No fewer than 200 young teenage girls have been empowered by the PAVE project powered by Hacey Health Initiative to drive the needed skill acquisition for young girls in Ibeju Lekki and Ikorodu Metropolis in Lagos with business skills, training on financial management skills, Menstrual hygiene, leadership skills, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), baking, fashion and Make-up arts.
The skills also includes Leadership skill, mental health skill, management skills, environmental awareness skill, sexual health education and reproductive health rights amongst others.
The beneficiaries were enrolled in for one year and At the end of the program, graduands of the initiatives who got enrolled into the PAVE Impact project were given certification as they had just graduated.
Speaking on the development, chairman of Ikorodu local government, Hon. Wasiu Ayodeji Adesina, commended HACEY Health Initiative efforts in amplifying skills and business facilitation skills for young girls who do not have requisite skills to function in the community.
He added that this would spur them for future events to equip themselves to be self- employed, self-reliance and self-sufficient to drive the needed employment and growth status to improve their own livelihoods in their various establishments.
He stated that the global economy is growing at a fast pace such that more progress is needed to increase employment opportunities, particularly for women to reduce the rate of redundancy and unemployment.
He further affirmed that the PAVE Impact initiative of HACEY would promote gender equality, enhance working environment and promote safe and secure working environments for young girls around Ikorodu Metropolis.
Also speaking on the importance of empowering and improving access of girls to SRHR services at the event, the program manager of HACEY Health Initiative, Chioma Osakwe explained that efforts towards improving the quality of lives of the girl child should be seen as a priority to improve them with affordable skills that will contribute to their enterpreneurial skills for future events.
