By; SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri
A non governmental organisation (NGO), dedicated to improving adolescent health, Action Health Incorporated (AHI) has trained 300 displaced girls in cap making and computer at the El-Badawe Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Maiduguri.
Speaking at the project dissemination meeting in Maiduguri on Thursday, the Executive Director of the AHI, Adenike Esiet, said the 300 who benefited from its empowerment training comprised of 200 girls trained in cap making and 100 others trained in basic computer literacy and coding.
Esiet said that the beneficiaries would be given start-up kits.
Esiet said that the AHI project in Borno started in 2020 with support from International Research Development Centre (IDRC) of Canada and has so far reached out to 2,300 adolescent girls and young women with Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) information and services.
She said the project also engaged husbands and male partners to improve acceptance of SRH services and mitigate Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the camp.
She lauded the support and cooperation of Borno Government through Ministry of Women Affairs and partners like United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the smooth execution of AHI project in the state.
In her remarks, the Borno Director Women Affairs, Falmata Hamza lauded the intervention of AHI in supporting the vulnerable in Borno and assured of government collaboration at all times.
Hamza advised beneficiaries of the empowerment programmes by AHI to embrace saving culture to generate capital to boost thier businesses.
In her message, the Director-General of Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Hajiya Yabawa Kolo lauded the health and empowerment support to the vulnerable which she said, has gone a long way in complementing government efforts.
Some parents and children from the camp who spoke, also lauded the intervention which they said, not only provided them source of livelihood, but also improved thier reproductive health education and hygiene.
