By Mohamed Bah | Programme Manager
Acording to the UN Human Development Index, Sierra Leone continues to be ranked as one of the poorest countries in the world. Within this frame of generalized poverty, women come worse off and have been found to be poorer than men. This is due to gender disparities existing with respect to access to and control of a range of assets including direct productive assets such as land and micro credit, human capital assets including education and health, etc.
In light of the above, AID continues to provide support to poor and less-privileged women in the country by offering them much needed skills to enable them create jobs for themselves thereby becoming self-reliant.
From the funds raised through the GlobalGiving platform, the organization provided skills training programs for 20 young women in the Wellington rural community. The oganization continued its awareness raising programs in relation to women's empowerment, discrimination and abuse.
We say a big than you to our partners and friends who donated their hardearned cash towards this project through the GlobalGiving platform. Together, we're changing the lives of poor and disadvantaged women in Sierra Leone.
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