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250 Women in Bombali, Tonkolili Learn Skills

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250 Women in Bombali, Tonkolili Learn Skills

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The training was facilitated by the Manager of the Safroko Limba Community Bank; Adamu Mohamed Adamu, VSLA Promoters and the project team from both MADAM-SL and CARE-Sierra Leone.

According to Muhammad Sahr Komba, the Women Empowerment and Business Development Project was initiated in 2015 and it is implemented by MADAM on behalf of CARE-SL. He said that the first phase of the project had ten thousand (10,000) beneficiaries across nine hundred (900) VSLAs in seven(7) chiefdoms in Bombali and Tonkolili districts were exclusively targeted.

Komba explained that now that they are into the second phase of implementation, they decided to shrink the number of beneficiaries to two thousand Five hundred (2,500) women through whom they are able to reach the remaining targets. Out of this number also, a sub group comprising two hundred and fifty (250) beneficiaries was developed and this group directly benefits from mentorship and coaching activities with the aim of giving them the required skills that will transform their small businesses into enterprises.

“This is one of the refreshers trainings MADAM is undertaking for all our VSLAs in the operational areas. This training will not last for the usual fifty two (52) weeks period we normally conduct for our beneficiaries. Rather, few modules have been selected to enhance the skills of our VSLAs including the village agents and promoters on how to develop their businesses into full scale enterprisesKomba said.

The Project Officer emphasized that the project has in no uncertain terms helped women in their communities adding that through their interventions, women can now boast of owning their own businesses through which they are not just able to sponsor their children’s education but they are now working hand in glove with their husbands to take care of their homes. Thus, they are serving as role models in their communities as they can now even boast of employing others within their localities.

The project also links beneficiaries with Community Banks and Financial Service Associations (FSAs) within their operational areas to access financial that will in return boost their businesses.

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