NEWIG Ghana’s ongoing efforts to economically empower marginalised women in urban centres have reached the Ashanti Region, where 76 women, including persons with disability, have completed soap-making training in the Asante-Akim South Municipality.
The training, held at Kurofa near Juaso, is part of a two-year nationwide initiative titled “Economic Inclusion of Marginalised Women Living in Urban Centres,” supported by The Coca-Cola Foundation. The project seeks to equip 300 women across Greater Accra, Western, Ashanti, and Northern regions with practical skills in soap making, mushroom farming, and snail rearing, alongside financial literacy and business development tools.
In Kurofa, participants were also taken through sessions led by officials from the Afram Rural Bank, SSNIT, and the Ghana Enterprise Agency (GEA) on saving, insurance, and investment options to strengthen their financial wellbeing.
The training was delivered in collaboration with the Erudite Women Foundation, NEWIG Ghana’s local implementing partner, which helped mobilise women from surrounding communities.
Each trainee received a certificate and start-up tool kit to support the launch of their own soap-making ventures.
Ms. Mawulawoe Awity, Executive Director of NEWIG Ghana, said the organisation was proud of the women’s commitment and noted that some would be selected for advanced entrepreneurship training and seed funding to scale up their businesses.
“These women are a clear example of the strength and determination we see across Ghana,” she said. “We are not just training them. We are walking with them to ensure their efforts lead to real, sustainable change.”
She commended The Coca-Cola Foundation for its continued partnership and reiterated NEWIG Ghana’s commitment to tracking the progress of beneficiaries and providing ongoing support.
With successful training already conducted in Accra, Sekondi-Takoradi, and now Asante-Akim South, the final leg of the project will be rolled out in the Northern Region later this year.
