Inside a Nurturing Opportunities for Women Training Session
One of OneVillage Partners' three programs, Nurturing Opportunities for Women (NOW), aims to economically empower women in rural Sierra Leone. In Kailahun District in Eastern Sierra Leone, where we work, only 1% of women have finished secondary school, and on average, nearly 64% of NOW participants are illiterate. For these reasons and others, women in rural Sierra Leone face huge barriers to income generation and are often left out of decision-making in both the home and the community. NOW trains women on financial management, budgeting, saving, and public speaking. Using picture-based workbooks and tools, learning is accessible to all regardless of level of literacy.
In this video, we take you behind the scenes and inside a NOW training session in the community of Peje Baoma, led by Hameedatu Turay, NOW Program Coordinator. You might not be able to travel to Sierra Leone right now, but you can learn alongside the women of Peje Baoma in a training session right from the comfort of your home!