May God reward you abundantly…
Sisters HVM, in collaboration with the Nigerian Conference of Women Religious, Abuja Province, chaired by Sr. Calista HVM, and the Arise Foundation in UK (Arise-NCWR Network) have taken the bull by the horns in efforts to combat the evil of human trafficking by helping to organize skill acquisition training program for vulnerable women and youths within the Abuja Province. Some of these women and youths are internally displaced persons. Others are from indigent homes with no access to training opportunities in their daily lives. Skill training can be either short term or long term depending on what each person is capable of learning and will be able to manage once trained and established.
Photo below … Dorcas and others preparing egg rolls and bread. She also bakes fish and meat pies and other foods. She is a single mother, who previously had no means of livelihood, but now she is self-reliant, bakes and provides food products to people to sell for her. Dorcas expressed her gratitude during an interview by Sr. Calista, HVM. When asked about the impact of the training on her life and if there is any success story. She said: “I am grateful to God for using the Nigerian Conference of Women Religious and Arise Foundation (Arise-NCWR Network), Abuja Province to provide food for me and my son, especially for making it possible for me to pay my son’s school fees… May God continue to bless you all in Jesus name…”
Dorcas and others preparing Egg Rolls
Anthonia is 19 years old. She is one of the beneficiaries of the skill acquisition training. She said: ” I will eternally remain grateful … for training and empowering me with a sustainable skill that will help me and my parents in future, may God reward them abundantly…” Her success story is not only that she now has a skill now but also she is self-employed, and can make both male and female fabrics.
19 year old Anthonia
Examples of work products of participants.
Display of womens clothes and hair wig
Florence is another beneficiary of short term training program. She supplies donuts, puff puffs and bread to her neighbors to sell. When she was interviewed, she said: ” I can not thank God enough for this great thing He has done for me and my family through the Nigerian Conference of Women Religious and Arise Foundation, I pray for God’s many blessings on them…” Sharing her success story, she said that she was able to register one of her daughters for further schooling last year.
Donuts to start Nigerian day
Jacinta is a widow with seven children. She is also one of the beneficiaries of 2024 short term training and she is grateful to God for using the Sisters and Arise Foundation to change her life and the lives of her children, hence she is able to feed her children now and take care of their school fees with the little money she saves daily from the business.
Puff Puff snacks
Eunice’s fashion and designing training is a long term program. She does both women and men clothes and she is grateful to the Sisters and Arise Foundation for giving her this great opportunity to learn a skill and be self-employed. Eunice expressed her gratitude to God and to the sponsors of her training. She said that the only way to show gratitude to God and the donors is to train other people freely just as she received her own training and empowerment freely.
Eunice sowing fabrics (long term training)
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