“Improving access for girls and women in the intervention regions to a quality education and vocational training system, and to decent incomes” is the main objective of the “Promotion de l’accès des filles et des femmes à un Système Educatif et de Formation Professionnelle de qualité(PROMESSE-FP)” project being implemented in the North, Centre-Nord, Sahel and East regions. Begun in May 2021, the project is scheduled for completion in December 2024. With a view to facilitating their professional integration, beneficiaries are trained in various trades (beauty hairdressing, saponification, beading, sheep fattening, etc.) and benefit from reinforcement in life skills, social and financial education, entrepreneurship and ICT.
At mid-term, we note: 748 girls, including 293 IDPs (62.33%), trained through 10 vocational education and training centers (CEFP) set up by the project; 2135 girls and women, including 807 IDPs (73.62%), benefiting from short-term training in trades; 450 girls and women from the informal sector (90% of the target) trained in personal development, entrepreneurship and financial education; 487 VSLA groups (91.02%) set up with 13,369 girls and women members, including 4,607 IDPs who promote and develop the VSLA approach for mobilizing savings to finance their income-generating activities.
The first quarter of 2024 was marked by capacity building for young girls and women in the project’s areas of intervention.
Boulsa, Centre-Nord region, Training for female entrepreneurs in soumbala production
Boulsa, Centre-Nord region, training in cow-calf breeding for 100 girls and women aged 19 to 35.
Ouahigouya, North region, training in sheep fattening for the 2024 cohort for young girls and women
End of saponification training at CEFPs in the central north of France
Ouahigouya, Northern region, training in Hygienic Menstrual Management (GHM) in vocational training centers
Boulsa, Centre-Nord region, end of beading training course
Fada N’Gourma, Eastern region, training of 40 women from VSLA/AVEC groups in the management of income-generating activities (IGA).
From February 22 to 24, 2024 took place the training of VSLA group members in Dori in the Sahel region. A total of 42 women were trained in the management of income-generating activities.
