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The Jedidiah Trust had small business management training with the theme: financial empowerment of women through proper business practice in Adansi North District (Fomena). The team had been excited about this training for months because of the positive vibes we got from the people we met when arranging this training. We felt it was very timely and very much need The Adansi North District is one of the 28 newly created districts in Ghana. It is one of the 27 Administrative districts in Ashanti Region.. It has its capital at Fomena situated on the Kumasi – Cape Coast main road. The district has 35 electoral areas and two constituencies (Fomena and Asokwa). The District has seven area councils i.e. Akrokerri, Anhwiaso, Asokwa, Bodwesango, Dompoase, Fomena and Fumso area Councils. There are 94 communities in the district. We had women from all these communities at the training. Most of the participants were petty traders and farmers. We had seamstress and hair dressers in attendance. We ...

Whenever women come into our office for help and advice they always complain that the wish they had knew sooner how to plan and formulate strategies for their future, they keep telling us that if they had know better or had been told they would not be in the position they are now. So we at The Jedidiah Trust came together to form a group that will ‘catch them young’ .When we go to the districts to train women on entrepreneurship, micro finance, good business practice and business expansion. Another group visits the secondary schools to run a special presentation to the girls. We call it The Arise Youth Training Program©. The program is specially designed to motivate these girls and help them plan, visualize and strategize for their future. The first Arise Youth Training Program© was at the T. I. Ahmadiya Secondary school in Fomena- Adansi North District in the Ashanti Region. It was an exhilarating experience the girls were very enthusiastic and interactive. We also had a good frien...