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Skills training program empowers unemployed women
Fifty unemployed women, including single mothers, from communities on West Bank Demerara are now in a position to better address the challenges that come with providing for their families both financially and educationally.
Owing to a recently concluded four-month programme hosted by the Rotary Club of Stabroek, the previously dependent women are now equipped to earn an income as well as bring dignity into their lives and those of their dependants.
The programme stemmed from a survey that proved that poor performance of children at school was due to their parents not being able to provide the needed financial support.
President of the Stabroek Rotary Club, Luana Falconer and Canada’s High Commissioner to Guyana David Devine with some of the participants.
The skills training programme, initially comprised lessons in sewing, fabric design and joinery/carpentry to enable the unemployed parents to earn an income. However, it soon opened up to complementary life skills and etiquette training as the Club saw the need.
This addition to the programme allowed for participants to address their own personal challenges of abuse, poverty and dependency on others.
As a result of the training project, productive goals were set by participants; some of whom expressed interest in opening their own businesses. “Attending the joinery classes has empowered me to open my own joinery shop,” professed one participant.
At the recent graduation ceremony held for the participants at the Bagotville Community Centre, the women were urged to use their new skills in shaping their future.
Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana and supporter of the programme, David Devine, congratulated particularly single parents for making the effort to go further and do better. “You are truly giving your children the best example as well as a chance for their own future success in life,” he added.
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