Madam Billian Nyuykighan
Over 100 internally displaced women drown from four subdivisions of Mezam divisions have been drilled on micro income generating activities by Strategic Humanitarian Service ( SHUMAS) in collaboration with world Food Program.
The internally displaced based in Bamenda were groomed on pastries, natural juice and soya beans production to increase their income level in a bit to reduce poverty and social misery living in Bamenda.
The training on production of Folere,yoghurt,doughnuts,soya meat,soya beans milk, cutting of chin chin,fish pie,scotch egg,gateaux, fruit juice,orange juice,carrot, pineapple juice,water melon juice etc will turn in new page in the lives of the women where visibly frustrated and hopeless given the stress of living below poverty level in an expensive town like Bamenda.
The initiative was said to be stitch on time, given the social misery of most families that have abandoned their villages due to Anglophone brouhaha to settle in Bamenda.
Most of them expressed satisfaction that the training which was hitherto payable has been given them for free by the NGO.
Many attested that it was a milestone and that is going to impact their lives tremendusly, render them self sustaining. "We will be able to make some money to assist our husbands,feed our families and send our children to school" . While urging SHUMAS to multiply such training programs to empower women economically,
a few of them opined that if some little start up capital is added to the training, it make the program much more sustaining for some of them whoed social and economic condition are so appalled.
They added that the startup capital would enable them put into practice the lessons learned in the two days workshop organed at the pastoral center Bamenda from Friday 3rd to Saturday March 4th 2023.
" The initiative is very good as it will enable me to start up a small business that will enable me pay my house rents,sponsor children in school and take care of the daily needs of our children".
Vughose Justine
IDP from Big Babanki
Mother of four.
Inspite huge material and human resources put in place by the NGO to groom them in micro economic activities some participants still glamored for little startup capital as "It will be very difficult for some of us to put into practice what we have learned, if SHUMAS doesn't assist us with the startup capital. Before the training,
I was do odds jobs , work in people's farms to be able sustain my family. This training is another source of income which would step up my daily earnings. I tried doing the training some where but failed because I didn't have the huge demanded for training. Fortunately for me, SHUMAS me the training for free". I don't know how to thank them.
Ngebumb Claudine
IDP from Oku mother of four
" I have been at home doing nothing, with this training,I will be able to produce small small consumables and sell infront of my house.
I am very grateful with the initiative . I have been idle ever since we escaped our village four years ago and settled in Bamenda. I have only been depending on my husband for everything. We have abandoned our villages and settled in Bamenda because of war. With this training,I will be able to do some small business to support my husband.
SHUMAS is God sent.
Quinta Ngum
IDP from Bafut mother of six
"I pound Achu and sell do all types of odds jobs to earn a living. This training will enable produce small small things that would reduce the stress of running the family. We appreciative the NGO for training program . It will help me alot.
It is hoped that the training will apparently redress social misconduct amongst some women especially single mothers who some time indulged in unethical activities due to economic hardship and the frustration of living in town , effect of the Anglophones armed conflict .
It is on this premise that participants craved for more of those training workshops to empower women economically ,to boast their moral and economic strength. "Through this training ,we will become assets and no longer liabilities in our mitrimonial homes". One of them told the Vanguard in an exclusive chat.
By chifu Edward
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