pieces of reusable pads diapers respectively in three months.
Kumba Colley is one of the graduating students, shares her experience from the training on behalf of herself and her fellow trainees. She expressed appreciation towards the trainers and sponsors for the privileged giving which will greatly help them, now she said they now have the ability to cut, sow and identify the materials to be used for sanitary pads independently
Daily, at least 300 million women and girls worldwide are menstruating, according to the World Bank and that, globally, an estimated 500 million women and girls lack access to menstrual products for menstrual hygiene.
BY: Momodou L. Choi