A partnership between the Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA – Gh), AfriYouth and Databank, has seen six hundred students of the Tamale Islamic Senior High School go through some empowerment, to position them well and make them ready for the real world after senior high school.
He students were taken through areas including career guidance, Sexual and Gender Based Violence against women and Leadership, as well as investment as a student.
So far, the project has reached 5,000 students in six senor high schools in the Tamale Metropolitan and Sagnarigu Municipal areas.
Speaking to the students as part of the session, the Executive Director for SWIDA – Gh, Hajia Alimah Sagito – Saeed, bemoaned the some of the challenges students have to go through to study, but encouraged them to sit tight because it is all supposed to be part of the training process.
According Hajia Alimah, every young person deserves to study and grow in a conducive environment, where opportunities are made available to them as they learn and even after school.
She encouraged the students, especially the girls, to remain tough and avail themselves for leadership positions.
She added that these are some of the initiatives young people need to help them grow and to reach their full potential.
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