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VG Flash Special Edition March 2010 |
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“My country cries for job opportunities.” -- From Nobody to Somebody - I'm Not Alone |
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“My country cries for job opportunities.” - Baindu Turay, Trainee, Craftshare Vocational Training Centre (CVTC), Sierra Leone VGIF responded to her cries with a $4900 grant in 2008 to CVTC to:
From Nobody To Somebody  “My name is Hawa Seipha. I was lost in ignorance, but now my eyes are open, looking forward to a better future. I have started to regain my past glory with dignity and respect.I did not complete my primary education because my parents were not in a position to pay the school charges. For this reason I got married at a very early age. With education we will be able to give helping hands to our younger ones, the community and society at large. Just as others too have helped us, it means we have the responsibility to do so in return. At the moment I can now write my name and read simple letters. I can now assist my children at home with reading and counting. The literacy learning which I have acquired at Craftshare has given joy and happiness to my husband who was advised not to marry me because I was illiterate. Thanks to Craftshare and its donor partner VGIF, they helped me to graduate from the class of ignorance and illiteracy. I was nobody but now I am somebody.” I’m not alone  “My name is Kaday Bangura. I am 20 years old.I was 11 when my mother died. She was very loving to me. Since 2001, I have been staying with my grandmother in the village. My father abandoned me when I was three months old. I cannot recognize him, therefore I sometimes considered myself an orphan. My grandmother has grown old. She used to be a farmer and our only source of hope for livelihood comes from the sale of vegetables, palm kennels, and firewood. It was a new experience to me the day I entered Craftshare Vocational Training Centre. I realized that I have found a new life. I’m grateful to God that I can now weave a cloth, make different patterns and designs on them. I can also read short sentences and write my name correctly. I’m not alone in this struggle. There is a need for alternative support to Craftshare to help other vulnerable girls and young women in the community for their sustainable development. Overall Program Results:
 They are not alone. |
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