Leadership and Entrepreneurship Skills Development
Six-month programme provides out-of-school girls and young women with skills training in either sewing, shoe making, or fish farming, as well as information on small business management.
Following the training, graduates begin a 3-month internship with local businesses. Graduates also have the opportunity to use GPI’s Creative Commune of machines and tools for one year afterwards.
Background
Limited opportunities for girls and young females erodes their ability to achieve and remain competitive. Many girls drop out of school due to the inability of their parents to afford the cost, and thus settle for menial jobs. As a result, girls and young females are confined to the bottom rung of the ladder. Limitation of choices and options for girls and young females is hampering the achievement of their economic growth and development.
GPI offers its leadership and entrepreneurial development programme to increase opportunities for the girls and young females to intellectual and economic empowerment and growth.
Programme
GPI Leadership and Entrepreneurship Development Skills focuses on the following components:
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Leadership capacity development
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Life/self management skills development for girls and young females
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Entrepreneurship skills development (vocational and economic livelihoods)
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An agricultural component including business and financial management education and skills