Caring Family Enhancement Initiative (CAFÉ), pet
project of the wife of the governor of Anambra State, Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu
Obiano is putting smiles on the faces of Anambra women and youths reports www.odogwublog.com .
CAFÉ at the last count has trained a total of 273
women and youths in different small scale businesses.
And the breakdown of the areas they were trained are
tailoring 26 persons, soap making – 41, hair dressing and beauty
therapy – 62, bakery/confectionaries – 52 and community health
workers – 92.
Speaking on the activities of CAFÉ’s
empowerment programmes during the celebration of the One Year in Office of the
administration of her husband, Governor Willie Obiano at Alex Ekwueme Square,
Awka on March 17, this year, Chief (Mrs.) Obiano said the empowerment is part
of the objectives for which CAFÉ was founded.
According to the wife of the
governor, ‘My pet project CAFÉ not only trains but also provides
assistance to the beneficiaries to set up their businesses and hopefully
sustain themselves and assist in the upkeep of their families, as well as the
growth and progress of Anambra by contributing to the revenue base.
‘’This initiative is borne out of my
passion to empower and put smiles on the faces of the indigent and the less
privileged and help them improve on productivity.”
Continuing Mrs. Obiano said: ‘’the
92 trainees in community health work would attend to pregnant women in the
rural and hard to reach areas of the state, adding that they would be provided
with motorbike equipped with carriages for mother and baby and telephone handsets
in order for them to respond to emergencies.’’
She further stated, “This is part of
what I am doing to assist the governor to improve the fortunes of the
hardworking people of Anambra and to move the State forward.”
Mrs. Obiano disclosed that CAFÉ
activities are funded through donations from philanthropists and well-wishers,
and specifically appreciated the efforts of Prince Engr. Arthur Eze amongst
other corporate bodies that had supported her pet project.
The beneficiaries were equally given
items like tailoring machines and clothing materials, Hair Dryers and hair wash
basins, Gas cookers, Soap cutters, and the motorbikes, as well as undisclosed
sum as start-up capital for the businesses.
Governor Obiano who accompanied his
wife Ebelechukwu to unveil the empowerment items which were distributed to the
beneficiary women, some men and indigent persons noted that his
administration was leaving no stone unturned in its determination to equip the
citizens with requisite skills for self-reliance and national development.
He said that, just recently, about
500 persons were trained at the Vocational and Technological Incubation Centre
at Nnewi, while another 500 have been taken for training adding that after
their training, another set would be listed for training.
The governor stated that about 250
men and women were presently undergoing two-month training at the College of
Agriculture at Mgbakwu, Awka North Council Area adding that on completion,
another group would be sent on similar training programme. He
said those trained would serve as handy labour for the mechanized
agricultural investments the government has attracted to the state.
Empowering over 270 youths especially women by CAFÉ, Anambra first lady’s pet project
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