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Sew for Sisterhood / Ghana
shops. Adjoa, pictured below, multiply at a rapid rate,
now has a shop in town with thereby providing a regular
Women's several apprentices, teaching income to the women.

these young women, and others
in the community, how to sew. The project was intended to
introduce sustainable
Economic 1,440

BIG

snails!
Programs

such as goat-rearing, small SNAIL FARMING PROJECT
businesses in local markets, and Funded by a grant from the
alcohol brewing, among other US-based non-profit
activities. These initiatives have Stardust Start-Up Factory, Close-up of the culinary delicacy snails / Ghana
increased the income level among
our partner organization non-wood resources farming,
the different women?s groups, and
AYD, which we continued to which is beneficial for the women
have enabled the groups to repay PARTNER support administratively, and the environment. Each of the
loans efficiently and promptly; ORGANIZATION piloted a sustainable snail women underwent a five-day
farming project with women training on farming and
AYD / GHANA
in one of the poorest districts cultivation, as well as training in
SEW FOR SISTERHOOD & in the Central Region. Eight running a cooperative business
and the importance of saving and
VOCATIONAL TRAINING women participated and
were given training, farming maretking.
One of the first programs AYD
materials and 20 large snails
and GO Fund collaborated on was An evaluation led by AYD
with interest rates of 10 %, the funds to breed. W hen properly
the 20 0 9 project Sew for resulted in identifying an average
available continue to grow, making Sisterhood. Many women from farmed and cultivated snails of 180 snails per farmer four
larger amounts available in the next the community applied to can lay over 10 0 0 eggs and months after the project began
cycle of loans. Individual members participate; sixteen women were with a crop value of
use their business profits for chosen for six months of training approximately $720, since one
household expenses such as school in sewing and were given a
snail can sell for as much as $4
fees. Lutino Adunu has since personal sewing machine. Nine due to their short supply in
expanded this project to over 31 more women were selected to Ghana.
groups. Recently Oxfam picked up learn batik (tie-dye) along side
the project to fund another 20 the 16 original participants. Ten This type of program not only
groups. We are proud to have laid years after this program, some of provides income to the women
the women used the funds they
the groudwork for such a successful farmers, it also provides training,
earned to further their education,
microloan project. confidence, and income and food
others established their own Adjoa - beneficiary of Sew for Sisterhood / Ghana security to them.
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