TRAINING OF UNDERPRIVILEGED Women and men on interlocking bricks production IN Santa (November 2024)
Presentation of project
Interlocking bricks production even though not a worthy sphere of work for women, is gaining ground in the Northwest region of Cameroon so far as construction is concern. Haven been approached by a few underprivileged women from Santa with zeal to take on apprenticeship in producing the interlocutory bricks, we at BGG found reason with them as they say it won’t only empower them on their personal initiatives but also go a long way to help them easily find jobs as experts in the sphere are in high demand at their localities. Given the plea in early March 2024 from four of this women who were all widows, we embarked not only to raise funds but also establish partnerships which could better serve them. Finally, with a bit of funds in partnership with Green Construction in Santa from 1st to 25th November not only the four women received training but three other women joined them as well as four men giving us a total of eleven persons fully trained and issued certificates on interlocking bricks production.
Yvonne Leina Chi is an award winning international journalist and Women’s Rights Activist.She is Founder and CEO of the Women Relief Services where she joins forces with local women to combat harmful cultural practices against women and girls in African Communities.She is also the Global Outreach Strategist for
Grace is the CEO of Adelaar Energy and an advisory board member of the African Energy Chamber. She commenced her professional journey as an audit staff at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) before she transitioned to the energy industry. She started off as a Business Planning and Economic Analyst for Shell Cameroon and then worked as a Business Analyst and Economist for Shell Nigeria for several years. She also worked as a senior manager (business planning and economics) at a medium-sized multi-national company, Addax Petroleum (SINOPEC Company) before moving to Eroton Exploration & Production Company, one of Nigeria’s biggest indigenous startups where she served as a senior manager in Business strategy and economics.
