The Women’s Ministry of the Tema Community 4 Assemblies of God Church has presented 10 sewing machines costing GH¢1,200 to the Assemblies of God Relief Development Services (AGREDS) at Agbogbloshie, in Accra.
The presentatiotn of the machines formed part of the church’s effort to help the less privilege in society.
The AGREDS is a church-based non-governmental organisation that works in partnership with communities and other agencies through a lifeline project, to fight hunger, illiteracy, diseases, exploitation and poverty .
AGREDS lifeline operates a residential rehabilitation programme for children affected by worst forms of child labour between the ages of 15 and 18 in Agbogbloshie.
Presenting the machines, the President of the Women’s Ministry, Mrs Agnes Opoku Agyemang, said the ministry believed in the holistic development of children and child empowerment.
She was optimistic that the machines would go a long way to assist the organisation in providing vocational training for the children under its care.
Mrs Agyemang congratulated the organisation for the good work and promised the ministry’s continual support for its activities.
The Executive Director of the organisation, Mr Joseph Wumbee, said the lifeline project since its inception in 2002 had trained about 1,011 girls.
He said the programme included an early childhood centre, vocational skills training centre and a micro credit scheme for its trainees.
Mr Wumbee said the organisation rescued 100 girls every year who were empowered through skills training in hairdressing, dressmaking, catering and batik.
“After the training, girls are reintegrated into communities of their choice. Those who acquire skills in hairdressing and dressmaking are further assisted with some seed money to go into apprenticeship while catering and batik graduates are given capital to start work immediately after graduation”.
He thanked the women’s ministry for the support and appealed to other institutions to support the organisation for a worthy cause.
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