By Bashir Hassan Abubakar
A Bauchi based Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) Attah Sisters Helping Hand Foundation (ASHH Foundation) with support from Women for Women international have trained 20 women on pasta making in Dambam Local Government Area of Bauchi State
Supervising the beneficiaries at the of the training, the Executive Director of ASHH Foundation Ms. Comfort Attah said that the objective of the empowerment initiative was to equip the beneficiaries with life saving skills in order to enhance their economic status in their respective communities.
Attah implored the beneficiaries to put use the training they acquired and also cascade the skills to other vulnerable members of the community.
She informed the beneficiaries that the pasta making training will soon be followed by distribution of the machines in a grand ceremony.
Attah also said that the initiative is just one out of the other skills programs being implemented in the State by ASHH Foundation, with funding from Women for Women International.
She thanked the leaders of the community and the beneficiaries for their support and enthusiasm demonstrated during the training, stressing that, “the brand of pasta you were trained on is different from the regular pasta you see around. This brand of pasta comes with it’s spicing that will be ready-to-eat after short time cooking. It is different, it is innovative and testy too”.
The ED also expressed her hope that the skills acquired by the women will pave the way for them to contribute meaningfully on the home front and the community at large.
In a short remark , a community leader Mallam Sadisu Shehu Dambam thanked ASHH Foundation and Women for Women International for selecting the community to benefit from the skills acquisition program.
Shehu said that their doors are always open for any developmental project that would reduce the poverty level of the community.
One of the beneficiary, Tasalla Adamu also expressed her appreciation to NGOs for the training which she described as “life changing” .
She said that she is going to be training others and plough back some of the profit back into the business so that it may grow.