More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

In the Accra slums, many youths are not educated above the Junior Secondary School Level (Year 8). To survive, they often resort to peripheral activities such as begging, stealing, prostitution and drug couriering. This situation is especially detrimental to young single mothers, who become highly exposed to physical and sexual abuse and sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS. This project combats this problem by providing 140 such youths with alternative livelihood options.

Activities

This project will offer vocational training courses and tool kits for: tailoring, hairdressing and catering (females), masonry, carpentry and electrical repair (males); micro-entrepreneurial skills training; and sexual reproductive health education.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £13

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled £13.  The original project funding goal was £3,753.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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