A Financial Literacy Programme has been launched in the Gonja West District of the Northern Region.
The Financial Literacy Programme is one of the components implemented by campaign for Female Education (CAMFED) Ghana with the aim of impacting Financial Literacy and entrepreneurial training skills for young women who are into small scale businesses especially in the rural areas.
Speaking at the launch the training manager Madam Muniratu Issifu disclosed that, the programme had trained 15 young women who were selected from CAMFED Association (CAMA) across CAMFED’s 15 districts of operation in the region.
CAMA is a network of Young Women who aims at empowering themselves with entrepreneurial skills to make them financially independent.
She explained that, each of the 15 Core Trainers will in turn train 30 members of CAMA as peer educators in their various districts.
She further explained that, each peer educator is expected to train 75 members in their districts annually for five years. A total of 18,750 people are expecte4d to benefit at the end of the five year period.
She said it is assume that, each recipient will implement their learning to the direct benefit of 5 people, so that the overall reach of the programme will be 843,750 people in the Northern Region.
She disclosed that over one million people are targeted to be reached on the learning and sharing of knowledge of Financial Literacy over five year period.
Among the modules to be discussed under the program include Business Skills, Financial Literacy Skills and Life Skills.
In a related development, newly appointed District Education Committee Members were inaugurated. The DEC Members oversee the implementation of CAMFED programmes in the district.
Prior to the inauguration ceremony the DCE Hon. Adam Mutawakilu who was the special guest of honor commended the authorities of CAMFED for their immense contribution to development in the district.
He reiterated government’s support for the programme to better the lives of the lot in the district.
BY: REGINA ATULE
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