The Social Welfare Institutions celebrates the graduation of its "family empowerment" trainees

The Social Welfare Institutions (affiliated to Dar al Aytam al Islamiyyah) celebrated the graduation of the first group of trainees who completed the family empowerment programme.  The programme per se targeted widows and divorcees with the aim of improving their social and economic conditions and upgrading their capacities through vocational training.  The event was organised ealier this week, at SWI’s affiliated center located in Khaldeh.  Forty four women received their certificates in addition to financial grants to allow them to set up their small development projects which are intended to help them generate income having successfully completed the capacity building stage.
To be noted that this project which was financially supported by ‘Wattar Association’ and has extended over one year, included two stages.  The first stage was in the form of empowerment training sessions, whilst the second stage included capacity building activities targeting selected women from Saida, Akkar, and Iqleem al Kharub.  The women graduates will be followed up to assess the extent to which they will be using the acquired skills in developing their initiated projects whilst trying to ensure that theses skills are used to solve social problems related to family budget and working mothers.
Source: Al-Mustaqbal 24 December 2013