Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency
Two – day training for volunteers, women leaders and key stakeholders in communities under the Sustainable Livelihoods & Improved Food Nutrition Project, funded by the World Food Programme. The training focused on post – harvest management and agribusiness.
The girls from SWIDA – Gh’s various project communities have been accepted by the Song – Ba Empowerment Training Center to learn the weaving of smock.
Appreciation to CEO of Song – Ba, Rhoda and Head of Informal Apprenticeship, Northern Region, Humaima.
The team on SWIDA – Gh’s COVID-19 Accountability Bridges Project has held a review meeting to discuss how implementation of the project is going, as well as the challenges affecting implementation and how they could be resolved.
The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA – Gh) is partnering the Ghana Anti – Corruption Coalition (GACC) on the Accountability project, to monitor the expenditure of the COVID – 19 funds at the Sub – national level.
Executive Director of the Ghana Anti – Corruption Coalition, Mrs. Beauty Nartey, after congratulating the implementing team at SWIDA – Gh for a good job done so far, stressed the need for extra vigilance and professionalism if the project should achieve its objective at the end of the day.
According to Mrs. Nartey, public offices and government agencies are always prone to corruption because of their positions and considering their exposure to funds entrusted in their care.
She added however that, if the public official knows there are eyes on every expenditure they carry out, they will sit up not misuse and misappropriate public funds.
The Executive Director for SWIDA – Gh, Hajia Alima Sagito-Saeed who is the leader of the SWIDA – Gh team assured the GACC team that her organization is discussing various ways to increase the monitoring of the expenditure and for other activities, to ensure the core objective of the project is achieved.
These activities include the data collected from the Ghana Health Service, the Sagnarigu Municipal Planning and Coordinating Unit, as well as from the general public.
The issues discussed and learnings drawn from the data collection pushed the team into an agreement on the way forward for action, including for a validation workshop to be held subsequently.
The TRENDS RUNWAY SHOW; a fashion show, projecting African Trends Complementary.
SWIDA – Gh was made a part of the show because its interest in youth development.
The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA – Gh) is partnering the EWN Northern Hub to implement its CRS project “FUTURE EWN CLUBS” in Tamale.
A total of 5000 females in SHS and Tertiary schools in the North are direct beneficiaries of the “FUTURE EWN CLUBS” project.
The project, led by Rhoda Kadoa Wedam, is a mentorship and Coaching programme, expected to guide the female beneficiaries in the target areas with information and training.
During the launch of the project led by the Executive Committee of the EWN, the project lead, Rhoda Kadoa Wedam thanked SWIDA – Gh for accepting the responsibility of implementing the project to help the women in the target areas.
The choice of SWIDA – Gh was based on its female Leadership academy concept of systematic delivery of leadership, mentorship and Coaching services to young females with proven records of successes.
Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA – GH), a non-governmental organization, has called on stakeholders in the agricultural sector to empower rural women farmers with adequate information on modern agricultural practices for increased productivity.
Ms. Khadijah Abdul – Samed, Communication and Gender Officer at SWIDA – GH, who made the call, said the move would equip rural women with skills and knowledge to boost their productions to improve on their livelihoods.
She was speaking at 2021 International Day of Rural Women celebration, organized by SWIDA – GH in collaboration with World Food Programme at Zoggu, a farming community in the Nanton District of the Northern Region.
The celebration was on the theme: “Rural women rise and claim your basic rights to Sustainable Development – SDG Agenda 2030”.
It was part of planned activities towards the launch of ‘Sustainable Livelihoods for Improved Food Security and Nutrition’ project that would be implemented by the NGO in partnership with the WFP.
Ms. Abdul – Samed said majority of rural women were engaged in agriculture, but were confronted with challenges, including; access to information on modern ways of practicing agriculture.
“Our rural women are mostly disadvantaged when it comes to information on issues like climate change and its related matters, and these are issues that are critical to the development and sustainability of agriculture, which the women need to have access to”, she indicated.
She said the provision of adequate and timely information on modern agricultural practices to rural women farmers would guarantee food security and alleviate poverty in rural areas.
Ms. Abdul – Samed added that “women in the agricultural sector contribute to the development of the country, and so government and other stakeholders need to implement interventions that would cater for their plights to ensure their well-being”.
Madam Fauzia Sadic, Head of Women in Agriculture Development (WIAD), who spoke at the event, emphasized on the need for stakeholders to build the competencies of rural women farmers on innovative ways to produce quality products that would meet world market standards.
She said “we cannot leave women out in the agricultural value chain, so it is important that we build their capacities to take advantage of emerging opportunities in the agricultural sector to help improve on their livelihoods”.
Mr. Mumin Issah, Head of ‘Sustainable Livelihoods for Improved Food Security and Nutrition’ Project at SWIDA – GH, highlighting the project, said it would empower women farmers to be economically resilient to withstand food and nutrition security shocks through value chain activities in crops, Shea plantation and agro – forestry as complementary income generating ventures.
“It will also improve on equitable access to social services for women and girls to contribute to their enhanced well – being, and be implemented in the Northern and Savannah Regions”, he added.
The International Day of Rural Women is celebrated annually, to recognize the roles and contributions of rural women in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty.
The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA – Gh), has launched a project titled “Sustainable Livelihoods for Improved Food Security and Nutrition” to help in improving nutrition among the people in some deprived communities in the Savannah Region.
The project, which was launched in Damongo, the regional capital, brought some key officials from the World Food Programme to see to the kick – off of the project.
Regional directors of various government institutions were also present at the launch, as well as women in agriculture development officers (WIAD), queen mothers, leaders of women groups from beneficiary communities and development partners.
The project which is expected to last six months will focus on empowering women with skills that will make them more resilient, as it enhances their ability to practice climate SMART agriculture.
They will also be trained in agribusiness and e-banking, both aimed helping improve their agricultural activities to business.
The “Sustainable Livelihoods for Improved Food Security and Nutrition”, is funded by the World Food Programme, and will be implemented in selected communities in the Savannah Region.
Executive Director for the Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA – Gh), Hajia Alimah Sagito – Saeed had been selected as one of the trainers for the WEE-NORTH CANADA Females in Industrial Jobs.
This training was carried out during a week’s capacity building camp in Tamale.
Hajia Alimah was key facilitator for two important sessions, which were expected to build the capacity of the female, to help her overcome some societal fears and carrier barriers.
These sessions are leadership – types and style, as well as leadership skills and building self -confidence.
Over 120 females from different industrial professions were brought together in the camp, as the beneficiaries of the capacity building aimed at helping bridge the gap between the male and female in terms of overcoming societal fears and taking advantage of available opportunities.
As part of the training, Hajia Alimah encouraged the women to move beyond the excuses society has created, including the notion that the industrial field is an area for men. She said the woman can be what she wants to be if she puts her mind to it and acts.
Speaking to over 50 young people at the Tamale Regional Library as a Relationship Coach, Executive Director for the Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA – Gh) shared some tips with the youth on the importance of “Relationship and Finance; how they each affect the other”.
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