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Saw for Sisterhood / Ghana
others established their own 10 0 0 eggs and multiply at a
shops. Adjoa pictured below, now rapid rate, thereby providing
Woman's has a shop in town with several a regular income to the
women.
apprentices and is also now
teaching young women how to
The project was intended to
sew.
Economic 1,440
BIG
Programs snails!
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 Close up of the culinary delicacy snails / Ghana
Stardust Start-Up Factory,
increased the income level among introduce sustainable non-wood
our partner organization
the different women?s groups, and resources farming which is
AYD, which we continued to
have enabled the groups to repay PARTNER support administratively, beneficial for the women and the
loans efficiently and promptly; ORGANIZATION piloted a sustainable snail environment. Each of the women
AYD - GHANA farming project with women underwent a five-day training on
in one of the poorest farming and cultivation as well as
SEW FOR SISTERHOOD & Districts in the Central training in running a cooperative
business and the importance of
VOCATIONAL TRAINING Region. Eight women
participated and were given saving and marking.
One of the first programs AYD
training, farming materials
and GO Fund collaborated on An evaluation led by AYD
took place in 20 0 9 called the and 20 large snails to breed. resulted in identifying an average
Sew for Sisterhood project. Many W hen properly farmed and of 180 snails per farmer four
women from the community cultivated snails can lay over months after the project began
applied to participate yet sixteen with a crop value of approx. $720
women were chosen for six since one snail can sell for as
months of training in sewing and
much as $4 due to their short
provided a personal sewing
supply in Ghana.
machine. Nine more women
were selected to learn batik This type of program not only
(tie-dye) along side the sixteen provides income to the women
original participants. Ten years farmers, it also provides training,
later this program, some of the confidence, and income and food
women used the funds they
security.
earned to further their education, Adjoa - beneficiary of sew for sisterhood / Ghana
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