Rahma Women Development Programme , an NGO, says it has trained 1000 vulnerable women and persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), in Bauchi in various skills.
Mrs Miriam Iliya, Executive Director of Rahma Women Development Programme, made the disclosure at the inauguration of the Board of Trustees of the NGO in Bauchi on Friday.
“We embarked on the trainings with the support of some international partners; the trainings were conducted within a period of nine months.
“The NGO is committed to making the trainees become employers of labor in the future as well as become self-reliant.
“The beneficiaries include People Living with HIV/AIDS and other vulnerable women, whom were trained in different skills including tailoring, knitting, barbing, hair dressing, pomade and soap making and baking.
“We also counseled the PLWHAs, to let them know that being positive is not the end of their lives and also disabuse their mind on issues stigma,” she said.
Iliya, however, reminded the newly inaugurated board members that they are the custodians of the NGO and to always ensure that things were properly done to attain the organisation’s set objectives.
Speaking earlier, Chairman, Board of Directors, Rahma Women Development, Alhaji Bello Inuwa, said: “The NGO has carried out intervention in different sectors including health, education, water sanitation and hygiene, and micro finance credit facilities to women.’’
Inuwa urged governments at all levels to support local NGOs to improve the lives of citizens, according to him, it is basically only the NGOs that interact much with the grassroots for implementation of projects.
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