Fabulous women mark 10 years of empowering girls
A non-governmental Organisation (NGO) that supports the growth of women, youth and organisations through entrepreneurship and leadership, the Fabulous Woman Network (FWN) Ashanti, has marked its 10 years anniversary with a call on young ladies to embrace green economy and its sustainability.
It has also implored the youth to set goals for themselves to be responsible adults in future.
Held on the theme: "Cultivating a greener future through a sustainable lifestyle," at Asiwa, Bosome Freho in the Ashanti Region, the mentoring programme dubbed: ‘Fabhub’, brought together a number of youth, who were largely ladies, to be mentored and emulate practices that will safeguard the environment.
The participating youth came from Aboabo Kesse, Asiwa and Bobiem.
Save environment
The Founder and Executive Director for FWN, Ama Duncan, implored the youth to adopt practices that saved the environment to prolong the existence of humanity.
She emphasised the need to embrace green technology to save the environment from degradation.
As part of measures to inculcate environmental preservation into the youth, Ms Duncan announced that Fabhub intended to educate the youth in Aboabo, Kesse and Asiwa on climate-smart agricultural practices and adopt modern methods of drying cocoa beans.
For his part, the Acting District Coordinating Director for Bosome Freho, Evans Antwe, who doubles as the District Agric Director, hailed the FWN for inculcating smart agricultural practices and environmental preservation into the youth.
In the last five years, he has been trying to conscientise the farmers to practise organic farming, but the farmers do not buy into his suggestion.
Mr Antwe, therefore, welcomed the idea of introducing organic farming to the young ones, explaining that as they grow, "they grow with the idea and it becomes part and parcel of them, because all the food that we are being fed with are not good -they are saturated with chemicals."
Contributing to the programme, the District Police Commander for Bosome Freho, ASP Fatawu Zakaria, urged the youth to be ambitious and set goals for themselves.
He challenged them to refrain from vices such as premarital sex, drugs, alcoholism, among others, stressing that such lifestyles would make their future miserable.
He, subsequently, charged them to be disciplined and take their education seriously to attain their goals.
Taking her turn at the event was the Bosome Freho District Health Director, Francisca Ahiavi, who expressed worry about the rise in teenage pregnancies, saying in the last three years alone, the district had recorded over 300 cases.
"Looking at the data that we have from 2020 till now. We have recorded over 301 teenage pregnancies within the community and through the intervention of stakeholders, we have been able to reduce it to 212," she said.
Galamsey
Adding his voice to the teenage pregnancy menace, the Bosome District Education Director, Michael Bruce Enin, expressed grave concern about the impact of galamsey on female education in the area.
Mr Enin largely attributed the rising teenage pregnancy in the area to illegal mining, urging parents, guardians and stakeholders to forge ahead and curb the menace.
