The aim of the training was to equip women and youths with skills that will enable them start up small businesses which can gradually change their welfare. The three-day training program which ran from May 12-14 at Kasanvu Community Hall in Namuwongo comprised of 50 women, majorly teenage and single mothers who were trained on how to make liquid soap, books, and reusable sanitary towels.
Sylvia Nashuha, marketing manager, corporate and business at KCB bank urged the community members to carry on the skills they had learnt to generate income for their wellbeing.
“We believe the skills imparted will enable the community members start up small enterprises where they can be self-employed, and in turn support their well-being,” noted Nashuha.
Burgess Foundation CEO Stella Kyobutungi encouraged participants that once they start generating income from the skills imparted, they should also start saving with financial institutions so that they can grow their finances and at a later stage use the same to boost their businesses.
According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) assessment of teenage pregnancies in Uganda, 354,736 teenage pregnancies were registered in 2020 and 196,499 in the first six months of 2021.
“As per the UNPFA report findings, it is key that we continue to invest in initiatives that empower the girl child with skills that will enable them to attain a decent living,” Nashuha concluded.
On Friday, the two organisations carried out an outreach program where they extended free HIV testing and counselling, antenatal checkup, COVID-19 caccination, family planning and birth control education and facilitation to the residents of Namuwongo.
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