Skills Development Projects

The goal of our skills development projects is to empower vulnerable women financially and socially.

When a woman earns a salary, the entire family benefits. Through our skills development projects, we focus on empowering and supporting women . More than 100 women are enrolled to learn a skill so they can get a job as a tailor or beautician, for instance . In our courses, we also teach women about health and their rights and provide support and counselling to help them cope with abuse, oppression and other harsh living conditions . For the same reason we also conduct regular home visits to the trainees to meet the trainee in their homes and discuss about their situations, gather and verify information, meet and counsel their family members to ensure their support for the trainees attendance at the skills training .

All trainees also receive help in opening a bank account, and learn the basics of entrepreneurship, dealing with customers and financial management.

2019 in numbers

297 individuals received income generating skills development training

90% Trainees with a private bank account by the end of a skills training course 3 months Average time for a woman to increase her salary fourfold