Empowerher in Upper West region
From Caregiving to Economic Empowerment: Khad-San Africa Equips Mothers of Children with Special Needs to Build Sustainable Livelihoods in WA and JIRAPA municipalities in the UPPER WEST REGION. For many mothers caring for children with special needs, the question of how to provide for their families while remaining available to meet the complex needs of their children is a daily reality.
EmpowerHer, a project implemented by Khad-San Africa, a Ghanaian non-governmental organization, aims to empower mothers of children with special needs in WA and Jirapa municipalities in the Upper West Region of Ghana. The initiative addresses the economic challenges faced by these mothers, who often become primary caregivers and struggle to balance their responsibilities with finding employment.
Khad-San Africa recognized that supporting children with special needs requires a focus beyond therapy, education, and rehabilitation. Therefore, the EmpowerHer Project focuses on providing mothers with practical, marketable skills to establish sustainable livelihoods.
The project offers training in soap production, product handling, packaging, marketing, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and business management. This comprehensive approach aims to ensure that participants understand how to turn their skills into viable income-generating activities. In addition to the training, each beneficiary received starter-kits containing essential materials to help them transition from training to enterprise.
These starter kits represent a vote of confidence and signify that participants have acquired the necessary knowledge to begin their own businesses.
EmpowerHer extends its reach beyond the municipal capitals of WA and Jirapa, engaging women and persons with disabilities from various communities within the two municipalities. This community-based approach addresses the challenge of economic empowerment initiatives failing to reach families living outside major urban centers. By empowering mothers of children with special needs, the project aims to improve their economic independence, which can lead to better financial support for school fees, therapy, healthcare, transportation, food, assistive devices, and other essential needs.
The ultimate goal of EmpowerHer is to create a generation of economically confident, skilled, productive, and empowered mothers who can secure a better future for their children.
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